Views of A Citizen

The 22nd of February 2020 will be remembered as yet another important day in the political history of the South Sudanese people. This is a significant day when the various opposition political parties in the country joined hands with the Kiir-led ruling political party to form a transitional coalition government as the first step towards securing peace and stability to the world's newest nation pursuant to the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of Sudan . Since its creation as an independent State from Sudan 8 years ago,   South Sudan has been home to numerous violent internal conflicts which have claimed lives of a significant number of the South Sudanese population and left hundreds of thousands displaced. The signing of the peace agreement and the formation of an inclusive coalition transitional government has been hailed by the international community as an important step towards securing peace and stability in South Sudan. The United...

The horrible intra party political violence that rocked the opposition MDC-T political party in the recent past days is a serious cause for concern to the generality of the people especially when the country is preparing to go to the polls in the next few months. Just a few weeks back, the newspapers were also awash with headlines of ZANU-PF supporters terrorising villagers in the Hwedza area as the ruling party is gearing towards the primary elections to choose the candidates to represent the party in the 2018 elections. These ugly episodes point to some serious systematic challenges that are affecting the political lives of the generality of the Zimbabwean society. There is an urgent need on the part of the political parties' leadership and the general law enforcement machinery to take an active and lead role in addressing this issue and also to ensure that going forward there will not be a repeat of such ugly incidents. It has to be noted that the safety and security of the p...