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…]

By James Aniceto Batikayo   In view of the fact that the transition to the General Elections 2024 is ending, despite the so-called Road Map extension, the preparations underway for the elections are still incomplete and inadequate. According to our research, there is no need for further extension of the[Read More…]

She does not underrate herself. She knows she has value. She is sure of her potential. She does not talk like some other women who say, “I am just a woman. What can I do?” That is how those women talk. Who told them that they are just women? Who[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas   If you thought being a lawyer in South Sudan was a straightforward path of upholding justice and defending the innocent, think again. The newly elected leadership of the South Sudan Bar Association (SSBA), victorious as of May 29, 2024, finds themselves not merely in the[Read More…]

By Bosco Bush   Archbishop of the Central Equatorial Internal Province, Episcopal Church of South Sudan has called for reflection on the true values of liberation Struggle, which he said are peace and good governance. In his Independence Anniversary message, Archbishop Paul Benjamin Yugusuk noted that the failure of the[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu A 13-year-old South Sudan has reached an adolescent age. If it were a human being, it would be now experiencing the physiological changes of adolescence. Because every country is assumed a female as evidenced by its referral to as “she”, “her” and “herself”, we consider South[Read More…]