From Highway A to Highway B, petrol stations are gradually replacing shops along the highways. That was last year. But this year, the word “gradual” is completely omitted and replaced by “rapid”. Petrol stations are rapidly replacing shops in Juba City. The tragedy is that one petrol station could occupy[Read More…]

In life and at certain points in life, problems and hurts will come unsought and uninvited. They will challenge you badly and leave you without any choice. They will reduce you to nothing and lead you into believing that you were created by mistake. You will begin to question your[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas   In the tumultuous realm of South Sudanese politics, a disconcerting phenomenon continues to undermine the nation’s stability and development: political prostitution. This term aptly characterizes the frequent and often opportunistic shifts of allegiance by politicians and military personnel between the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-In[Read More…]

 We are always expected to keep our ears to the ground because God wants each one of us not to expect surprises in life. For most people, making it out of nowhere to somewhere has to them, been something impossible even for people who believed in God. God has a[Read More…]

  By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   In today’s world, everything is political. We are a statement—our clothes, haircut, the way we act, Olga Tokarczuk. Politics is valuable and beneficial to the citizenry, but when it becomes a tool to progress the interests of a few or a political party, citizens[Read More…]

By Gamma Hassan Oscas   In recent years, South Sudan has experienced a troubling pattern of frequent reshuffles, appointments, sackings, and reappointments within key government financial institutions, particularly in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, the Bank of South Sudan, and the National Revenue Authority (NRA). This unsettling trend[Read More…]

I am seated here, tears in my eyes, helpless with a cup of warm water without sugar in my hand. It’s of less use, even when tea happens to be costlier as well. Had I probably a piece of cake as an escort, it would be imminent to rule out[Read More…]

People say nothing is impossible on this planet, and I always don’t take it seriously. However, I now believe that nothing is, indeed, impossible. There is this rich man who has oil, gold, diamond, nickel and other minerals, but he is oppressed as his resources are being consumed without his[Read More…]

It is worrisome to see future leaders being admitted in hospitals for malnutrition. This has a profound effect on the growing brain. As someone being adequately prepared to take power with a more decisive mind, the reductive adaptation system of severe acute malnutrition would impair the brain. This is for[Read More…]

The future is not always as bright as you think. Sometimes you may be living in the future without you knowing.  For students, it is passing with good grades and having a good job. Maybe starting a family, that is the future. Sometimes the future is living in the place[Read More…]

As a young man, I have made one choice, and it is one of the toughest one’s ever. For to choose to become a writer, is choosing life and death altogether. You don’t know how many doors you have opened and possibly how many you have opened with your writing.[Read More…]

It is confusing which direction should a blaming finger be pointed at. Ministry of Finance and Planning? Central Bank of South Sudan? Presidency? Bilpam Headquarters for the case of soldiers? Which direction really? To me, honestly, I can point to the presidency as the one responsible for this quarterly payment[Read More…]

By Deng Chol  A society that is not well cared for, will later be harmful to the individual who lives in it. So many things go on in the society we live in; it may be a big or small society.  After all, a society started from the family; an[Read More…]

By Ukongo Benson Athia Corruption, with numerous trends of definitions, involves taking anything, more than one lawfully deserves. The loot could be money, land, vehicles, etc. When a person receives extraordinary fortunes, without due process and corresponding records, it is a corruption by designation. If one has more than one[Read More…]

By Akol Miyen Kuol Luckily enough, South Sudan was one of the few countries that quickly got recognized by members of the global community even one day ahead of the declaration of independence. To prove the magnitude of the support that South Sudan enjoyed since its inception, it was recognized[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas In the culturally rich and diverse landscape of South Sudan, customs and traditions play a significant role in shaping the social fabric of society. One such custom that has raised considerable legal and ethical concerns is the practice of bride wealth, often referred to as “dowry.”[Read More…]

Having been born during the time when boyhood was measured by the number of fights a boy had caused and won, the number of boys he had wrestled down, common grazing lands he had taken his cattle to and other practices for fame, I suffered repercussions of these practices. Imagine[Read More…]

By Tong Akok Anei Mawien By Oxford’s definition, loyalty means showing or giving firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institutions, though it is not defined with regard to the outcome in return at the end, I believe it is something that shows togetherness at the cost[Read More…]