South Sudan: Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) – National Secretariat – Office of the Secretary General – The SPLM positions towards the National Elections as provided for in the Roadmap (20.03.2024)

South Sudan: The First Vice President Dr. Riek Machar Teny-Dhurgon letter to Interim Chairperson of R-JMEC – Re: Critical Issues Affecting the Implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in the Republic of South Sudan and Way Forward (18.03.2024)

Bank of South Sudan (BoSS): Important Public Notice on Currency in Circulation Outside the Banking System (12.03.2024)

South Sudan: Revive South Sudan Party (RSSP) – Press Release (05.03.2024)

The fall of Peter Ajak aka Dr. Agutdau – The Peace Activist turned Weapons Smuggler and Coup plotter!

Nothing surprises me anymore, at least as much as it used to do. Peter Biar Ajak have been known for years for his activism and how he faced time and charges for a vocal one at that. Now as he went into exile and gotten visa in the United States of America. He must have changed.

Ajak started to use the moniker “Doctor Agutdau” as he schemed and conspired to buy weapons and ammunition to an Opposition Force, which was to help to topple the current government in South Sudan. Him and his allies did this deliberately and had plans of how to move the arms, weapons from the USA to a third-country before getting it to enter South Sudan. Meaning they had based together the funding and the logistics behind the plan.

The U.S. Department of Justice Press Release says this about the case:

A federal criminal complaint was unsealed yesterday in the District of Arizona charging Abraham Chol Keech, 44, of Utah, and Peter Biar Ajak, 40, of Maryland, with conspiring to purchase and illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of fully automatic rifles, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, hand grenades, sniper rifles, ammunition, and other export-controlled items from the United States to South Sudan, in violation of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA)” (Justice.gov – ‘Two Defendants Arrested for Conspiring to Illegally Export Weapons to South Sudan’ 05.03.2024).

You know it is wild when in a telephone conference Ajak proclaimed the coup that they were supporting with the weapons would install him as the “Prime Minister” and that he had the backing of the “U.S. Department of State”. That says something about the boldness of the conspirators.

We can question the relevancy and the planned efforts of “Revive South Sudan” now. Especially, after the alleged conspiracy plot of Ajak and Keech. These people deliberately planned to spend millions on weapons and get it in hands of people who are willing to overthrow and coup d’etat the Republic.

It isn’t just the illegal weapon smuggling we are dealing with here. The U.S. Courts will deal with that as this is a violation of the arms embargo. Nevertheless, Juba should listen and read the complaint of this case. Because, it shows what people are willing to do.

This here shows how a man goes from being a peace activist and to use the same engagement to usher in warfare. A man who goes from being vocal activist and in danger of his life behind bars. To find ways of supporting more conflict. That is a telling story and needs to be told.

Peter Biar Ajak is now in legal trouble and justifiably so. This needs to be addressed in the courts. He will answer for the illegal weapon trade in the U.S. but the Government of South Sudan should have his records. The authorities of South Sudan should act upon this and get intelligence, as to who he conspired with and for what basis. As there are more to this story than what was written in the complain and affidavit.

Ajak and others had plans. They wanted to install themselves as government in Juba. That’s the second part of this tale. Peace.

South Sudan: First Vice-President Dr. Riek Machar letter to President Salva Kiir Mayardit – Re: The SPLM/SPLA(IO) Position on The Implementation on the “Roadmap to Peaceful Democratic End of the Transition Period of the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS)” and the Way Forward (13.02.2024)

South Sudan: National Salvation Front/Army (NAS) – Statement on Special NAS Military Operation in Juba (27.02.2024)

South Sudan: SPLM-IO Deputy Chairman letter to Chairman of CTSAMVM – Reporting Critical Incident of Violation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS) – (21.02.2024)

South Sudan: State Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly – Central Equatoria State – Juba – Postion of Central Equatoria State Transitional Legislative Assembly on the Draft National Land Policy, 2024 (15.02.2024)

South Sudan: Ministry of Defense & Veterans Affairs – Press Release (16.02.2024)