SSLYF President Simon Achien Majur

JUBA: Africa Liberal network has invited South Sudan Liberal Youth Forum (SSLYF) to attend the Policy Development Workshop, hosted by the Ethiopian Democratic Party at the Intercontinental Hotel in Addis Ababa, on Saturday 5th May, Sunday 6th May and Monday 7th May.

SSLYF President Simon Achien Majur is scheduled to attend the workshop.

According to the information about the workshop provided on the invitation letter addressed to SSLYF President, The workshop is an opportunity for participants to positively contribute to the development of liberalism and help to develop a new ‘Liberal Manifesto for Africa’. This will build on the Johannesburg Declaration, on which the ALN was founded, and incorporate liberal policies and ideals from across the region. It will also consolidate the work begun by the ALN President, Dr Lamine Bâ, who recently collaborated with Louis Michel MEP, former Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs and EU Commissioner for Development, to outline the principles of liberalism in Africa.

Ultimately, we hope that participants will return with inspiration for new liberal ideas
which can be introduced into future manifestos and which will form the basis
or positive messages and campaigns.

Furthermore, through sharing experiences with counterparts from across the region and with UK experts, we hope that the participants will be able to improve their respective parties’ policy-making process by identifying best practice in policy development. We intend to compile these recommendations into a handbook to be used as a resource for member parties across the network.

Finally, the ALN sees this meeting as an opportunity to promote greater awareness of
liberalism in Ethiopia, a cradle of African civilisation and the second most populous country on the continent. As such, we intend to organise a public meeting with Ethiopian civil society and journalists, at which delegates will be able to share a platform with important figures from our hosts, the EDP.

SSLYF leadership in a consultative meeting between the President Simon Achien, Vice
President Bidali Henry and Secretary General Peter Kuot agreed that we be represented by our President Simon Achien so as to get introduced to the ALN for the first time as SSLYF President.

THE SSLYF GENERAL MEETING WAS CONDUCTED AS SCHEDULED. THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE BODY WAS FORMED AND IS AS FOLLOWS;
SIMON ACHIEN MAJUR – PRESIDENT
BIDALI HENRY – VICE PRESIDENT
PETER KUOT – SECRETARY GENERAL
MAMBO LEONARD JOHN – SECRETARY FOR FINANCE
JOHN AGANY BUOL – SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
LAM DAVID KUACH – SECRETARY FOR MOOBILIZATION AND ORIENTATION
MAYOM BIAR ATEM – SEC. FOR INVESTMENT & PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES
MATIEK BANGUOT – SEC. FOR PROJECTS

ADVISORY COMMITTEE
HEADED BY MAYAR JAMES ARIATH
NGONG DAVID KUCHA
RUON JOSEPH.

INTERNATIONAL LIASONS
PETER NHIANY – USA
MATOT AKECH MATOT – AUSTRALIA
UJUUM BUOL – NAIROBI

PATRONS
ADIL ABDEL AATI
Capt. MICHAEL ALITH

Dear fellow members of SSLYF in The United States, I want to greet all in the name of the Republic of South Sudan. Please allow  me to share this donation request with you.

Dear brothers and sisters, being a member of an organization is like being a citizen of your country. When you are citizen of your country, you owe the nation duty of care and defense. The same thing applies to our membership in organizations we affiliated with.

Please I’m asking you to not waste time to do our part to support SSLYF general meeting which will kick off in Juba eight days before Christmas day. Please consider this as part of your family and personal planning and contribute what your finance can allow. Continue reading →

As the first SSLYF General meeting is scheduled to take place in Juba on the 17th December, it is our collective responsibility as members to make sure this meeting proceeds as scheduled in terms of financial resources the General meeting will design the modalities of nominating the interim President of SSLYF who will oversee the organizations activities for one year until formal elections are organized. Most of the committed members (like Peter Nhiany, Parek Maduot, Mambo Leonard, etc)ave suggested that a fundraising request be circulated and the interim secretariat has considered this and officially announces that FUNDRAISING STARTS NOW! CONTRIBUTE WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD FROM WITHIN SOUTH SUDAN AS WELL AS THE DIASPORA.
SEND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING INTERIM TREASURERS;
1. SIROCCO MAYOM BIAR ATEM (JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN): Mobile phone: +249955611004
2. MAMBO LEONARD JOHN (KAMPALA, UGANDA): Mobile Phone: +256711792796

YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL MEAN ALOT TO THIS ESTABLISHING ORGANIZATION!!!

October 2011 

Following the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of South Sudan on 9th July 2011, the Africa Liberal Network (ALN) hereby adopts a resolution hailing the great achievement by the people of South Sudan and recognizes South Sudan as a new independent state in Africa and the 193rd United Nations’ member state.

As the Network has been following the occurrence of events in South Sudan and in Sudan as a whole since the ratification of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Kenya on 9th January 2005, ALN concluded that the people of South Sudan went through all the democratic processes to reach their independence three months ago. Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Sudan went on the defense a day after reports of an aerial bombardment conducted by its air force on a refugee camp inside the borders of South Sudan which drew strong rebuke from the White House and rights groups.

Susan Rice, US Ambassador to UNited Nations speaks to reporters at UN Headquarters after the Security Council met to discuss the situation in Sudan Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 (AP)

The assault, which took place on Thursday by Antonov bombers, targeted Yida refugee camp in South Sudan’s Unity state, which houses thousands of civilians who escaped the fighting in South Kordofan between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan People Liberation Movement North (SPLM-N). Continue reading →