By Khon Ajang Akol Dear Minister Dr Baranaba Bak Chol Subject: Addressing the Economic Crisis and Strengthening the South Sudanese Currency. I hope this letter finds you well as you assume your new role as the Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Sudan. I write to[Read More…]
OpEd
Seeking for justice
Dear Editor, My name is Lona, I am 23 years old, frustrated, abandoned, expectant mother living in Juba. I fell in love with a man, and he promised to marry me. I believed in his words and one day he invited me to his residence, we made love, and I[Read More…]
Urgent need for tougher Legislation to combat public smoking in South Sudan
By Gama Hassan Oscas The alarming prevalence of public smoking in South Sudan has become a pressing concern that requires immediate action. Despite the global shift towards stricter smoking regulations and designated smoking areas, South Sudan lags behind in implementing effective measures to protect its citizens from the harmful[Read More…]
South Sudan at crossroads ahead of the 2024 elections
By Umba Peter Bosco Internalization of peace and security in the era of globalization is becoming increasingly important, although ambiguous. This phenomenon is exacerbated by the devastating Western hegemony which often has implications on local efforts to achieve community peace and security. Politicization of humanitarian and developmental interventions also creates[Read More…]
Living on almost nothing in a country of plenty
In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. This money came with many problems. The question is still the same, has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? From the top to the bottom, Africa has been[Read More…]
Is entrepreneurship hijacked from South Sudanese by foreigners?
By Angelo Kuach Aguer The best answer to this question is something I am challenging South Sudanese intellectual thinkers to provide. In doing so, any corporate, economic, or political thinker is hereby tasked with providing his or her answer and the rationale of his or her answer in an analytical[Read More…]
Commemorating the forgotten martyrs of Torit Uprising
By Gama Hassan Oscas In remembrance and honour of the foundational role of Torit uprising, in the liberation struggle of South Sudan. In the annals of history, certain moments stand as testaments to the indomitable spirit of a people in their quest for freedom and self-determination. The Torit Mutiny[Read More…]
A letter to the unborn
Little ones, I am a weak human. Not my fault. I didn’t choose this life. Maybe God was wrong or else he must have done it by mistake. Where did I go wrong? Always down. I am drowning in my own tears. Why? I feel like there is no need[Read More…]
Agriculture is South Sudan’s only path out of Poverty
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…]
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…]