Constitutional Order No. 10/07/09/2024 Appointments of Commissioners for NAS Federal Civil Authority
- Mr Felix Charles Ali Bilal, Commissioner for Federal Governance Affairs
- Mr Lado Gubek, Commissioner for International Relations
- Mr Daniel Lee, Commissioner for Information, Mass Communications and Cultural Affairs
- Mr Turjuman Ramadan, Commissioner for Legal Affairs and Human Rights
- Mr Bosco Otim Mario, Commissioner for Finance and Resource Mobilisation
- Mr Robert Samson Lugga, Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs
- Dr Wani Lolik, Commissioner for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
- Mrs Vera Mahdi, Commissioner for Health
- Dr Lokuowe Gordon, Commissioner for Education, Social Welfare and Gender
- Dr Peter Pitya, Commissioner for Infrastructure and Physical Planning
NAS freedom fighters in the Imatong area of Eastern Equatoria have countered and temporarily halted a rampaging and looting spree involving starving and undisciplined SSPDF militia who invaded several local villages and forcefully looted property specifically food items and livestock.
The South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) announced today that it will not participate in the Tumaini Peace Initiative in Nairobi, Kenya. The decision was made following a three-day meeting in Rome, from August 12 to 14, under the auspices of the Community of Sant’Egidio.
SSOMA Reaffirms Commitment to Political Dialogue, Calls for Inclusive Roundtable Conference in South Sudan
The Leadership Council of the South Sudan Opposition Movements Alliance (SSOMA) has reiterated its unwavering commitment to political dialogue as the cornerstone of achieving lasting peace in South Sudan.
This renewed focus emerged from the recent SSOMA Leadership Council meeting held in Rome on August 12-14, 2024, where NAS leader General Thomas Cirillo Swaka was also appointed as the Chairperson of the alliance as outlined in the Rome SSOMA Declaration
Dr Alex Yata Lukadi, the Chairman of the South Sudan Movement for Change (SSMC) and Ambassador Emmanuel Ajawin, the Chairman of the National Democratic Movement-Patriotic Front (NDM-PF) were appointed Deputy Chairperson, and Secretary General respectively.
Concerns against the Tumaini initiative continue to mount as Dr. Lam Akol's National Democratic Movement (NDM) and Dharuai Mabor's Party of National Unity (PNU) become the latest signatories to the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) to express their reservations. They accuse the initiative of being exclusive and secretive and describe some prospects of the process as potentially overriding the R-ARCSS and dismantling structures it established, August 5, 2024.
NAS Respects Gen. Loburon's Decision to Quit and Wishes Him Well
The leadership of the National Salvation Front (NAS) has come out to reassure the general public that it respects the decision of Gen. John Kenyi Lotio, also known as Kenyi Loburon, to leave the organization and form his own group. This announcement follows a statement circulating on social media, which claims that Gen. Kenyi, the NAS Deputy Chief of Staff for Training, has departed from NAS to establish a new faction named National Salvation Front United Forces.
A press statement refuting claims made by Gen. Stephen Buay that he is in contact with NAS leadership to convince NAS to join the Nairobi Peace Initiative.
According to NAS, there has never been such contact, and NAS - and SSOMA's position remains the same as was communicated previously.
The Leadership of South Sudan Opposition Movement Alliance (SSOMA), which consists of the National Salvation Front (NAS), National Democratic Movement - Patriotic Front (NDM-PF), and the South Sudan National Movement for Change (SSNMC), would like to clarify to its members, the people of South Sudan and the members of the International Community that it is not a participant in the Kenyan peace mediation process.
20240421 NAS Press Release on the situation in Minga Payam, Mundri County where SSPDF has been pillaging and burning down villages, arresting young local men and women, thus causing the displacement of several thousand people.
Constitutional Order 04/19/04/2024 Appointment of Members of NAS Salvation Council