By Hou Akot Hou More than one hundred employees at the Ministry of Agriculture in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State have gone on a sit-down strike over salary cuts. The workers told the media on Tuesday that they were shocked to find that their salaries for the previous month had[Read More…]
Year: 2023
Economic Conference set for next month
By William Madouk A national economic conference to address urgent issues facing the economy of South Sudan is expected on September 4th–8th, 2023, said the minister of Finance, Dr. Bak Barnaba Chol. The four-day economic conference will be held in Juba under the theme “Towards a Diversified, Inclusive, and Sustainable[Read More…]
US mounts pressure over pending peace tasks
By Gladys Fred Kole US ambassador to Juba has urged South Sudan government to expedite the unfinished tasks in the peace roadmap stated in the revitalized agreement. Ambassador, Michael J. Alder expressed the concerns in a meeting with the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Deng Dau Deng,[Read More…]
Elite Rule in South Sudan: A Critical Analysis of Government as a Social Contract
By Gama Hassan Oscas In any democratic society, the government is considered a social contract between the rulers and the ruled, where the citizens entrust certain powers to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights and welfare. However, in the case of South Sudan, the majority of[Read More…]
My chicken’s house cost me 2 million USD
By Malek Arol Dhieu I thought I was building a chicken’s house; little did I know it would cost me that much. If a chicken’s house would cost me 2 million USD, how about my own house? My family members never believed I spent such an amount of money until[Read More…]
Whatever that bring tears to your eyes is temporary
I have said over and again that I don’t put people on a pedestal. I know that each person I bump into in life has a story to tell or a victory they are about to celebrate. When I see someone celebrating his graduation ceremony, I get humbled. Who knows[Read More…]
Paper Qualification without Knowledge, Skills is Worthless
By Joseph Akim Gordon Education and training are keys to life; they widen your environment so you can interact with many different people, be they intellectuals, highly placed personalities, religious dignitaries, and others. Education has given you the courage and ability to exchange information and knowledge with courage, which is[Read More…]
Tuesday 15th August 2023 marked South Sudan’s launching of rectification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Most times, when talking about one’s rights, the common understanding is political participation, which is more of an honorary accolade, than a full recognition of a person[Read More…]
Activist calls for introduction of sign language
By Charles K Mark A member of the civic society is pleading with the government and educational authorities to make sign language a required course in schools. Mr. Edmond Yakani, executive director of the Community Empowerment Progress Organisation (CEPO), said it is the responsibility of the government to compel the[Read More…]
UN allocates $8 million for Sudan war survivors
By William Madouk The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has released 8 million US dollars to cater for the needs of Sudanese refugees and South Sudanese returnees fleeing the conflict in Sudan. According to OCHA, the funds to provide life-saving assistance was released from the[Read More…]
Over 100 patients get free eye treatment
By Yien Gattuor Mead At least one hundred and twenty-seven individuals have undergone free eye surgeries at Bentiu IDPs camp. The free eye camp that commenced on 4th August was organized by Christian Blind Mission with support from Unity State ministry of health department. Bentiu Hospital Director, Dr. Banen Non[Read More…]
Students’ leader hospitalized after gruesome accident
By Manas James The president of South Sudan National Students’ Union (SSNSU) Khamis Othow Omot, is receiving treatment at a hospital in the capital, Juba, for injuries sustained in a gruesome road accident on Sunday evening. Mr. Khamis met his fate while crossing a road after disembarking a vehicle at[Read More…]
High Court acquits activist
By Manas James A High Court in the Jonglei State capital, Bor, on Monday cleared a civil society activist of impersonation charges after a year of trial. Bol Deng Bol who heads the Jonglei Civil Society Network (JCSN) has been locked in a legal battle with his predecessor, David Garang[Read More…]
U.S business advisory alarms South Sudan
By William Madouk South Sudan government is in shock over business advisory issued by the United States government, warning its nationals against trading in the country. The United States cited the failure by South Sudan government to implement key economic reforms and public financial management commitments as per the revitalized[Read More…]
President directs institutions to integrate people with disability
By Gladys Fred Kole President Salva Kiir Mayardit has directed all government institutions to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This call came yesterday when the Ministry of Gender, Child, and Social Welfare and its partners launched the implementation of the UN Convention on[Read More…]
SPLM-IO’s budget protest; political propaganda-Makuei
By William Madouk Minister of Information, Michael Makuei has described SPLM-IO MPs’ boycott of the parliamentary budget passage as a political game played by the opposition party to win South Sudanese confidence. Mr. Makuei defended the national parliament, largely the SPLM, and other opposition groups, for passing the 2023-024 fiscal[Read More…]
Multipartism gone wrong
By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon South Sudan has seventeen political parties, with SSOA—a group of eight parties taken as one. They have different definition of our problems with distinct solutions from one another. But their respective aim in their view is making sure that South Sudan is stable, democratic and economically[Read More…]
The Social Contract and the Plight of South Sudan: A Critical Analysis of Elite Rule and Governance
By Gama Hassan Oscas A government is often viewed as a social contract between the rulers and the ruled, where the governed surrender some freedoms and power in exchange for protection and the facilitation of societal harmony. In South Sudan, a young nation struggling to establish its identity since[Read More…]
Are Western cultures more valuable than ours?
By Malek Arol Dhieu Each day we spend pushes us away from our very own cultures and takes us much closer to adopted cultures. I, personally, thought native cultures would be native cultures and foreign cultures would be foreign cultures because both of them have commonalities acceptable on either[Read More…]
Why motivational advice sucks
Sometimes it gives you healing to realize that the motivational speakers or gurus are some kinds of people like you who are seeking validation from others. Every word from them has a price tag. By just watching some of those videos, it is a smile to the bank. “Never[Read More…]