By Malek Arol DhieuTaken from Winston Churchill to remind the forgetful South Sudanese of their rich history in Africa. The history becomes the campus direction which guides the nation in all directions she follows, but the history of South Sudan finds no use in the hands of the very people[Read More…]
OpEd
Is there future for a killer?
By Malek Arol DhieuDear unknown gunman, has your contract of selling the innocent souls to the Satan not yet expired? How much do you really receive when you have shot an innocent person? And by the way, who supplies you with what you use to shoot people? How do you[Read More…]
Don’t judge life
By Ngor Khot Garang I have come a long way to appreciate the grays in life and even darkness because without it, there is no light. You cannot see light without having to first deal with the darker part of things. Another thing I like about darkness is the sad[Read More…]
The silent killings must stop
By Kiden Stela Mandela The ongoing silent killing in South Sudan is something that is not good because it may lead the country to genocide one day. Up to date, there are still clashes ongoing across the country, more especially in the Upper Nile state. It is a serious issue[Read More…]
Your current condition is never the end of the world
By Ngor Khot Garang There is this saying that “This too shall pass” and there is something so intricate about it. At times, you cannot tell a lie from the truth from a smart person but this word has something to teach us. You can find the truth in it[Read More…]
I’m bleeding, screams the Revitalised Peace Agreement
By Malek Arol Dhieu I’m bleeding profusely. Can somebody please help me, I need medical attention? When President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Dr. Riek Machar Teny inked me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I thought I would grow healthier and fatter, little did I know there were holdout groups who would[Read More…]
Dear lawyers, lend me your ears!
By Theem Isaac Machar I am taking this precious time to talk to my country lawyers wherever they are. Dear lawyers, I have come a long way to have some judicial matters discussed about with you today. Although doctors are known of being life care-givers, lawyers have one thing in[Read More…]
Nation Talks
POWER SUPPLY IN JUBA IS A NIGHTMARE By Loro Louis Yugu (Guest Writer) This service fella has made me to have a say. He has taken the zeal to speak out point blank that the world has rated our country to be the least in electricity supply to its citizens.[Read More…]
Where is our payback, ask the grassroots?
By Malek Arol Dhieu Remember how dismayful it was to give your dearly son to the movement whose victory was uncertain. A son given to the SPLA was almost forgotten because he was considered to have visited the land of demise in that if he didn’t die today, then he[Read More…]
Beaten down by life, still standing
By Ngor Khot Garang It is very true that challenges will come uninvited or unsought for and it is up to us to decide what to do with them. For most people, all they do in difficult times is to just sit down and cry, for others they stand up[Read More…]
Why the least fit don’t survive
By Ngor Khot Garang In the race against the world, to win your space and make the most of life, you also have to be so sure of the fact that the race to the grave is the hardest one. We don’t have an idea who gets there faster and[Read More…]
Collective and urgent action needed to address insecurities and uncertainties
By Dr. Samuel Doe, UNDP Resident Representative We live in a world of increasing worry and uncertainty owing to crises and shocks, economic hardships, inequalities, political turmoil, climate emergencies, polarization, and weak service delivery systems. This is happening at a speed and scale beyond what humans have ever experienced. The[Read More…]
Why the world’s poorest starve in the age of plenty
By Ngor Khot Garang In the world of ten billions, there is a life that is more important than the other but this is not the case with the universal declaration of human rights. To the western world, every life, even the one lived at the extreme is a life[Read More…]
The next step to permanent peace
By Theem Isaac Machar Akot Since the government graduated over three thousand unified forces, a first genuine step to permanent peace, another step left to ensure prevalence and permanence of peace all over the country is disarming civilians carrying unauthorized weapons. The civil war which erupted in 2013, divided the country[Read More…]
A watched pot never boils
By Malek Arol Dhieu So many South Sudanese have sat around the fire on which the pot of change is placed, expecting it to boil faster as they are time bad. If something takes time to finish, don’t watch it too closely because it will seem like it’s taking forever.[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Will citizens survive these economic hardships? By Kiden Stela Mandela The economic hardship in the country is beyond normal understanding of every individual more especially the Citizens who are trying to put their efforts to change the abuse of the nation by foreign countries but instead it is a waste[Read More…]
If your beloved is mentally ill, choose hospital, not prison
By Tereza Jeremiah Chuei Many Health issues are being faced by human beings within this planet and South Sudan in particular is not an exception, Mental illness has been seen to be a very crucial issue that needs attention as the country continues to face it rough, since it lacks[Read More…]
Where is God when we need him?
By Ngor Khot Garang This question has been asked over the years by some of the world greatest minds and you are not exceptional. Don’t think, use people’s positions to put them on the right side of life. If you still don’t know, it is true people have their secret[Read More…]
How a divided country endangers our future
By Ngor Khot Garang To me and with the inequality I have seen in this country, I have come into the conclusion that prison rations, no matter how meager they may be, are more generous than table crumbs on a table with so much food. The man in the condemned[Read More…]
Dear God, may you hear me?
By Malek Arol DhieuHeavenly Father, in case I may become brave in the course of praying, I’m not a soldier, you may forgive me. I’m many people in one person, don’t ignore me. I’m praying on behalf of the widows, orphans, widowers, insane, street children, sick and disabled persons, which[Read More…]