South Sudan: The Dawn Newspaper’s Editor in Chief Emmanuel Monychol Akop detained for 47 days without any official charges…

The Dawn newspaper’s Editor in chief Emmanuel Monychol Akop who was abducted and taken into custody on the 28th of November 2024. Since then, there been no news and no justification for the abduction. Neither has there been any justification or reasons for it.

This just shows what the state does and how it goes after the ones who dares to write, speculate or even reveal the secrets of the state into his publication. If you don’t tow the line or act like the state wants it. Than you can become a problem and be criminalize.

The Editor in Chief of the Dawn, Emmanuel Monychol Akop have been in legal trouble before and captured by the state. That happened in 2019 and he was kept in prison for two weeks. Now in 2025 his now been behind bars for 47 days. This stint is even longer and there is no alleged criminal conspiracy or any case to be developed. There is no knowledge of criminal case, proceedings or even a trial in the court. Therefore, the editor is now detained for unknown and mysterious reasons.

This shows what J-1 and what the current leadership accepts as injustice towards their own citizens. They are accepting and allowing this to happen to him. They are allowing and nodding their heads, but meanwhile he has no remedy or ways to get out of this predicament.

It just a terrible situation and unfortunate. As the Editor in Chief of The Dawn shouldn’t have this problem for publishing and creating his content. It just shows that they are willing to take away his liberty and freedom. Neither is he free to write or to work as a professional journalist. He should just copy-and-paste whatever the State House and the current appointed leaders are saying. That is the truth here and the J-1 should see this. This is a bad reflection of the leaders that are currently in power in South Sudan. Peace.

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South Sudan: Time to pay the Civil Servants! [11 months without pay and counting]

During Swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed officials: President Salva Kiir asked ministry of finance together with central Bank of South Sudan to release and pay salaries to civil servants in the country, President didn’t specifically put how many months should be pay since the country civil servants demand 11 months payment” (Juba 24/7, 12.12.2024).

We are in advent and apparently the authorities, the state and the financial institutions of the state has failed its own employees. The ones in-charge haven’t been hesitant or caring about its own workforce.

President Salva Kiir Mayardit and his whole cabinet has been dismissal and unconcerned about the plights, the livelihoods and the damage non-payment of salaries has on the employees of the state. The civil servants are on the pay-roll of the state and they are working for a purpose for the state. That’s why they are there in various of functions and they are there to ensure the bureaucracy and state organizations works. These are the people that are educating the kids, ensuring people’s health in the hospitals and the ones who makes every nook-and-cranny work. Therefore, these people needs to be compensated for their hours and the work they put in.

It is just amazing me how easily some leaders can neglect and forget their value. Those people are on the front-lines of the government. These people are the reason why people are enjoying or getting the ability to get government services. If the state wants to implement or even do a policy. Those are the people who will work tirelessly and should be commended for their work.

However, instead these are the ones that is forgotten about. Those people are the ones that work day-in and day-out. These people should be out protesting. They should leave their tools and not show up to work. All of them should just boycott and not put up with it. This the sort of action that deserves a strike. The civil servants should unionize and be call out the incapitalization of the state. This is utterly embarrassing and humiliating. These people are relying on the salary and cannot even trust the state to do the righteous thing. They should be paid and with interests for every single month. As they have to beg others and do other gigs to get by.

Civil Servants of South Sudan should be crying out loud and get together. The state clearly doesn’t value them. President Kiir and everyone around him is oblivious to what they are going through. If not… they are so busy doing whatever and postponing things. That they think it is normal to pay people on time. Seriously, the leaders should be better and ensure this. It is disgraceful and the civil servants deserves better. Peace.

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