
RDC: Ministere de l’Interieur Securite, Decntralisation et Affaires Coutumieres – Communique Officiel (12.04.2025)





“We, the SPLA-IO forces under Sector 6 Command in Western Equatoria State, categorically reject and disassociate ourselves from the recent statement issued by a group of individuals in Juba claiming allegiance to Amb. Stephen Par Kuol as a replacement to our legitimate Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, H.E. Dr. Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, PhD, the First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan. Amb. Stephen Par Kuol lacks the military and leadership credentials required to lead this movement. He has no direct connection with the SPLA-IO forces on the ground and has not participated in our armed struggle. Furthermore, we regard his sudden emergence as a politically motivated move, orchestrated by external actors to destabilize the SPLA-IO and weaken the leadership of H.E. Dr. Riek Machar. It is important to state that Amb. Stephen Par is not a South Sudanese by origin but rather an American national who only arrived in South Sudan after the peace agreement, seemingly to pursue personal interests rather than contribute meaningfully to the liberation cause” (Lt. Gen. Alfred Futuyo Karaba, Sector 6 Commander, SPLA-IO Forces – Western Equatoria State – ‘Ref: SPLA-IO Position on Recent Claims by a Group of IO Members in Juba’ 10.04.2025).
There is now an open rebellion or inciting to take the SPLM/A-IO away from the house arrested leader Dr. Riek Machar. That is the plan of the SPLM-IG at the moment. This is the move that President Salva Kiir Mayardit and VP Benjamin Bol Mel is trying to pull off.
This isn’t shocking, as Kiir have tried this before and that was with Taban Deng Gai. Now the next subject of his trying to conquest and weaken in the IO is Stephen Par Kuol. That is evident by the movement of Kuol and how his launching himself as the Interim Chairman, as Machar is incarcerated.
This is move that is done to thwart the IO and totally make it into a puppet and a organization that follows directly command of J1 and IG. That’s why Machar is in legal trouble and investigated at the moment. As this the scapegoat for the rise of Naath White Army. They are using this armed rebellion to twist the arm and try to forge a change of leadership from within. That’s done while one of their key leaders are detained and others are so as well. Therefore, the IG isn’t even clever about it.
That Par Kuol is doing this now is showing what sort of man he is. He is ceasing the moment and has no trouble to betray the incarcerated and the ones suffering as a result of the actions of IG. He would rather take the coins and the accolades away from other. Just so he can be the next leader of IO. That’s who he is and what he has become.
The IG isn’t being wise about it either. It is so evident what is happening, and everyone can read the tea leaves. The ones advising Kiir and the IG on this haven’t learned how to do clandestine operations like this. Because nothing is credible or legit about it. Just a proof of how mismanaged and misguided the IG is at the moment.
To push for Par Kuol now just shows what sort of affair the arrests and detentions of IO really is. As they are political gambit for the consolidation of power. It wasn’t done for “national security” or any other excuse the IG has to offer. No, this was all done for the Juba elites to get their new king and weakening IO to ensure longevity of the IG. Peace.

Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede Tesfay have today been appointed as the President of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA). The loyalist and fellow cadre of Debretsion Gebremichael’s fraction of the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF). The ones following and supporting Getachew Reda lost out and he had to step down.
Even if the Prime Minister tried to get eligible President’s for TIRA through email. He still had to accept the fate of the TPLF-D and take in the Commander-in-Chief of the Tigray Defence Force (TDF) and a man that Debretsion trusts. However, the TPLF have signed yet another deal now the Federal Government, which is weakening its strength yet again.
Prime Minister Abiy got an agreement and that keeps the TPLF to keep law and order. That will limit its freedoms and liberties, as it must move and keep up with the Federal Government. That is part of the agreement and acceptance of Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede Tesfay as the TIRA President after Getachew Reda.
The President has now to not only have to adhere to the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement or the Pretoria Agreement but also must follow the minutes of today’s agreement with the Federal Government. This is adding power and weakening the mandate of the TIRA.
The TPLF and Lt. gen. Tesfay have now signed a new agreement, and they have to adhere to the stipulations in it. Those stipulations were made by the Prime Minister, and they couldn’t negotiate these terms. That means they had to just accept it to get their man in office. This is what happened here, and the losers are the Tigray region. As the TPLF and the new President just must follow the party line or the whims of Addis Ababa. Mekelle isn’t free or able to think on its own.
The people of Tigray should look at what TPLF and the Lt. Gen. accepted today. They signed a second agreement and that will hold them on strings with the PM. That is the gist of it all. They are now bound for the second time and the PM is keeping them in order. This is the gist of it, even if he didn’t get the person of his choice. He still got to order them around and will have that ability from now on. Peace.

“Four senior members of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO) have been suspended from the party, as well as from their ministerial and parliamentary roles, for backing the SPLM-IG and actively seeking to replace Riek Machar as the party leader, according to a statement released Monday” (CTGN Africa, 07.04.2025).
Today in Juba, the SPLM-IG and J1 should celebrate that their tactics and strategies are working. They are dismantling and destroying the SPLM-IO. Last time they were able to get to get Taban Deng Gai as a FVP and ensure a weakened SPLM-IO. Now with the continued incarceration and house-arrest of Dr. Riek Machar is hurting the party.
The SPLM-IG with President Salva Kiir Mayardit and VP Benjamin Bol Mel are both doing this. As they have tried to keep the African Union Panel of Wise busy and also held talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. All of that is going nowhere, but the captives are now encircling themselves.
The IG is directly trying to consolidate power and weakening the biggest opponent. That’s why they are using the IO and trying to get them as a part of the IG. This is their endgame, and they want the IO to defect to IG. Anything else seems naïve and not sincere about the realities in South Sudan. That’s why the IO is targeted and being hunted down.
This is bleak but what the IG is doing. Today’s action of IO is a victory of IG. The IG is getting ahead, and the IO is becoming weaker. Not only as their leader is house arrested, but others are kept behind bars too. Several have fled and others are in hiding. As well, as there is clearly someone who would be willing to betray and sell their future on the bill of promises of the IG. That shouldn’t be shocked, as they would get a deal and an agreement, which would be beneficial for them.
Today Kiir and Bol Mel can be giddy as their powerplay is giving results. They are winning by their tarnishing and destroying the IO. That’s what we are seeing here. The IG is getting ahead and are weakening the IO in the open. The ones believing the IG cares about the R-ARCSS or trying to adhere to it. They are also naïve, because the recent play is all about consolidating power and weakening the opposition. Nothing else can be said and they have help from the “Silent Guardian” of Kampala to save them too. Peace.






