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Duop Chak Wuol

  • Investigative Writer and Analyst, Freelance
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As seen in: The Standard (Kenya), AllAfrica, The East African, The Independent (Uganda), Sudan Tribune, The Arab Weekly, Addis Standard, The Reporter (Ethiopia) - English, Radio Tamazuj, The Ghanaian Chronicle and
Analyst, investigative and critical writer, former editor, activist. Graduate of the University of Colorado.

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Duop Chak Wuol is an analyst and commentator whose work focuses on political, security, social, intelligence, and geopolitical affairs in South Sudan and the wider East African region. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) for over a decade, providing strategic editorial leadership and overseeing the agency’s publications throughout the nation’s formative post-independence period and amid civil war. He stepped down on September 30, 2024, to pursue other professional…

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Opinion| South Sudan on the brink: Power, betrayal, and chaos - Radio Tamazuj

Opinion| South Sudan on the brink: Power, betrayal, and chaos - Radio Tamazuj

More than a decade after gaining independence, South Sudan faces imminent collapse. Political obstruction, ar…

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Opinion| Sanctions, Not Silence: Rethinking U.S. Strategy in South Sudan - Radio Tamazuj

Opinion| Sanctions, Not Silence: Rethinking U.S. Strategy in South Sudan - Radio Tamazuj

More than a decade after South Sudan gained independence in 2011, the young nation remains

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Opinion| The Nuer people face annihilation in Upper Nile State - Radio Tamazuj

Opinion| The Nuer people face annihilation in Upper Nile State - Radio Tamazuj

In South Sudan's Upper Nile State, a brutal military campaign led by President Salva Kiir's

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Opinion| Historic rights or historic wrongs: The Nile dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia - Radio ...

Opinion| Historic rights or historic wrongs: The Nile dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia - Radio ...

BY DUOP CHAK WUOL The Nile River is a vital resource for millions in Eastern Africa, and its management has b…

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Egypt-Somalia Defense Pact Escalates Horn Tensions - Africa Defense Forum

Egypt-Somalia Defense Pact Escalates Horn Tensions - Africa Defense Forum

ADF STAFF Tension already was bubbling in the Horn of Africa in late August when two desert-camouflaged Egypt…

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Why Ethiopian Prime Minister deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Why Ethiopian Prime Minister deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

Plural news and views on Sudan

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Opinion| Borrowed slogans: Is loyalty owed to the government or the nation?

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By Duop Chak Wuol
| Radio Tamazuj
A recent statement by a minister in President Salva Kiir’s government, who has in recent days identified himself as one of the Nuer leaders in Juba, advances the notion that loyalty to the nation requires unequivocal alignment with the government, particularly on matters of sovereignty and constitutional order.
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Opinion| Government-aligned Nuer leaders: Opportunists or apologists for a violent regime?

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By Duop Chak Wuol
| Radio Tamazuj
A meeting was recently convened in Juba by a group of Nuer politicians who also present themselves as community leaders. The meeting did not focus on the country’s ongoing political crisis or propose alternative approaches to reduce tensions or address underlying problems. Instead, it appeared to be simple political posturing, with participants publicly signaling loyalty to Salva Kiir’s government rather than engaging in substantive dialogue on national reconciliation or reform.
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Opinion| May 16 and the $500 million lie: The collapse of liberation credibility

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By Duop Chak Wuol
| Radio Tamazuj
May 16 has once again exposed the growing disconnect between liberation memory and political reality in South Sudan. The recent claim by President Salva Kiir that he rejected more than $500 million allegedly offered by former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is not an isolated remark; it is part of a broader pattern in which liberation history is invoked to manufacture legitimacy in the present.
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