Bring total peace to ease agricultural production By Kiden Stela Mandela If the recent findings of the World Bank that South Sudan humanitarian crisis reads at 8.9 Million domiciles in desperate Demand of Humanitarian aid with a total increase of over 600,000 in the past years are true, then it[Read More…]
OpEd
Editorial
AGRICULTURE AS SAVIOR AMID FOOD CRISIS With the hunger crisis worsening and told to get worse by analysts, what does South Sudan have as a backup plan for the time when hunger hell is expected to break loose? The country falls under 10 countries in the world where extreme hunger[Read More…]
Editorial
Daily boring talks on inflation won’t revive the economy Edmund Yakani once reported that mismanagement of resources by the leadership to serve individual interest instead of fighting for food security has impacted the country’s economy and stated that “corruption does not mean walking away with public money but manipulating decision[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Why is insecurity still rampant even in the city? By Kiden Stela Mandela Our own leaders have ever spoken on the issues to do with improving security in the country, just singing like a song of psalms to bring total peace to the country. The innocent civilians are bleeding every[Read More…]
Editorial
THE ROADMAP TO ELECTIONS AND PEACE The roadmap to elections and peace should be clear “Dutch Diplomat doubts South Sudan’s free, credible elections next year.” With the country’s much anticipated – or rather much mumbled elections next year but with other people or other spectators saying nay pessimistic opinions and[Read More…]
OPINION: Electronic gambling on streets is ruining the future of school kids
By James Ayiek Bath Acuoth I feel sad when I see young school kids who are the potential future leaders of this Country gambling on streets instead of studying in schools. It is equally baffling and appalling that some of them gamble even with school uniforms on them, while the[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Tax must be audited to penalize fraudsters in court By Kiden Stela Mandela The obligation to pay tax to the government is the moral responsibility of the citizens in any nation on earth. The citizens do so while in return they expect services delivery from the government. The government agency[Read More…]
Editorial
There should be an end to futile firing and appointing of officers Firing and replacing leaders, chiefs, governors, ministers at will does not guarantee that the latter will not be the same or worse than the former was before they were kicked out of office. There should be a deeper[Read More…]
Dredging Naam is another political Netflix ‘God must be crazy’ (part two)
By James Ayiek Bath The World is like a thick forest over crowded by hunters and targets are scarce. Egypt as a desperate beneficiary of the Nile water now is demanding hundred percent share from the Nile water without any contribution to the sources of the Nile. However, the recent[Read More…]
Nation Talks
WHY MEETING THE EAC OBLIGATION IS A CHALLENGE By Kiden Stela Mandela In 2016, South Sudan joined East African Community (EAC); a club of countries to share common market to enhance their economies. The move opened South Sudan to benefit from the projects carried out under the East African Community.[Read More…]
OPINION: When all you try fail
By Akol Arop Akol People with great minds have their quotes that if you don’t fail, you will never succeed. Failure and success are just going side by side like two sides of the road. There is left and right, but all drivers, riders and passengers make sure they go[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Parties should not veer off the 2023 polls’ roadmap By Kiden Stela Mandela The journey to the 2023 elections has been characterized by uncertainty emanating from propaganda and rumors in the press and social media. Politicians have seized every press conference to amplify all manner of toxic and empty promises.[Read More…]
OPINION: The 8Ps and their reflections in life
By Akol Arop Akol The following are the realities that I have understood about life. Almost everyone doesn’t know they and that’s why they lost hope consistent struggle. Here are they, hope they will inspire you. People God told the first mankind to reproduce and fill the world, this means[Read More…]
OPINION: Sprawl is tandem, prowl is Inescapable!! (Part three)
Sprawl is tandem, prowl is Inescapable!! (Part three) By James Ayiek Bath Acuoth E-mail; ayiekojames512@gmail.com Snake is a staff for the witch doctor’s Son. Take it to the bank, governments will always exploits the Citizens! I commend and applauds President Salva Kiir Mayardit on the bold decision he has taken to[Read More…]
Salutations to South Sudanese Patriotic Citizens
Martin Manyiel Wugol in Freedom Farm Since Public Debate on Nile Dredging Project considerably put to rest online courtesy of H.E the president. On Thursday, 14, July 2022 as usual, I was watching professor Nobel Prize Winner and political activist Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde known as (WS) Professor Wole Soyinka addressed[Read More…]
Editorial
Celebrating 2 years! It has been a milestone achieved for No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper A newspaper that started as an online paper in 2019 but morphed into hard copy on 14th July 2020; operating both online and physically during the Coronavirus Pandemic has stood its tide to become the country’s[Read More…]
Editorial
When shall the country learn that bleeding and whining won’t solve a thing? As the fresh violent attacks rise in some parts of the country while some are healing and some have been peaceful for a while now, don’t we all admire those who are living in peace – day[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Insecurity increases despite 11years of independence By Kiden Stela Mandela It is impossible that our own leaders have ever spoken on the issues to do with improving security in the country just singing like a song of slams to bring total peace to the country while Governors, Ministers and all[Read More…]
Editorial
Making promises repeatedly that one does not keep makes them a liar eventually Murders, sexual abuse, hunger, poverty, disease, civil wars are some of the issues that this country has been painfully going through from the time she gained independence and now issues of flooding and dredging of the Sudd[Read More…]
Editorial
What next, after 9th July 2022 celebrations? It is 11 years today that South Sudan is operating under the fact of self-sovereignty. For a country still so young and growing, there are many times that she has fallen. We learn through our mistakes, they say. They also say that it[Read More…]