By Philip Buda Ladu After a nearly five-month pause, the Tumaini Initiative—a process aimed at achieving sustainable peace in South Sudan—is set to resume today, December 4, 2024, in Nairobi. The renewed talks, hosted in the Kenyan capital, will involve the transitional government of national unity and non-signatories to[Read More…]
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Gov’t disowns VP Taban’s comment on Sudan
By William Madouk During his remarks at the eighth Governors’ Forum, Vice President Taban Deng Gai, chair of the infrastructure cluster made a bombshell statement claiming that “there is no government in Khartoum.” This statement has nearly caused a diplomatic stir with neighboring, Sudan. However, the Minister of Presidential Affairs[Read More…]
SPLM threatens social media shutdown
By Bosco Bush Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party Secretary-General, Peter Lam Both has warned that South Sudan may be forced to shut down social media platforms if they continue to be misused for propaganda and defamation. He said that while the SPLM supports freedom of expression, abuse of this[Read More…]
SPLM refutes Kiir’s power transfer allegation
By Bosco Bush Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) denied social media reports claiming that President Salva Kiir plans to transfer power to a senior party member while seeking medical treatment abroad. The rumour suggests that the Senior Presidential Envoy on Special Programs, who also doubles as SPLM’s First Deputy[Read More…]
Life doesn’t wait for tomorrow
By Ustaz Mark Bang Life doesn’t wait for anybody. No amount of money ever bought a second of time. I think this is one of the biggest truths that today’s society of people just never thinks of. They are too busy filling up the needs of their ego. Life is[Read More…]
A Day of Night
By Ustaz Mark Bang Relative to centuries ago, global inequality may be much higher than it was, but this was mainly due to the fact that nobody really had anything. Yes, there was typically an aristocratic elite that was wealthy, but the worldwide wealth at this time period was so[Read More…]
Mourning the loss of National Languages
Humans mourn their loved ones. If you lose someone in the family, you must mourn whether you like the person or not. I believe culture demands it. It is like burying a dead body. In Africa, it is a curse to leave a dead body unburied. Maybe only until these[Read More…]
Veterans are not sold in markets
By Malek Arol Dhieu When you look closely at the army, you can see a great difference between SPLA (Anyanya 1 and 2 included) veterans and SSPDF veterans. SPLA veterans are those veterans who joined the army from 1955 to 2005, meanwhile, SSPDF veterans are those veterans who joined[Read More…]
If I were to copy someone’s struggle, I would copy that of my father
By Malek Arol Dhieu My heart is very strong. I’m fathered by someone who lost his parents at age 3. He was surviving on God’s mercy. Any time any material disappeared from the house, no one other than him could be accused. Any time food was brought and given to[Read More…]
I WAS AFRAID
By Ustaz Mark Bang I was afraid of being rejected Until I learned to never reject myself I was afraid of being abandoned Until I learned to never abandon myself I was afraid of the opinions of others Until I learned that they held no more weight than my own[Read More…]
A new version of hunger on top of the old one
At around 2 AM, a noise woke me up from sleep. Outside my room, I saw a throng of people with torches around a man. I opened the gate, went to them and inquired what the matter could be. They told me they are begging a man to return home.[Read More…]
Go back to school
By Ustaz Mark Bang If there are those who seek to get rich before acquiring credentials, then their future is in danger. One has to ask her/himself this question. How is South Sudan’s tomorrow going to reflect, my friend? It’s going to be the worst situation one has ever experienced,[Read More…]
Wanting a government like others seen in the World
By Ustaz Mark Bang A good leader can put a country on a good path, but no leader can keep the country on that path forever, because eventually, they die. The thing that translates to long-term success is not the individual leaders but having good systems that allow the country[Read More…]
It is social media that makes you feel like your life is bad
There is something you want badly. It doesn’t matter if you will get it or not, you just want it and is willing to go through that pain just to have it. You are not so sure when but you know you need to get there even if it takes[Read More…]
Arabs cut my hands; finance officers cut my salary-ordeals of a wounded hero
Capt. James joined the liberation struggle in 1987. He graduated from the military field as a Sergeant Major; the rank he maintained until February 2005 when he met the late Dr. John Garang and got promoted to the rank of Captain at once. Since then, he never received another promotion.[Read More…]
GO BACK TO SCHOOL
By USTAZ MARK BANG If there are those who seek to get rich before acquiring credentials, then their future is in danger. One has to ask her/himself this question. How is South Sudan’s tomorrow going to reflect, my friend? It’s going to be the worst situation one has ever experienced,[Read More…]
You can be relieved from your job, but you can never be relieved from your work
Public office is just being sniffed like cocaine in South Sudan. The quest for looking for a solution would spare no one, including the one looking for the solution himself. South Sudan has reached a critical moment where an official is appointed today and relieved tomorrow without even being sworn[Read More…]
Be the change that you would want
By Ustaz Mark Bang You just have to change yourself. Your focus should not be on changing others. That is what Mahatma Gandhi did. It is his quote. When we change and start to operate from a higher perspective and ideals, our energy starts to ascend. We start to vibrate[Read More…]
GREAT LEADERS ARE EVER KIND, HUMBLE AND SUPPORTIVE
Ustaz Mark Bang Love, like war, is a complex battlefield. When someone cheats on you, they’ve launched an assault on the very foundation of trust and respect in your relationship. But here’s the thing about humans—we’re complex creatures, capable of immense love and profound forgiveness. So, how can you still[Read More…]
Twelve (12) months without salary, a potential threat
By Khamis James Kwaje Lubang, Indeed, the situation of government workers in South Sudan going for extended periods of one year without pay is a very unique experience that has not happened anywhere in the world. Such a rear occurrence has proved beyond doubt the faith, love, trust, and value[Read More…]