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Leaders & Politics

After time in the

struggle, a PhD

at 79

t its 18 Graduation, of Mount
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AKenya University, in Nairobi, Kenya,
held on the 9 of October, 2020--largely
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conducted online-one South Sudanese
student stood out; 79 year old, Dr. Aldo
Aldo Ajou Deng Akuey, a serving
member of Parliaments of Sudan and Dr. Aldo Ajou Deng Akuey
South Sudan after its independence in
2011. He is currently a Member of the
National Legislature (Council of States). Aldo’s literary works are worth reading. security ramifications of the ongoing
Dr Aldo Aldo Ajou Deng Akuey, who In a paper presented at a peace civil wars for East Africa, examines
graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy conference in 2018, Deng say: “The the emerging security threats and their
in History, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, regional ramifications. In particular,
As South Sudan struggles through SPLM, Government has not created multiple security ramifications such
the throes of civil war and instability, conducive environment for political as armed groups, humanitarian crisis,
with most of its academic institutions stability in South Sudan. Thus, the natural resources and refugees’ crisis,
in a shambles, many South Sudanese political and economic crisis has seen the with conclusions on the scope and depth
dispersed all over the world, initially as intervention of neighboring countries in of the emerging security threats in East
political refugees seeking asylum, but internal affairs of South Sudan to pursue Africa.
more recently, venturing out to seek their national interests or within the In his thesis submitted in partial
knowledge. context of regional bodies such as IGAD fulfillment of the requirements for
Dr. Aldo, was first elected (Sudan to achieve the same. the award of doctor of philosophy in
African National Union Party (SANU) From the outset, the independence of history of Mount Kenya University,
to Sudan’s Constituent Assembly in 1967 South Sudan was necessitated by the titled “Evolution of the Sudan
Dr. Aldo has continued to serve up to USA led war against global terrorism People’s Liberation Movement
date in Parliaments of Sudan and South that is more pronounced at the Horn (Splm), 1983-2016”, Aldo Ajou
Sudan after its independence in 2011, of Africa and in the context of Sudan’s Deng Akuey, submits: “Historically,
becoming Deputy Speaker of Parliament civil war. The natural resources in South resistance and liberation movements
in 1975 to 1978 and again in 1990 to Sudan has attracted state and non-state have been a major defining feature
1993. actors with global and regional actors of political conflicts in postcolonial
He has served as a Government directly or indirectly getting involved Africa. However, most of them have
Commissioner of Greater Bahr Al in reconfiguring the security matrix failed in the process of reaching political
Ghazal Region from 1978 to 1986 and with diverse outcomes, some of them settlements and actively engaged in
as Government Deputy Prime Minister with unintended outcome. Wildlife post-independence governance”.
and Minister of Irrigation, Transport, trafficking, gold mining, logging, Having lived through the struggle for
and Communication and Agriculture ivory poaching and illegal charcoal independence of South Sudan, the post
of Sudan from 1986 to 1989. Dr. Aldo production and commercial bush meat independence civil war that has only
Aldo Ajou Deng Akuey is the publisher poaching, has created war economics recently been silenced through a peace
and Chairman of the Nile Explorer and resource conflicts within the region deal in February, Aldo, in his works,
magazine. and beyond. Political crisis in South argues quite passionately about the
With the benefit of age, experience in Sudan, especially the most recent one failures of the liberations movements
politics and leadership, and above all that triggered civil war in 2013, and across the continent --which succeeded
his practical knowledge and experience persisted to date, has received very little in the struggle, but have failed in
of the African liberation movements – scholarly attention especially its regional governance and in empowering the
having served as an active member of the security implications” citizenry to improve livelihoods— a
South Sudan Liberation Movement - Dr. The paper which sought to analyze the across cutting phenomena that is not
limited to his motherland.

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