By Rev. Santo Ladu I once watched a Christian movie with this inscription “full pocket but empty heart.” Corruption is a term that is heard in news and the streets every day and its cases have become common occurrence. The term ‘corruption’ is defined as acts of dishonesty by people[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu Metals rust, giants fall, beauties fade, riches escape, so whoever thinks he/she will remain what and who he/she is for the next one hundred years is a nominated liar for 2080’s Lying Competition.However much you are immune, there is that time you become weak to succumb[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu Had South Sudanese divided the way they are divided now during the liberation struggle, they would not have fought the longest war in Africa. How would it be explained to unborn generations? If it were not the reason that even historians are suffering from biasness to[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang We have come a long way, from poverty to wealth and from wealth to nothing. Standing from where I’m, I couldn’t see the contours to the future we envision. Everything has fallen from the top. It is not life, it is a zero sum game. Sometimes[Read More…]

By Moses Taban Ejidio I’m writing this article while engulfed with sadness due to the daily alcoholic and drugs abuses in our society of South Sudan. The rates of alcoholic consumption in our communities are so high and the reasons can be attributed to our cultural ceremonial feast. Alcohol demand[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang There is this old adage that I had come to endear and it is the reason why I’m putting this work together and it read “People cry not because they are weak but because they have been strong for long.” Though I don’t know what you[Read More…]

By Malek Arol DhieuTaken from Winston Churchill to remind the forgetful South Sudanese of their rich history in Africa. The history becomes the campus direction which guides the nation in all directions she follows, but the history of South Sudan finds no use in the hands of the very people[Read More…]

By Malek Arol DhieuDear unknown gunman, has your contract of selling the innocent souls to the Satan not yet expired? How much do you really receive when you have shot an innocent person? And by the way, who supplies you with what you use to shoot people? How do you[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang I have come a long way to appreciate the grays in life and even darkness because without it, there is no light. You cannot see light without having to first deal with the darker part of things. Another thing I like about darkness is the sad[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang There is this saying that “This too shall pass” and there is something so intricate about it. At times, you cannot tell a lie from the truth from a smart person but this word has something to teach us. You can find the truth in it[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu I’m bleeding profusely. Can somebody please help me, I need medical attention? When President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Dr. Riek Machar Teny inked me in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I thought I would grow healthier and fatter, little did I know there were holdout groups who would[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar I am taking this precious time to talk to my country lawyers wherever they are.  Dear lawyers, I have come a long way to have some judicial matters discussed about with you today. Although doctors are known of being life care-givers, lawyers have one thing in[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu Remember how dismayful it was to give your dearly son to the movement whose victory was uncertain. A son given to the SPLA was almost forgotten because he was considered to have visited the land of demise in that if he didn’t die today, then he[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang It is very true that challenges will come uninvited or unsought for and it is up to us to decide what to do with them. For most people, all they do in difficult times is to just sit down and cry, for others they stand up[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang In the race against the world, to win your space and make the most of life, you also have to be so sure of the fact that the race to the grave is the hardest one. We don’t have an idea who gets there faster and[Read More…]

By Dr. Samuel Doe, UNDP Resident Representative We live in a world of increasing worry and uncertainty owing to crises and shocks, economic hardships, inequalities, political turmoil, climate emergencies, polarization, and weak service delivery systems. This is happening at a speed and scale beyond what humans have ever experienced. The[Read More…]

By Ngor Khot Garang In the world of ten billions, there is a life that is more important than the other but this is not the case with the universal declaration of human rights. To the western world, every life, even the one lived at the extreme is a life[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot Since the government graduated over three thousand unified forces, a first genuine step to permanent peace, another step left to ensure prevalence and permanence of peace all over the country is disarming civilians carrying unauthorized weapons.  The civil war which erupted in 2013, divided the country[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu So many South Sudanese have sat around the fire on which the pot of change is placed, expecting it to boil faster as they are time bad.  If something takes time to finish, don’t watch it too closely because it will seem like it’s taking forever.[Read More…]