Political viruses should not jeopardize the spirit of unified forces By Kiden Stela Mandela At the heart of the Revitalized Peace Agreement, the security arrangement in form of the necessary unified forces has seen tongues wagging among the warring parties to the September 2018 peace agreement. From the beginning as[Read More…]
OpEd
A token of thanks to distinguished destroyers
By Malek Arol Dhieu In my dictionary, I had never found a suitable word to praise the alcohol bill-payers who have been contributing to the rapid growth of alcohol industries. I particularize alcohol bill-payers because, as they continue clearing the bills, broke drunkards never go for alcoholic holidays, which reduces[Read More…]
Editorial
Cheers to the first batch of the Unified Forces! Finally, the first batch of the Necessary Unified Forces of South Sudan is graduated today! It is a great day for the country after all the procrastinations that have been going on which frustrated the public. It is a great day[Read More…]
Nation Talks
The Hard Rock that made the transitional Period extended is now broken By Kiden Stela Mandela The issue of the unified forces had earlier grown to be a big challenge in a way that it stopped every step of the implementation of the Revitalized Peace Agreement in the country. But[Read More…]
I am called South Sudanese Pounds aka SSP
By Malek Arol Dhieu My name is South Sudanese Pounds. They abbreviate me as SSP. Bringing me to where I’m today was a tug of war. It all began after independence as an independent country must have a currency. Choosing a portrait of Dr. John Garang de Mabior was unanimous,[Read More…]
Editorial
STOP VIOLENCE, IT’S CAUSING STARVATION AND RELATED DEATHS Being a Christian country, the love language that the Christ encourages in the Holy Bible should be our guiding light in this dark world that we are living in. Servants of the Most High have highly condemned the killings in this Christian[Read More…]
Whether you die of hunger or bullet, death is death
By Malek Arol Dhieu There are only two days for a man; the birth day and the death day. Whether you like it or not, death ensues, but do not let your death find you where you are. Death by a bullet is far much more glorious than death by hunger![Read More…]
Editorial
SHUN TRIBALISM AND EMBRACE LOVE FOR PEACE Tribalism can be best defined as segregating people in relation to anything for instance like resources, products, services, opportunities and the like because of the tribe that they are. In our country, we have witnessed on many occasions time and again when somebody[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Diplomat soils country’s image as rape case lingers By Kiden Stela Mandela It’s shocking when the news of a man named Charles Dickens Imene dubbed as career diplomat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, working at a global stage (United Nations Headquarters in New York – U.S.),[Read More…]
Equatoria regime, a pathway to South Sudan’s independence
By Taban Henry History tells that the Equatoria regime marked the roadmap for the South Sudan long journey to the South Sudan independence according to the governor’s press secretary. The August 18 2022 marked 67 years since the first renowned liberation struggle of the South Sudanese began in Torit town[Read More…]
Nation Talks
Where has the military justice gone? By Kiden Stela Mandela Military justice should prevail in the military docket; it is the right way of taming criminal cases. What is happening within the SSPDF is really not understandable by the communities within South Sudan and the country at large. Unless it[Read More…]
High bride price contributes to economic and social crisis
By Theem Isaac Machar Akot Among the sixty four tribes in South Sudan, Nilotic tribes more specially the Dinka and Nuer tribes pay a lot of dowries. A beautiful illiterate girl ranges from 140-180 cattle while educated one ranges from 280-300 cattle. Those they perceive of average beauty cost 90-50[Read More…]
Editorial
Gov’t should look forward to redemption within the extended transitional period Vice President Dr. Riek Machar amplified the very limited time left available for the government to implement the remaining yet critical parts of this transitional period. In his statement, he stated, “we are all cognizant that in the next[Read More…]
Nation Talks
THE US DOLLAR IS A GIANT MONSTER IN THE MARKET By Loro Louis Yugu [Guest Writer] I have never come across a country where even a mad person knows about the value and the influence of the US dollar in the local market over the local currency. The case of[Read More…]
Victims of Gender Based Violence (GBV) need trauma healing
By Lisok James Moses Dear South Sudanese Social Workers, Especially those ones that are educated, informed and learned; I would like to take this opportunity to invite you for a special Gender Base Violence [GBV] Program. This invitation doesn’t require a lot from you but it also intends to inform[Read More…]
What’s corruption?
By Akol Arop Akol One of the injustices that almost every leader is accused of is corruption. Young nations that are still under developing are ranked as leading in misuse of public funds. Some corrupt leaders with powers are always the suspects when it comes to the thing called corruption.[Read More…]
Editorial
Vision of a peaceful nation should be bold in all our minds On Martyr’s Day, President Salva Kiir called on the holdout groups to hold peace as a way of honoring the people who died for the sake of the country’s independence. Recently, the Presidential Advisor on Security Affairs also[Read More…]
Editorial
Citizens should be responsibly clean in this rainy season The catastrophic rains of this season that are destroying infrastructures in other countries have not yet hit the country. Why would they come to destroy an already hard-hit nation with many terrific issues like poverty, violence, conflict, malnutrition, disease, poor service,[Read More…]
Nation Talks
WHY DETAIN PEACEFUL PROTESTERS? By Kiden Stela Mandela The critical economic inflation in the country had caused innocent civil servants to come out over the weekend (Sunday) to call on the government to improve the situation in the country and fight for their rights. Now it is almost six months[Read More…]
Editorial
THE COUNTRY’S HIDEOUS DEBT BURDEN IS ENSLAVING IT When ministers, governors or other people in high places are fired by the same person who appointed them, one would assume that the replacer is going to be genuinely better than the former. Unfortunately, for our country, we have seen appointees[Read More…]