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…]
OpEd
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…]
How Dubai transitioned from nothing to a global hub
Dubai’s transformation from a desert to a global real estate hub has been nothing short of hard work and giving people the life, they deserve now. From having the world’s tallest building to man-made islands in the shape of a world map, the U.A.E.’s most populous city has never shied[Read More…]
Taxes are vehicles to foster development, but the levy rates and timing matters a lot; otherwise, the repercussions could impact gravely on the citizens. Like what happens at the Nimule border point where trucks of goods to the country have stopped crossing allegedly due to tax increases, those who endeavor[Read More…]
Thankfully, you are alive and you are aware of it
In life, I wonder a lot when things are not working out. Most times I feel like something has gone wrong somewhere in my life. Maybe God is no longer interested in my struggle. Maybe he doesn’t want to pick and fix my broken pieces. For others, it means something[Read More…]
Truth fears no question
By Malek Arol Dhieu Albert Einstein says truth is what stands the test of experience. He is indeed more than right to crown truth with this truth. When you choose to be a truth-teller, you also choose to be hated for no reason other than telling the truth because[Read More…]
The ideal of a Member of Parliament is to represent the interests of the public rather than a party but what transpires at Central Equatoria state Assembly reflects the opposite. On Monday, CES lawmakers adopted an impeachment motion against Three ministers amid a walkout by mainly SPLM legislators. The ministers[Read More…]
How the able world weaponize debts to steal Africa
Africa as a continent has come a long way with a history drenched in blood. It has crossed rivers and climbed valleys. It is a story of a people preached for years with the gospel of self-hate, and deceit among other vices. This history has been rewritten several times and[Read More…]
Story of a village man who became wealthy in Juba
By Deng Akoldit Ajuong There is a village man. He spent his whole life in the village, after cows. He is quite tall and strong in appearance. He is the village headman. In his village, young people are going to the township to study, when they come back from the[Read More…]
South Sudan’s Failure to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women is a Violation of the Maputo Protocol
By Gama Hassan Oscas In the realm of international human rights, the Maputo Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa stands as a beacon of hope and a strong commitment to the elimination of discrimination against women. This crucial[Read More…]