By Theem Isaac Machar Akot   Although training a child in skilled types of work is helpful and mandatory, exposure to heavy-force labour constitutes mistreatment. The concerned Ministries of Labour and Gender and Social Welfare should pay attention to the appalling situations South Sudanese children are going through. Parents in[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   We live in a community where all people desire to live while others continue to perish, where socialization is dying, where culture is swept off, and where pride is the focus of the day. Those in government are not serving us but eating our resources,[Read More…]

Hats off to President Joe Biden! One of the most annoying things on earth is to win a competitive marriage, but you produce only one child and become infertile. You and your dear wife are still brand new spouses, but one of the rights that forces a woman to divorce,[Read More…]

Instead of awarding herbivores, they award carnivores. They award those who eat other people’s flesh. To me, some awards are buyable. Carnivores who want to purify their tinted legacies can secretly donate money to award-giving institutions in order to award them. Once awarded, they think that they are distinguished, little[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot   What would you choose as an individual if you were appointed to the government? Would you prioritize the nation or your individual pocket? I personally look at these two incredible aspects of life as immensely significant in one’s legacy. It less matters. Either one[Read More…]

Failure is common but it is never common to some students. It is not everyone that fails. Then, what characterises such a student who never fails in any exam? Preparation is the motto of such a student that never fails.  It matters a lot to prepare for one to make[Read More…]

By Deng Akoldit Ajuong   Mr. Bol is a South Sudanese who lives near the Nile. He has planted a beautiful maize field. He lives next to the Nile. His neighbor is Mr. James, who needed to go away for study for three months. When he left, Mr. Bol’s maize[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   Last year I listened to a BBC podcast, “Out of school, and qualified for nothing?’’. Evaluation results for their census on education had just been released. They indicated that 24%, nearly a quarter of people over the age of 16 have neither academic nor professional[Read More…]

By Ephraim Modi D.S In the grand theater of politics, often deemed a “dirty game,” there are moments that transcend the usual conspiracies of power and ambition, piercing the very heart of the collective consciousness of the Americans. On Saturday, the world witnessed such a moment when former US President[Read More…]

 I almost laugh when I see informed people waiting for the solutions when they themselves are the solutions. South Sudanese are waiting for what is waiting for them.  They are the change that South Sudan longs for, and I find no reason why South Sudanese go uphill in search for[Read More…]

By Erdem Mutaf   Today we commemorate our heroes once more with the deepest respect and gratitude who stopped the failed military coup attempt in Türkiye on July 15, 2016, by sacrificing their lives. Eight years have passed since the attempted military coup by the Fethullahist terrorist organization (a.k.a. FETO)[Read More…]

As an opinion writer fighting for the welfare of civil servants, it sometimes discourages me from seeing the civil servants becoming more concerned with what does not add value to their lives. They do not know where to fight, when to fight, who to fight and unfortunately, how to fight. [Read More…]

The wild like no other place on earth is the only place where the impossible and unthinkable happens at once. It is a place where one feels like a complete waste of life or a leftover of creation. Life in the wild starts in the morning and ends in the[Read More…]

By Hassan Gama Oscas   In the theatrical circus that is South Sudan’s legal profession, the election of a new, democratically chosen body to lead the South Sudan Bar Association (SSBA) on May 29, 2024, is akin to a grand opening night. The newly elected SSBA leadership now faces the[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang Waiting for opportunities doesn’t need those who have no patience, those who give up when almost reaching to opportunity, and it doesn’t need stories if I would have done this and that. When your clock clicks, joy will ring, and no one will stop it or[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   As philosophical members described how they applied these six principles to their own lives—passion, vision, preparation, courage, perseverance, and integrity—to set them onto their individual paths to success, learn how these core principles helped our extraordinary leaders shape their achievements and their lives. Discover how[Read More…]

The ten riparian states have come up with the Cooperative Framework Agreement which should be signed and ratified by all the ten states. But unfortunately, only seven countries have signed it. These include Uganda, Ethiopia, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan. Of the seven countries that have signed it,[Read More…]

Hundreds of thousands of decisions have been made to fix South Sudan. Every time, leaders meet to decide on what to do to see South Sudan stable, with how to put an end to war being the top problem to prioritise. This is because war is the cause of the[Read More…]

  By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   Institution building and resilience When it comes to national growth and prosperity, the measuring stick is whether or not institutions are available and working out their intended purpose. In South Sudan, it is difficult to factualize institutional progress or decline with accurate data. There[Read More…]