You have probably heard the adage above many times. Well, if you have grabbed a copy of yesterday’s issue of No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper or you have been following what has been transpiring in South Sudan closely lately, you probably would know about the deployment of the 753 battalion of[Read More…]
OpEd
Media is not your competitor but a development partner
By Emmanuel Loro William The best spokespersons I have known in this country are three. They mastered the art of public relation and are always familiar with any subject, when asked of one of the few living legends that I know, I can say they are Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin,[Read More…]
Whoever removed letter k from monkey has endangered the world
By Malek Arol Dhieu When you omit letter k from monkey, the remaining letters form a prestigious word called “money”. When you add letter y to mone; a similar word for admonishment, it forms a prestigious word called “money”. And so, whoever added letter y to mone has also dragged[Read More…]
The country needs peace, not violence
Nation Talks By Kiden Stela Mandela South Sudanese generally need peace in the country, it has become a history that today if the other part of the country is okay, the other will be in serious clashes, the leaders of this country should open up their eyes on the issues[Read More…]
Church wrangles risk the moral authority of religious institutions and it’s against God
Nation Talks By Kiden Stella Mandela The Church wrangles paint deem light on the Christian values believers have on their journey to pursue and teach God’s righteousness to one another. It has come to public knowledge that some of those issues dividing religious leaders have become unsolvable hence pitting them[Read More…]
Monuments are temporary, peace shouldn’t
Building monuments in memory of the heroes and heroines who held a true vision of South Sudan would be a great thing. But shouldn’t there be a slightly deeper reason attached to this? For instance, is the country seeing the fruit of their cause? Did the deaths of these brave[Read More…]
The darker the today, the brighter the tomorrow
By Malek Arol DhieuFor every darker today, there is always a brighter tomorrow. Let us assume 2022 was a darker year, and on the same note, let us assume 2023 is a brighter year. This is just an assumption, not real.I know there are people who do not exactly know[Read More…]
Vital issues missing in discussions
“Even if you build a concrete house on it, as long as it is a football field, it must be reclaimed, and we are going to implement the Presidential order on that” CES Governor, Emmanuel Adil was quoted. Inhabitation of play grounds of course should not be a thing to[Read More…]
PUBLIC CONTINUES TO SETTLE FOR DECREES WITHOUT REASON!
Decrees that have no reason to back them why should be revised so that the public knows why then that decree was passed at that moment. President Salva Kiir again declared appointments and dismissals of particular people and positions or offices. Reasons were not given again – a trend it[Read More…]
Adapting to the new normal
By Malek Arol Dhieu From 2nd Jan to date, South Sudanese who had had what to celebrate the Christmas and New Year with are sickening of three major diseases, namely hangover, lapsus linguae and spendthrifty. Hangover; as celebrations for Christmas and New Year were hither and thither, people celebrated until[Read More…]
HELP A NEIGHBOR AND BE BLESSED
Deployment of the SSPDF to the Democratic Republic of Congo is a great thing for South Sudan. It will be a good thing for the country because one; we shall be in position to show the region and the whole world that despite what is going on in the country[Read More…]
JOINT EFFORTS TO HAVE A BETTER NATION THIS YEAR
Starting the new year in a relatively calm state of the union is a good sign. Despite the occurrence of unrest in some parts of the country, generally the movement from 2022 into 2023 started on a not so bad side. Unfortunately, the absurdities of life in this world are[Read More…]
RENEWED HOPE, CHANGE OF HEARTS AND HARD WORK SHOULD BE OUR RECIPE IN 2023
The New Year is here. South Sudanese can look forth towards it for the good things they had all along wished for. Year 2022 had been one of the worst in the lifelong difficult times the Africa’s latest nation had been through. With every New Year, comes a renewed hope.[Read More…]
Let the government take action to avert nation-wide ethnic violence
It goes without saying that it is the Government’s responsibility to protect civilians across South Sudan. It cannot choose to look away from the havoc caused by armed cattle keepers and ethnic youth groups. It is crucial that armed interventions by state and national authorities are aimed at protecting civilians-[Read More…]
If you can dream it, you can achieve it
By Malek Arol Dhieu People should dismiss a belief in their medulla oblongatas that a dream dreamt while asleep is the only dream achievable, one can even dream while awake and the whole lot succeeds. It isn’t hard to dream, what’s hard is the intelligence to interpret your dream more[Read More…]
What Christmas Eve is all About
Christmas Eve is the entire day or evening before Christmas Day on December 24, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Gifts, cakes and other treats, parties, night prayers and music shows are some of the traditions of Christmas that make Christmas Eve a magical night like no other. Today[Read More…]
Enough of the talking
Pick a social media channel and you’ll find individuals offering advice and commentary. Within the mix is humour, seriousness, and heartfelt life events. Turn on SSBC, and more talks happen. Some give the blazing glimpse of the obvious while others fill time with inconsequentiality, press conferences, more talks, public even[Read More…]
Without an enemy within, an outside enemy does no harm
By Malek Arol Dhieu From the level of Africa as a continent to that of South Sudan as a country, many gifted leaders have perished in a manner that the pointing finger does not go straight to the known enemy minus passing through a few servant-hearted Africans for the case[Read More…]
Letter to future generations [5]
By Ngor Khot Garang As I pen this letter, I want you to listen carefully and take your time. I don’t know what tomorrow holds for me. It could be the last or even the beginning of the end for me. Don’t wonder, there are people who decide who lives[Read More…]
Ask your RT-GoNU, not me, says Mr. DEVELOPMENT
By Malek Arol DhieuI, Mr Development, would like to clarify it today that whoever asks me asks a wrong person! Anybody who needs me should go and ask RT-GoNU because what took my dear life is within the Revitalised Peace Agreement which resulted in the formation of the RT-GoNU.When the[Read More…]