South Sudan Challenges, Foreseeing Future Strategy, Character, Policy and Selection of Leaders

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South Sudan Development Challenges In our previous articles, we tried to discuss South Sudanese challenges, which we defined them to the five categories, Border, Oil, Integration and citizenship, Political Reform and Development. We tried to suggest foreseeable future strategy so that to overcoming our crucial time and build the Nation with safeguarding Future. However, yet there are Development challenges, which are also still a mountain rock, facing South Sudan and need also to be discussed. To dissertate the issue of development in the Republic of South Sudan as new nation, takes us back to the International Perception. Mahatma Gandhi said there are two kinds of peace: The one that silences the Guns and the other that makes the Guns irrelevant. Building of a firm Development in every nation runs parallel with Economic, Peace, Political reform and tranquillity. Therefore, wealth without peace and tranquillity mean lack of development. Country with insecurity means abandon of investors to run their business in the Country. Lack of political reform, means lack of confidence, political crisis and conflicts which lead to disputes and insecurity. Read the short report written by A Reuters and UNDP and Rob Crill: "South Sudan's Development Challenges are wide- ranging and stark. A Reuters report from 2010 puts South Sudan predicament bluntly " By many yardsticks, the least- developed place on the earth:70 percent of its people have no access to any form of health-care, one in five women die in childbirth, and one in five children fail to make it to their fifth birthday. UNDP provides alarming statistics on education, disease, sustainability, and other issues in South Sudan. These problems are not just economic- they also threaten to undercut Political Stability. The worst outcome, as Rob Crilly says, would be for South Sudan, burdened by economic crisis and political failure, to join the word's failed states." Ended. As known, Sudan named as the largest country in the continent. It has a long history, two civil wars, the first happened for 17 years from 1955 to 1972. Second war was in the year 1983, due to ethnic differences, economic and lack of development. Worthily mentioning, South Sudan shares different view with the Government of Sudan, so they fought their way to stand on their own and be called an independent Country.
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Last year 2011, I was been in Johannesburg, South Africa then to Windhoek, Namibia to attend Protocol Procedures and Diplomatic Etiquette course. My fortune led me to meet one of the greatest Namibian warriors called by name Gibbs Taapopi, who is a chief of trade inspector for Weight and Measures, in the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Taapopi was almost over sixties years old, but still the sound he produces shows as if he is still forties years old. This appears in his vivid life he has which fuelled by the triumph of the great victory, which liberated them from the white people. "I'm a warrior. We fought the Whiteman and got our country. I can see you South Sudanese also fought and got yours, aai... that's very good", said Taapopi. The old man, invited me to his house and introduced me to his family, which includes three daughters and two sons, all are white! His wife is a white woman! She greeted me with wide smiling "Hi, welcome to Namibia. You are from Sudan?" "No South Sudan". I answered.

How is South Sudan, are you in peace? We heard that there is still war in Jankli state." She mispronounced it like that. Then I tried to lie to her by "No, there is no war." However, she shamed me by "My cousin is working in UNMIS there in Juba". Then I tried to correct my denial by "Our people only fighting on cattle and water." I have also put myself in critical position while insisting to know her grassroots and nationality. She said Namibian and her grandfather also Namibian. For my ignorant am confused how white woman be Namibian. I went deep by asking, "I mean your ancients ancestors?" this question, annoyed and burned her like fire, left the woman answered with sharp iron face "I said Namibians, what is wrong!" I could see my friend Gibbs with hiding face smiling and tried to cool the environment by cutting us short "Ah...! Am taking my friend to the museum then we will be back". Actually, I hated myself for my ignorance and asking such silly question. I kept silent while my friend Gibbs was driving us with shaking head and quiet smiling face. Then he said "My friend, don't ask such question again. My wife's ancestors are German. They came here long, long time ago, now we are all Namibians and we love our Country". Still I was silent and shy, but broken my silence while suddenly my eyes caught a written signboard {Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiri Avenue}! again another one{Mandela Avenue} then {Qaddafi Avenue} " Ah! What are these?!" I asked. "These are names of people who supported us during our struggle. We rewarded them," Mr. Gibbs Taapopi answered.
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Only twenty minutes, the old man drove us to the Ministry of Namibian National Veterans, and said, "This is also our ministry come; let me tell you history of our long struggle". Thus, here where, I picked my pen and wrote down the history of Namibians struggle and knew for the first time how they liberated their country, and put their strategy to develop their nation. I was, smitten by their history and strategy. I wished my country could follow the same strategy for developing our Nation. Please listen to the history: The Namibian war of independence, also known as the South African Border War, which lasted from 1966 to 1988, was a guerrilla war, which the nationalist South- West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) and others, fought against the apartheid Government of South Africa - South Africa, administrated what was then still known as South West Africa, since it captured the German territory during World War 1. In 1966 the United Nation General Assembly, revoked South Africa's mandate to govern South-West African territory and declared that it was direct UN administration. South Africa refused to recognize this resolution and continued to administer the territory de facto. On August 26, 1966, SWAPO Guerrilla Forces launched attack against the South Africa Defence Force at Omugulugwombashe. It was the first armed battle in the Namibian struggle for independence. In commemoration of the day, August 26, is a Public holiday in Namibia. It is recognized by the United Nations, as Namibia Day, but Namibians, refer to it as Heroes' Day. The War ended with the independence of Namibian on 21 March 1990 and elections, which saw SWAPO, win 55 of 75 seats in the National Assembly of Namibia, enable them to form a national government. If we go back to my past article with question; what is the political relationship between the neighbours and us. How dependent are we to each other, and who, benefits more the neighbour or our Country. This will lead us deeply to discuss Namibian Foreign Policy Strategy and vision. The prime objective of Namibia Foreign Policy to build its development is the promotion of National Security, Peace and Prosperity. The government strives, together with majority of the world's nation, to

ensure good faith in the multilateral negotiation and collective action with a view to enhancing global peace and security.
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Namibia understands very well the need to interact with the rest of the world, as they persue their national interest. In the article, 96 of the Namibian Constitution stipulated that Namibia would: Adopt and maintain a policy of non-alignment, promote international co-operation, peace and security. Namibia should create and maintain just and mutually beneficial relations amongst nations. Foster respect for international law, treaties and obligations, and encourage the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means. Namibia foreseeable future strategy for 2030 provides long-term development framework for the country to be prosperous and industrialized nation, developed by her human resources, enjoying peace harmony and political stability. Vision 2030 visualises that Five-Year National Development. Plans would be the main vehicles for achieving its objectives and realizing the Long-term vision. Accordingly, successive National Development Plan (NDP) will contain the goal and intermediate targets (Milestones) that will eventually lead the nation to the realization of the vision and achieve the strategy plan. International Relations (IR) occasionally referred to as International Studies (IS) is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs), International non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs), Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs), and Multinational Corporations (MNCs). These organisations, will lead us also to ask some questions such as; which organisations that we work with within our ministries. How is the working relationship, and how have we worked on maintaining the relationship, or improving the relationship with these international organisations? How feasible are these relationships--or is there a mission behind? Dear fellow South Sudanese, would we try to jump or fly to reach those nations there high in the Sky! Would we able, to fly with those eagles without wings! Would we challenge those big sharks and swim in that Deep Ocean without fins, would we challenge this strong storm and change our salt water to drink! Would we move the mountain from the East to the West! The Development is our great Challenges. Let us look to the Cow, and the Sow, and wheat Mow, and then all will be well Endow (give large gift).
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South Sudan should also adopt and maintain policy of non-alignment to promote international cooperation Arab countries. Not all Arabs are bad, some of them are good looking for African countries which speak their language to invest their money. All European countries are using Arabs money. Americans are keen to keep firm relations with Arab Gulf. As we mentioned earlier, without peace, and stability there will no development in the country. For the new state of South Sudan, everything needs in the new State; hard work and determination is needed in order to prove that the Government upholds the freedom, liberty and equality of all Southerners. In realizing the creation of the new state of South Sudan, Government must be willing to negotiate term of potential differences and disagreement within its constituency. For decades, many Southerners were sidelined from government jobs, scholarships, ministry ranks and many more rights in their own country.

Marginalization and oppression were the order of the day. Yet, soon enough, a new hope will become part of our history. South Sudanese development challenges are large and exceedingly difficult. If peace is to become real in South Sudan, working to rebuild the relationship with different clan-based groups in the country is indispensible. The central challenge to this exercise does not lie in the repair of the physical and institutional devastation, nor in the repatriation and reintegration of thousands of Southern IDPs and refugees. The primary challenge in rebuilding a society that has been organized in a clan-based power structure has to do with mending relations and restoring trust. If people do not trust each other, and lack of confidence in any political arrangement put in place and in mechanisms of conflict prevention in general, then the best rebuilding strategies are likely to fail. It should be clear that good governance is an ideal, which is difficult to achieving. Fortunately, our Government is stepping on to achieve. Very few countries and societies have come close to achieving governance in its totality. A society wellbeing depends on ensuring that all its members feel that they have a stake in it and do not excluded from the mainstream of their society. This requires all groups, and particularly the most vulnerable in South Sudan, have opportunities to improve or maintain their wellbeing from the upcoming world community arraignment, which sometimes comes under hidden agenda. In making peace happen to develop our new Nation, our leadership in Juba can and must be ready to sacrifice its interests for the benefits of all stakeholders. God, bless our Nation.