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…]
OpEd
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…]
A letter to future generations [4]
By Ngor Khot Garang Little ones, 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[Read More…]
The present versus the future, the duo are big enemies
By Ngor Khot Garang I want to begin this ride with a word of prayer. God, forgive or don’t forgive those who set this house ablaze and those who are fanning it. Whoever may take this prayer personal, please don’t worry. I don’t subscribe to religion, group or any ism[Read More…]
AMERICA’S HISTORIC CONNECTION TO AFRICA IN A SHIFTING GLOBAL ORDER
By Hon. Mayiik Ayii Deng, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of South Sudan (Washington DC – December 14, 2022) The US-Africa Summit raises three threads that, when considered together, indicate an inflection point in world history and a choice point for American policy on[Read More…]
“We are compelled to steal to make a living”, the voice of the civil servants
By Chol Peter Majoh Our salaries are oftentimes delayed, not coming promptly in time in addition to the fact that it’s small and not able to cater for all our needs, we are forced to sin to make a living.Yes, conditionally compelled to embezzle, steal or apply corruption in order to manage[Read More…]
Whoever is alive today, in South Sudan is a living martyr
A martyr here is not any struggling person out there. I also mean animals and anything including roads that are still in existence. It is one of the hardest times to be alive. And if you are still here, congratulation. But wait, I have a different story. The government has[Read More…]
The needy outnumber the givers
By Malek Arol Dhieu The historians authoring the history of South Sudan with pens are liars, because the history is so dismayful that it can be best written with tears. I know you don’t care about the poor whom this article refers to also as the needy, but take a[Read More…]
A Native Song’s Power: A note of Thanks To Singers
By Makak Gile, Padua, Italy In what circumstances do people value music’s relevance in their daily lives? Generally, music is defined by scholars as the “art of arranging sound” to produce some combination of form, harmony, melody, and rhythm. Exact definitions of music vary greatly around the world, despite the[Read More…]
God balances this world. If you have something, you lose something Sometimes your need for freedom takes away your freedom. No wonder, if you have security, you lose freedom. I enjoy more freedom than a South Sudanese minister or MP. I can buy banana anywhere and enjoy without this worry[Read More…]
What happens when you live your life for others? This question crossed my mind when I read an interesting story of a poor high school teacher who graciously went on to become an eye of the world. Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan and it might not be a new name to[Read More…]
We have one ample of discord; tribalism
By Chol Peter MajohNothing upsets the apple cart than tribalism does. Everything can be in an apple-pie order but when tribalism gets in, discord, contention, corruption, division, revenge and killing become a new normal. This is actually what’s happening in my country, South Sudan.With the toxic tribalism in South Sudan,[Read More…]
Dreaming dreams of a warless South Sudan
By Malek Arol Dhieu Who knew there would be wars after independence in South Sudan except the one who knew there would be wars? Who knew there exactly would be wars except those who planned to cause them? That day, that particular day when the flag was raised to fly[Read More…]
Why foreign aid is not working for Africa Over the years, dollars, in billions, have been pumped into Africa and there is little or even nothing to show for it. In fact, aid is malignant, deadly. It is the problem! If the world has one image of Africa, it is[Read More…]
What would President Salva promise again during the 24th Convocation?
By Malek Arol Dhieu Of all the promises made by President Salva Kiir Mayardit during the 23rd Convocation of the University of Juba, two outmanoeuvred; a promise to pave all the roads within the university and another promise to employ graduates on merit. Neither of these promises was fulfilled, and[Read More…]
Dear unemployed graduates, take a look at yourselves
By Malek Arol Dhieu It’s difficult to measure education in South Sudan because “some” graduates appear educated when far and uneducated when they prove their graduateship. I don’t know what kind of version in education makes graduates strong in paper work and weak in verbal work. It’s undeniable that the[Read More…]
Well done Central Equatoria State parliament
By Maring Lu-Jokudu Na-Minteng I would like to sincerely congratulate the parliament of Central Equatoria State for putting the executive this time on their toes. The MPs have redeemed the ailing image of the Central Equatoria State Parliament from being manipulated by the Executive and powerful individuals. The legislature is[Read More…]