The Communist Party of South Sudan ( ar, حزب الشيوعي جنوب السودان, ''Hizb Al-Shuyu'i Janub Al-Sudan'') is a
communist party in
South Sudan. It was formed in June 2011, as the southern branches of the
Sudanese Communist Party separated themselves from their mother party ahead of South Sudanese independence. The formation of the new party was declared at a meeting at the Sudanese Communist Party office in
Khartoum.
Joseph Wol Modesto Joseph Wol Modesto Ukelo is a South Sudanese politician. As of 2011, he is the general secretary of the South Sudan Communist Party.
In 1989 he was appointed Minister of Education in the Southern Council. He contested the 2010 South Sudan Legisla ...
is the general secretary of the party.
The party participated in the 2013
International Communist Seminar
The International Communist Seminar (ICS) was an annual communist conference held in May in Brussels, Belgium. It was organized by the Workers' Party of Belgium (WPB).
In 1992, Ludo Martens, leader of the WPB initiated the conference, which gat ...
in
Brussels.
See also
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Sudanese Communist Party
References
External links
Communism in South Sudan
Communist parties in Africa
Political parties in South Sudan
Political parties established in 2011
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