The ten riparian states have come up with the Cooperative Framework Agreement which should be signed and ratified by all the ten states. But unfortunately, only seven countries have signed it. These include Uganda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Of the seven countries that have signed it,[Read More…]

Hundreds of thousands of decisions have been made to fix South Sudan. Every time, leaders meet to decide on what to do to see South Sudan stable, with how to put an end to war being the top problem to prioritise. This is because war is the cause of the[Read More…]

  By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   Institution building and resilience When it comes to national growth and prosperity, the measuring stick is whether or not institutions are available and working out their intended purpose. In South Sudan, it is difficult to factualize institutional progress or decline with accurate data. There[Read More…]

By James Aniceto Batikayo   In view of the fact that the transition to the General Elections 2024 is ending, despite the so-called Road Map extension, the preparations underway for the elections are still incomplete and inadequate. According to our research, there is no need for further extension of the[Read More…]

She does not underrate herself. She knows she has value. She is sure of her potential. She does not talk like some other women who say, “I am just a woman. What can I do?” That is how those women talk. Who told them that they are just women? Who[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas   If you thought being a lawyer in South Sudan was a straightforward path of upholding justice and defending the innocent, think again. The newly elected leadership of the South Sudan Bar Association (SSBA), victorious as of May 29, 2024, finds themselves not merely in the[Read More…]

By Bosco Bush   Archbishop of the Central Equatorial Internal Province, Episcopal Church of South Sudan has called for reflection on the true values of liberation Struggle, which he said are peace and good governance. In his Independence Anniversary message, Archbishop Paul Benjamin Yugusuk noted that the failure of the[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu A 13-year-old South Sudan has reached an adolescent age. If it were a human being, it would be now experiencing the physiological changes of adolescence. Because every country is assumed a female as evidenced by its referral to as “she”, “her” and “herself”, we consider South[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   Lies are meant to destroy anything they are introduced into, be it a friendship or a relationship. The most fundamental thing in any workplace is truth, and if you can’t keep telling the truth and base your interest on lies, this won’t help you, be[Read More…]

By Steady Ayuen   Everything in this world is in pairs; when you choose to do good to yourself and the people around you, it will surely turn around. As an American proverb states, “What goes around comes around.” Nobody has ever lived life to the fullest because we do[Read More…]

The richest, mostly, those who made their money on the backs of the poorest don’t really care about lifting those at the bottom of the economic pyramid. They want to perpetuate conditions that make people poorer so that they can stay atop it all.  The world is too big for[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   If all people are building their ways of doing things based on lies, even the whole world, I will never condone it. If this had never been part of my life I lived when I was young in the family, peer, and other groups. I[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar   To those who are living a happy life in South Sudan. It baffles me how you make it through these tough times. Imagine, to me, laughter these days is extremely hard. Even if someone cracks the funniest joke that I have ever heard before. Sparing[Read More…]

By Steady Ayuen   For more than a decade since independence, the desire for a democratic government became everyone’s dream in South Sudan. Youth, civil society and vulnerable population of South Sudan apprehend elections as the turning point for a democratic nation where the rule of law must prevail. Elections[Read More…]

  By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon Implementation tool (b) Three years ago, this problem-finding series came into being. It stemmed from the fact that we are in crisis and it is unclear to many suffering citizens why they have to experience such in their new heaven, the independent South Sudan. Though[Read More…]

There was this woman, I don’t know her name but what I know about her is that she is a very hard-working woman. Her work is one of the hardest ever, often with little or no pay at all. She is a street sweeper. The government doesn’t pay the civil[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   Most of the people never know choosing who to marry but remember to be vigilant, wise and optimistic before coupling up with the wrong person in life as a husband or wife. Is there that great person in your life loving you good? Don’t push[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   The role of government is contentious and ever-changing in South Sudanese society. Just as we have different cultures, the government has got different understanding of that lens. But that does not entail that truly, the government roles are variably determined. And perhaps, we have gone[Read More…]