Dear Dr. John Garang de Mabior, it is unfortunate that this year’s Martyrs Day Commemoration has come at a time when South Sudanese are living at the mercy of the economy. It is up to the economy to kill all South Sudanese or spare a few. Neither the Presidency nor[Read More…]

By Manas James Okony   Dear martyrs, I hope this letter finds you at peace, as your bones and flesh, which helped lay the foundation of our nation, rest beneath our soil and waterways. On the 30th day of July each year, we gather to honor your sacrifices and celebrate[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   We have been seeing ourselves as this nation had been and continues to be. I feel so surprised when the situation is becoming harder and harder yet there are thousands of individuals whose secret motive is to suck innocent blood. Say be calm and things[Read More…]

From one meal per day to zero meal per day! From you will get your salaries next month to salaries suspension! From hopefulness to hopelessness! Having seen that South Sudanese are vulnerable beyond vulnerability, hunger has sharpened its teeth and started scavenging the starving people of South Sudan. As hunger[Read More…]

Sometimes, when we see others ahead of us, we put it the wrong way that, we are left behind and forget even where we are, forgetting the need to appreciate what we are and what we have, though there are sometimes in our life when God can really break our[Read More…]

  By Ustaz Mark Bang   Here are 7 key lessons parents need to carry on with if they really want their child to better person in future, please the future of your own child matters. The Importance of Self-Reflection: emphasizes the need for parents to reflect on their own[Read More…]

When I see leaders of South Sudan addressing a problem, it kills me with laughter. They abandon the problem and shoot its shadow. They do not completely know how to put an absolute end to a problem. When a problem arises, it is always good to find its root cause.[Read More…]

With SSP fluctuations, we are able to know whether the citizens are optimistic or pessimistic. Optimistic citizens know things will change very soon. Pessimistic ones have no hope for change. Those who are optimistic in life treat things as normal. They don’t complain. They look for solutions. They smile when[Read More…]

By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   What is unique about our age is that so much transformation has happened in the ways we communicate and work. It is possible today to pass your information to thousands of people in various places in just minutes through social media. YouTube and Spotify have[Read More…]

By Ustaz Mark Bang   There is this compulsion of things that makes our lives tough and stressful. Now that you realize and accept that this life is momentary and is going to end with whatever you achieve or don’t achieve, the end result is to perish, you become less[Read More…]

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…]