By Malek Arol Dhieu I’m bleeding profusely. Can somebody please help me, I need medical attention? When President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Dr. Riek Machar Teny inked me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I thought I would grow healthier and fatter, little did I know there were holdout groups who would[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar I am taking this precious time to talk to my country lawyers wherever they are.  Dear lawyers, I have come a long way to have some judicial matters discussed about with you today. Although doctors are known of being life care-givers, lawyers have one thing in[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu Remember how dismayful it was to give your dearly son to the movement whose victory was uncertain. A son given to the SPLA was almost forgotten because he was considered to have visited the land of demise in that if he didn’t die today, then he[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang It is very true that challenges will come uninvited or unsought for and it is up to us to decide what to do with them. For most people, all they do in difficult times is to just sit down and cry, for others they stand up[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang In the race against the world, to win your space and make the most of life, you also have to be so sure of the fact that the race to the grave is the hardest one. We don’t have an idea who gets there faster and[Read More…]

By Dr. Samuel Doe, UNDP Resident Representative We live in a world of increasing worry and uncertainty owing to crises and shocks, economic hardships, inequalities, political turmoil, climate emergencies, polarization, and weak service delivery systems. This is happening at a speed and scale beyond what humans have ever experienced. The[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang In the world of ten billions, there is a life that is more important than the other but this is not the case with the universal declaration of human rights. To the western world, every life, even the one lived at the extreme is a life[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot Since the government graduated over three thousand unified forces, a first genuine step to permanent peace, another step left to ensure prevalence and permanence of peace all over the country is disarming civilians carrying unauthorized weapons.  The civil war which erupted in 2013, divided the country[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu So many South Sudanese have sat around the fire on which the pot of change is placed, expecting it to boil faster as they are time bad.  If something takes time to finish, don’t watch it too closely because it will seem like it’s taking forever.[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang This question has been asked over the years by some of the world greatest minds and you are not exceptional. Don’t think, use people’s positions to put them on the right side of life. If you still don’t know, it is true people have their secret[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang To me and with the inequality I have seen in this country, I have come into the conclusion that prison rations, no matter how meager they may be, are more generous than table crumbs on a table with so much food. The man in the condemned[Read More…]

By Malek Arol DhieuHeavenly Father, in case I may become brave in the course of praying, I’m not a soldier, you may forgive me. I’m many people in one person, don’t ignore me. I’m praying on behalf of the widows, orphans, widowers, insane, street children, sick and disabled persons, which[Read More…]

By Ariik Kuol Ariik On August 30, 2022, South Sudan successfully graduated the First Batch of the Unified forces at Dr. John Garang Mausoleum in Juba. The Regional Leaders from Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania and Egypt attended the function. The members of Diplomatic Mission from different Countries[Read More…]

By Malek Arol DhieuIt is easier said than done to graduate the Unified Forces, but now that it has happened, what has remained only is one more push to call it a ‘full implementation’ of the agreement. Because of this, the parties that are signatories to the agreement deserve an[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu In my dictionary, I had never found a suitable word to praise the alcohol bill-payers who have been contributing to the rapid growth of alcohol industries. I particularize alcohol bill-payers because, as they continue clearing the bills, broke drunkards never go for alcoholic holidays, which reduces[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu My name is South Sudanese Pounds. They abbreviate me as SSP. Bringing me to where I’m today was a tug of war. It all began after independence as an independent country must have a currency. Choosing a portrait of Dr. John Garang de Mabior was unanimous,[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu There are only two days for a man; the birth day and the death day. Whether you like it or not, death ensues, but do not let your death find you where you are. Death by a bullet is far much more glorious than death by hunger![Read More…]

By Taban Henry History tells that the Equatoria regime marked the roadmap for the South Sudan long journey to the South Sudan independence according to the governor’s press secretary. The August 18 2022 marked 67 years since the first renowned liberation struggle of the South Sudanese began in Torit town[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot Among the sixty four tribes in South Sudan, Nilotic tribes more specially the Dinka and Nuer tribes pay a lot of dowries.   A beautiful illiterate girl ranges from 140-180 cattle while educated one ranges from 280-300 cattle. Those they perceive of average beauty cost 90-50[Read More…]