In life, not everyone is remembered. There are a few people who are remembered while a majority just go like that. They are remembered in the circle of their own families and the remembrance ends there. Such people who are remembered work not for themselves, but for their people. They[Read More…]

By Esther Aurelio Agira   The motherland, South Sudan, was sick and diagnosed with many diseases, including civil war, critical economic conditions, high corruption levels, severe tribalism, and chronic farmer-herder conflict, to mention a few. For many widows across the world, the devastating loss of a partner is magnified by[Read More…]

Every day you traverse the rough terrain of life. On most days, the ground feels pretty damn flat. You get up each day at a certain time, you have a specific place to go to, you see familiar faces, and you have some expected role to play. You see people,[Read More…]

A country is liberated even when it is already liberated. After the liberation from colonialists or co-colonialists, just like the case of South Sudan with Sudan, another liberation, what they call the liberation for prosperity, commences and remains in motion until the end of the earth. And when will the[Read More…]

Given a tragic name, Weu Aliu, who is 7 months old, has never parted with hunger since birth. His mother named him “Weu Aliu” out of anger following her husband’s reply of “No Money”, the salary is not yet out, whenever she asks for upkeep. In her fifth gestation, she[Read More…]

I have so many things in mind; I want you to hear me out. Am not important but you matter to me. You are our man that we respect and value more than anything. When you get a piece of writing like this one, don’t be surprised or think otherwise,[Read More…]

Sometimes, people make me angry for nothing. Is it necessary for a citizen to meet his/her president? Yes, it is. But it is more necessary for those citizens who need to meet their president. In 2018 at All Saints Cathedral where prayers for Yirol plane crash victims were conducted, mourners[Read More…]

Abraham Anyon Ngoor Gorjok For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7 The mind is one of the greatest tools God has entrusted man with for his triumph in the affairs of life and for him to make a lasting mark for the generations to come.[Read More…]

By Peter Pal Chuol   Did that capture your attention? Albeit yes! But wait, what are we watching out against? You will find out shortly, just read on. Let me start with a Bible verse specifically Matthew 7:15 which states that, “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in[Read More…]

My name is Salary, I am defined as a fixed amount of money paid to a worker on a monthly or annual basis. Roughly, the writer of this article funnily defines me as a fixed amount of money that South Sudanese workers receive twice or thrice a year, instead of[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot Cattle are not just a source of food and income in South Sudan, but they also hold a significant symbolic value in the country’s culture. As such, the theft of cattle, also known as cattle rustling, has been a major cause of communal hostilities in[Read More…]

Hailing from a country well known for having resisted colonialism, Dr Abiy Ahmed, without fear of contradiction, is in the forefront propelling Africa to where fallen African leaders had wanted it to be. Ethiopia, to date, still takes the lead in refilling African countries that have depleted their governances and[Read More…]

By Mandela Nelson   In life, humanity always seeks to live in peace to enable the smooth running of their regular activities. Though life does not grant a hundred percent peace to the human race, simply because it is life’s nature to balance the equation by offering ups and downs,[Read More…]

When I see some people, they look like God assured them yesterday that they would never go anywhere. Even Prophet Elijah had never underrated other prophets when God assured him in his secret prayers that he would not be buried when he died but taken to heaven. Ordinary people are[Read More…]

So Jotham became mighty because he prepared his ways before the Lord, his God. 2chronicles 27:6 The estimated population of people on earth today is 7.2 billion, and each and every one has been given a specific gift to serve their generation. The twenty-seventh book of the Second Chronicles, verse[Read More…]

This year, this particular year, I’m not merely a citizen, but also a potential voter. It is hard to get informed voters, but when you get one, hold him/her very well. So, hold me very well. I have informed you already. I should be fed well. I should be protected[Read More…]

If things that sadden people are counted on earth, homelessness should come second or third. Being homeless, there is no type of embarrassment I have not faced from the landlords, including the saddest that I will never forget in my dear life. With renting being unregulated, landlords act like they[Read More…]

Once upon a time, there were two men who lead completely different lifestyles in a country that eats division as its lunch and corruption as its supper.  One man, who happens to be the luckiest, favored by the country’s shrinking resources, lives in a multi-million-dollar villa, bought with money made[Read More…]

Nyak Lam   Dear Sir Many people in our country have wrong perceptions about you. They have given you names and titles, clothes, food, drinks, hairstyles, salary, rooms, toilets, weekends, parties, wives/husbands, and children, among others, which I don’t like. The letter I have written is a declaration of my[Read More…]