Though the vice president for service cluster, Hussein Abdelbagi has warned schools against the vice, such are not open market practices like our roadside forex that place their tables under an umbrella for the trade. However, deployment of invigilators and security forces at examination centers are, but it only plays[Read More…]
OpEd
Response to disgruntled and addled MP Nhomngek’s derisive letter against speaker Jemma Nunu’s Honorary PhD
By Victor Dodo It was on 11th November 2023, when National Legislative Assembly Speaker Rt. Hon. Dr. Jemma Nunu Kumba received an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Weldios University- Benin for her Excellence in Public Service and Charitable Work. The Honorary PhD was conferred on the distinguished and[Read More…]
If the adage that the hand that gives, receives blessings is true, then African countries are losing the glory of God. Literary, Africa is a continent blessed with abundant natural resources ranging from precious minerals, vegetation, water bodies, fertile land, and favorable climate. But contrary to the natural endowment, the[Read More…]
The Erosion of Legal Integrity: Law Enforcement’s Unchecked Usurpation of Civil Court Powers in South Sudan
By Gama Hassan Oscas In the heart of South Sudan’s legal system, a disconcerting trend has emerged, where the power vested in civil courts is systematically usurped by law enforcement agencies and public prosecutors. Contrary to the provisions laid out in the Civil Procedure Act of 2008, civil matters,[Read More…]
Us versus them; The haves and the have-nots
Life in South Sudan is pyramidal, those at the top don’t want to come down and it is equally hard for those at the bottom to climb. In this country, most people are rich because others are poor. The country presents its brightest part to many; it also presents its[Read More…]
Leave a good legacy in the world
By Theem Isaac Machar Akot We live in this world and depart when it comes to the given time by God for one to accomplish designed tasks. Those leaving the world day by day have their time or task given, reached, or finished. The world we are in today,[Read More…]
The predator prays for food, the prey asks for protection
I have said over and again that I don’t put people on a pedestal. I know that each person I bump into in life has a story to tell or a victory they are about to celebrate. When I see someone celebrating his graduation ceremony, I get humbled. Who knows[Read More…]
Coal, oil, and gas are fueling the cost-of-living crisis. The COP28 Climate Conference can see a climate action surge
By Simon Stiell Over the last couple of years, inflation has caused a cost-of-living crisis across large parts of the world. Some fearmongers have used the hardship that has caused billions of people to propagate rhetoric that climate change action is unaffordable and running against the interests of ordinary[Read More…]
Ministry launches mental health services
By Hou Akot Hou Northern Bahr El Ghazal State Ministry of Health has begun rendering mental health services to psychologically retarded individuals in the state. Lual Aleu Jok, the state’s health focal point, told this outlet that they have started offering services to individuals with psychological illnesses in the[Read More…]
Why has sex become transactional among young people today?
By Chol Peter Majoh From the word transaction comes the word transactional. Therefore, what’s transactional sex? Well, according to me, yes, it’s the exchange of consensual sex for material support like gifts, money, food, and many others. Among young people, the exchange of sex for gifts, etc., occurs in many[Read More…]
The oil around us: Its little blessings and its nothingness
I have seen, in my younger life, almost all the things I had expected not to see in my entire life. The brutal killings of people, rape, abject poverty, and misappropriation of public resources but we have always blamed it on oil but it is not. Oil will never curse.[Read More…]
The Myth of Equality; ‘Effects of Domestic Violence on School going children’
By Lisok James Moses Domestic Violence also known as Family abuse or Family violence is an act of violence or abuse against a person living in one’s household, especially a member of one’s immediate family. This also can be the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member[Read More…]
Africans against Africans
Africa for centuries has birthed great leaders and people of paramount substance who when they had believed what they were gifted with could have changed the political and socio-economic background of Africa but that did not happen as expected simply because we do not believe in ourselves and Africa[Read More…]
The National Youth Convention scheduled for December has been canceled due to interference allegedly by the Minister of Youth and Sports. The convention serves as a platform for youth leaders from the states to come together, exchange ideas, and elect their new national leaders. However, the reports of interference by[Read More…]
Treat me, a baby if you truly love me
By Nyak Lam If a baby urinates on the mother, a good mother will smile and say, “My baby has brought me a blessing.” She will take her piece of cloth and clean it with joy. She won’t judge the baby for urinating on her. You won’t likewise judge me[Read More…]
Welcome to the world of many problems
Life given its twists and turns is great everything and it is equally great nothing. And this depends on how you see things based on your context. You cannot solve a South Sudanese problem with a Canadian solution. You can lose that battle without trying. People are in different worlds[Read More…]
Letter to President Salva Kiir Mayardit; the designated Chairman of the East African Community
It is good that the seat has come to South Sudan in time. Remember it takes 8 or so years for the chairmanship of EAC to come back for every East African country. Every time it is for a particular country, the president of that country exercises it to the[Read More…]
Peace and unity are the most sung words in the country, with unequivocal demand than the US Dollars but least practiced and felt. Our current numerous predicaments of high commodity prices, diminishing currency rates, high unemployment rates, poor standards of living, and so forth, are all effects of an absence[Read More…]
Unveiling the Legal Quagmire: Standing Order Number 1 and the Traffic Directorate’s Unchecked Authority
By Gama Hassan Oscas In a shocking display of unchecked authority, the Traffic Directorate recently issued Standing Order Number 1 on November 4, 2023, a move that has raised serious legal questions about the legitimacy and consistency of such directives with the existing legal framework in South Sudan. This scathing[Read More…]
Simon; a father of 8 children suffers headache as Christmas approaches
An SSPDF soldier named Simon wishes Christmas had never existed. He blames Christians for creating unnecessary month of celebration. He wishes he were Chinese to live from 1st January to 31st December without being asked by his wife and children for clothes for Christmas and New Year celebrations. Having received[Read More…]