By Alier Makuer Gol First of all, permit me to appreciate and thank the Ministry of Finance and Planning with its partners for organizing this important event. It is a prodigious footstep from the minister of Finance and Planning to initiate this tremendous 1st National Economic Conference in the history[Read More…]

You cannot really tell if you have been dead before you were born and honestly, you don’t have an idea where your next destination will be if your assignment comes to an end.  It all cancels to zero. You are nothing and you get to lose every single time. If[Read More…]

If you want to be put in prison within zero minutes, ask an SSPDF soldier when he received his salary last. He will put you in prison immediately if he respects himself, but if he does not respect himself, he will ready his gun and shoot you. Nothing else provokes,[Read More…]

By Malek Arol Dhieu Rats suffered a great deal in the hand of cats. Both of them did not and still do not, know that they are related. Their relation begins from the name. Rat and cat differ only in the first letter, but the rest are the same. A[Read More…]

By Chol Peter Majoh South Sudanese are more than resilient. They are both resilient and greatly hopeful. Look, the world wonders how this small, young, landlocked country’s people dare often stand their hardships and adversities. In this case, I can no longer talk about our 21-year struggle for self-determination; that’s[Read More…]

For most of the things in this world, we never get to control them.  That is why most motivational gurus don’t work. You have your son; you went through hell to bring him to this world. He is your only child for that matter, but something just pops up. He[Read More…]

By Akot Akot Kuot Majok Many economists agree that road transport is a vital element for improving the economic and societal welfare of any given population. The transportation system can overcome stagnation by increasing the marginal productivity of capital which gives incentives for new investments. The resulting spillover effects have[Read More…]

If you are a truth-teller, put your hand on your chest and say Long live me. Truth-tellers never die! They only visit heaven to refill their cylinders of truth-telling and come back fresh. In a wise community, a truth-teller is a blessing, but in a foolish community, a truth-teller is[Read More…]

Sometimes it is good to see a glass as already broken into a million pieces. And problems, they are endless. One problem leads to another, and yet another, until at some point, you become incredibly sorry for yourself. You will never understand what you have done to deserve this hefty[Read More…]

By Joseph Akim Gordon A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their mutual economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and democratically controlled enterprise organized and operated on cooperative principles. An agricultural cooperative is a cooperative that produces, processes, or markets[Read More…]

By Akot Akot Kuot Majok It’s not an individual intention to live in poverty, the reality is that substantial growth is needed if people in poor countries should have a chance to leave poverty behind. I believe that if we do not express very clearly that economic growth is needed,[Read More…]

By Chol Peter Majoh There’s no rest in this life under the sun. If there’s any rest, I think that’s death. From birth to death, life is toilsome. It’s routinely about putting food on the table, paying school fees, clothing, sheltering, public service, and others. But those who have not[Read More…]

For a good number of years now, a lot of money has been pumped into Africa but despite the billions of dollars and thousands of aid workers, the situation in Africa has gotten worse than ever before. The level of poverty has reached its highest peak.  African leaders too, have[Read More…]

Politicians are like children. Children cry and when they are given what they cry for, they can laugh when tears are still flowing down their cheeks. I swear, the politicians of South Sudan are destroying politics completely. They play it as if they are playing. When a politician is appointed[Read More…]

Sometimes the game can be really tough and before we understand why it is tough, it even gets tougher. People all over the world have something that they want to understand about this life. Why are things always hard and why does it get harder even when we are so[Read More…]

  By Agar Mayor Gai-Makoon   Encourage youth to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit in—Kishore Bansal Youth association is the theatre; politics is the play. Our youth are completely controlled by politicians through youth associations. And for this reason, associations have become avenues of[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas In the bustling city of Juba, South Sudan, a concerning and alarming trend has emerged in recent years – the rise of a group of young individuals, unruly juveniles branding themselves as “Niggers.” This group, composed mainly of disenchanted juveniles, has rapidly grown in size and[Read More…]

By Anna Akuch Maker In a world where the saying “Blood is thicker than water” once symbolized unbreakable family ties, the fabric of these bonds underwent a remarkable transformational decay. The belief that family stands as an unwavering pillar of support: irrespective of wealth or status, is being challenged by[Read More…]

    By Gama Hassan Oscas In the heart of Juba, a disturbing trend of lawlessness and recklessness has emerged among taxi drivers and tri-cyclists (commonly referred to as Racksher riders). This blatant disregard for traffic rules and the safety of fellow road users has plunged the city’s streets into[Read More…]