Our lawmakers have taken the right step, as being their role, to question the executive concerning an astronomical eruption of US Dollar rate, along with commodity prices, on a space trip, while intermittent power outages add to blast out the diminished hope of our survival. The legislators’ discourse, that the[Read More…]
Editorial
Murder-suicide, Gov’t should Act
Three days after President Salva Kiir Mayardit, on 16th May, recalled the tremendous contribution of the heroes and heroines who sacrificed their lives for freedom of this nation, more blood spilt. The Friday murder-suicide involving Vice President for Economic Cluster, Dr. James Wani Igga’s bodyguards at his residence was not[Read More…]
HEAVY CROWN OF PEACE LAYS UPON PRESIDENT KIIR
A heavy burden of ensuing peace in Sudan and a greater block of Africa rests on South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Mayardit, in Juba, as Kenya’s William Ruto’s recent comment doesn’t sooth a livid heart. On Wednesday, during the Pan-African Parliament Summit in South Africa, the Kenyan leader was tasked[Read More…]
IT IS NOW A PSEUDO CELEBRATION 40 YEARS ON
Happy SPLM Day! Shouldn’t this be renamed to ‘South Sudan Liberation Day’. According to history, the day commemorates the foundation of the Sudan People’s Liberation Army on this day in 1983. “The 16th of May 1983 is a common heritage to all South Sudanese. The rebellion was not by the SPLM,[Read More…]
POINT NOT AT BOSS BUT THE MISTY PEACE
One-year-old child knows that we have economic crisis, as the usual “Alawa”, Daddy and Mammy used to bring home has halted, but unaware of the cause of the diminishing bulge of the parents’ pocket size. Many might point fingers to the central bank, on the basis of its role to[Read More…]
Appreciate the environment but not for only exploits
The existence of lucrative, untapped potential opportunities widely distributed in the vast lands ‘of great abundance’ are a great security to the nation and its people. Josephine Napwon, the minister of Environment and Forestry’s assessment state visit to the West recently, if seen from a developmental perspective is one worth[Read More…]
South Sudan Needs a Holistic Water Management Strategy to Break the Cycle of Water Insecurity and Fragility
By Firas Raad, World Bank Country Manager for South Sudan South Sudan must leverage its water endowment and move towards a long-term development approach to address water insecurity South Sudan faces a vicious cycle of water insecurity and fragility. Decades of conflict and social instability have undermined the ability of[Read More…]
PLANT SEEDS OF RECONCILIATION, PEACE AND HARMONY
Almost the whole of South Sudan is flooded with ‘communal’ violence. This started after the wake of the peace agreement signed in 2018. These conflicts and elite dynamics are changing in response to the current affairs in the country, which is pushing elite ambitions away from the capital and back[Read More…]
THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE
You have probably heard the adage above many times. Well, if you have grabbed a copy of yesterday’s issue of No.1 Citizen Daily Newspaper or you have been following what has been transpiring in South Sudan closely lately, you probably would know about the deployment of the 753 battalion of[Read More…]
Monuments are temporary, peace shouldn’t
Building monuments in memory of the heroes and heroines who held a true vision of South Sudan would be a great thing. But shouldn’t there be a slightly deeper reason attached to this? For instance, is the country seeing the fruit of their cause? Did the deaths of these brave[Read More…]
Vital issues missing in discussions
“Even if you build a concrete house on it, as long as it is a football field, it must be reclaimed, and we are going to implement the Presidential order on that” CES Governor, Emmanuel Adil was quoted. Inhabitation of play grounds of course should not be a thing to[Read More…]
PUBLIC CONTINUES TO SETTLE FOR DECREES WITHOUT REASON!
Decrees that have no reason to back them why should be revised so that the public knows why then that decree was passed at that moment. President Salva Kiir again declared appointments and dismissals of particular people and positions or offices. Reasons were not given again – a trend it[Read More…]
HELP A NEIGHBOR AND BE BLESSED
Deployment of the SSPDF to the Democratic Republic of Congo is a great thing for South Sudan. It will be a good thing for the country because one; we shall be in position to show the region and the whole world that despite what is going on in the country[Read More…]
JOINT EFFORTS TO HAVE A BETTER NATION THIS YEAR
Starting the new year in a relatively calm state of the union is a good sign. Despite the occurrence of unrest in some parts of the country, generally the movement from 2022 into 2023 started on a not so bad side. Unfortunately, the absurdities of life in this world are[Read More…]
RENEWED HOPE, CHANGE OF HEARTS AND HARD WORK SHOULD BE OUR RECIPE IN 2023
The New Year is here. South Sudanese can look forth towards it for the good things they had all along wished for. Year 2022 had been one of the worst in the lifelong difficult times the Africa’s latest nation had been through. With every New Year, comes a renewed hope.[Read More…]
Let the government take action to avert nation-wide ethnic violence
It goes without saying that it is the Government’s responsibility to protect civilians across South Sudan. It cannot choose to look away from the havoc caused by armed cattle keepers and ethnic youth groups. It is crucial that armed interventions by state and national authorities are aimed at protecting civilians-[Read More…]
What Christmas Eve is all About
Christmas Eve is the entire day or evening before Christmas Day on December 24, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus. Gifts, cakes and other treats, parties, night prayers and music shows are some of the traditions of Christmas that make Christmas Eve a magical night like no other. Today[Read More…]
Enough of the talking
Pick a social media channel and you’ll find individuals offering advice and commentary. Within the mix is humour, seriousness, and heartfelt life events. Turn on SSBC, and more talks happen. Some give the blazing glimpse of the obvious while others fill time with inconsequentiality, press conferences, more talks, public even[Read More…]
The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART SIX: THE SECOND MARGINALIZATION OF ABYEI How Abyei got left out of the peace dividends Mawien Deng So, all that you have said relates to the first part of history repeating itself, and that is your role in the peace process, which parallels your role in the Addis Ababa[Read More…]
The Contributions of Dr. Francis Mading Deng to South Sudan and Abyei
PART FIVE: BACK TO WAR AND THE SEARCH FOR PEACE Mawien Deng You often say that history has repeated itself on Abyei. In what way has history repeated itself over the situation in Abyei today? Francis Mading Deng History is repeating itself in two interconnected ways. One is my contribution[Read More…]