Chol John Majok This country has come a long way, and despite what it has gone through, there is still a chance if we try. This is to say that agriculture is the only lifeboat that we can use to solve hunger and poverty as well. On the same note,[Read More…]
OpEd
The Enigma of Vanishing Street Children in Juba: Unraveling Their Fate as They Mature
By Gama Hassan Oscas In the bustling capital city of Juba, South Sudan, an alarming and enduring phenomenon has perplexed and concerned both residents and observers alike – the overwhelming presence of street children. For years, Juba has been grappling with the issue of street children, and despite various initiatives[Read More…]
More soldiers are armed with axes than guns
After military training, soldiers would never be graduated if they are not armed with guns. However long it may take, they wait until the guns are brought. In the history of South Sudan, it was last year the soldiers graduated with sticks because the government had its hands tied on[Read More…]
Love Yields Reconciliation, Forgiveness and Peace
By Joseph Akim Gordon The power of love binds a man and woman together, allowing them to procreate children, be productive, and support their children and other relatives. Love creates sympathy and urges us to render support to those who are in need—the disabled, the poor, and the sick—and to[Read More…]
Elite Rule in South Sudan: A Critical Analysis of Government as a Social Contract
By Gama Hassan Oscas In any democratic society, the government is considered a social contract between the rulers and the ruled, where the citizens entrust certain powers to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights and welfare. However, in the case of South Sudan, the majority of[Read More…]
My chicken’s house cost me 2 million USD
By Malek Arol Dhieu I thought I was building a chicken’s house; little did I know it would cost me that much. If a chicken’s house would cost me 2 million USD, how about my own house? My family members never believed I spent such an amount of money until[Read More…]
Whatever that bring tears to your eyes is temporary
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…]
Paper Qualification without Knowledge, Skills is Worthless
By Joseph Akim Gordon Education and training are keys to life; they widen your environment so you can interact with many different people, be they intellectuals, highly placed personalities, religious dignitaries, and others. Education has given you the courage and ability to exchange information and knowledge with courage, which is[Read More…]
Tuesday 15th August 2023 marked South Sudan’s launching of rectification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Most times, when talking about one’s rights, the common understanding is political participation, which is more of an honorary accolade, than a full recognition of a person[Read More…]
Multipartism gone wrong
By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon South Sudan has seventeen political parties, with SSOA—a group of eight parties taken as one. They have different definition of our problems with distinct solutions from one another. But their respective aim in their view is making sure that South Sudan is stable, democratic and economically[Read More…]
The Social Contract and the Plight of South Sudan: A Critical Analysis of Elite Rule and Governance
By Gama Hassan Oscas A government is often viewed as a social contract between the rulers and the ruled, where the governed surrender some freedoms and power in exchange for protection and the facilitation of societal harmony. In South Sudan, a young nation struggling to establish its identity since[Read More…]
Are Western cultures more valuable than ours?
By Malek Arol Dhieu Each day we spend pushes us away from our very own cultures and takes us much closer to adopted cultures. I, personally, thought native cultures would be native cultures and foreign cultures would be foreign cultures because both of them have commonalities acceptable on either[Read More…]
Why motivational advice sucks
Sometimes it gives you healing to realize that the motivational speakers or gurus are some kinds of people like you who are seeking validation from others. Every word from them has a price tag. By just watching some of those videos, it is a smile to the bank. “Never[Read More…]
The recent passage of the fiscal year 2023/2024 budget by parliament came with showdown from opposition lawmakers who staged protests by walking out of the parliament, citing displeasures with the way; the budget was presented for passage. The opposition MPs representing (SPLM-IO and section of SSOA) advocated for 600%[Read More…]
Critical Analysis of South Sudan’s Budget Passage: Neglecting Security & Civil Servant Welfare
By Gama Hassan Oscas In a move that has sparked widespread outrage and disappointment, the South Sudanese Parliament, dominated by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party and its allied members, last week passed the budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 without the participation of the SPLM-In Opposition (SPLM-IO)[Read More…]
I’m too big to enter my uncle’s pocket
My uncle tries putting me into his chest pocket so that whenever he submits his application to J One, he would press my mouth so that I praise him to impress J One to appoint him. If he sees that I’m not enough to make the deal comes true, he[Read More…]
Why turn funerals into revels?
In my ordinary life, I don’t like going to funeral places for the reasons that I don’t want to see the pain that the bereaved continue to struggle with on a daily basis. Most times when I hear that someone has lost his or her life, two things will[Read More…]
The elusive pursuit of justice: South Sudan’s government, African Union, and the stumbling Hybrid Court
By Gama Hassan Oscas In the realm of international justice, the establishment of a Hybrid court stands as a beacon of hope, promising accountability for the gravest of crimes. However, in the case of South Sudan, this beacon appears to be flickering in the midst of governmental reluctance and the[Read More…]
You can lose something before you get it
You are not welcome here. This country has its owners, the alpha and omega of the land. The men who make money and still don’t know what to do with it. You failed to get that job, right? It wasn’t your fault. You actually met all the requirements, but[Read More…]
Good at destroying skills
By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon There is something particular about our public service. Our experts get unusually transformed when they get to public posts. They forget the appropriate demands of their profession and the public. Instead, they turn a deaf ear to the great calling, and continue to just occupy[Read More…]