By Ngor Khot Garang We are always expected to keep our ears to the ground because God wants each one of us not to expect surprises in life. For most people, making it out of nowhere to somewhere, have to them, been something impossible, even, for those who believed in[Read More…]

By Ajak Diing Deng For 21 years. We, South Sudanese citizens fought to liberate our country from oppressive Arabic regime rule. Since gaining independence in 2011, the government of South Sudan has made strides in creating a more unstable nation by allowing individuals to embezzle public fund without questioning them.[Read More…]

By Esther Lohutuhureng Water is an indispensable part of our daily lives. Every creature on planet Earth needs water, starting with human beings, plants, and animals. Water is one of our basic needs, and without it, there is no life. Moreover, it is written in Quran Alkreem, “And we created[Read More…]

By Taban Gabi Gone are the days when officers were recruited into the traffic ranks based on their understanding of the police’s efficacy and competence. Gone are the days when without a traffic fault, cops just wave at drivers minus any sort of interrogation. We are now in an era[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas In South Sudan, the prevalence of medical negligence and malpractice has reached a critical point, posing serious threats to public health and safety. The alarming number of mushrooming health facilities run by unqualified or untrained medical professionals without proper regulations has led to catastrophic health outcomes[Read More…]

I don’t like zero-sum games where one-party wins and the other loses. I don’t put people on the sideline and see how they will play if given a chance. I understand that every person I cross paths with is fighting a serious battle and they deserve my respect. I don’t[Read More…]

Label me an instigator and the law labels you a violator of freedom of speech. Brand me a frustrated citizen, and the law charges you of failure to deliver services. Send security personnel to look for me and the law acquits me freely while God sends His security personnel to[Read More…]

By Joseph Akim Gordon   Once an employee reaches the retirement age of 65 years, the employee is retired. In some exceptional cases, some employees apply for early retirement. Many countries encourage early retirement to create vacancies for university graduates and those who graduated from high schools or technical institutions.[Read More…]

Some days seem impossible to get through, you wake early in the morning, collected your nets and go fishing only to come back in the evening with nothing but the same fishing nets, you then decide to try hunting and it even gets worse, no nothing not even a bush[Read More…]

By Steady Ayuen Why do you think we need peace?  Just take a deep breath and think about it a moment.  who can bring peace to this country and how can peace become our weapon instead of gun?  Peace is a concept that has been sought after by individuals, communities,[Read More…]

For decades, the world has grown enough food to nourish everyone adequately. International aid groups have been in the driver’s seat in the fight against global poverty, with billions of dollars to rescue the ailing situation. But out of the world’s eight billion people, hundreds of millions of them mostly[Read More…]

By Joseph Akim Gordon Cooperative Society is an organization formed to provide financial assistance and technical knowledge to its members. The members are responsible for raising capital to help those in need. It mainly protects the weaker sections within rural communities from exploitation by wealthy individuals and companies. Our rural[Read More…]

 “Unraveling the Injustice of Criminal Responsibility in South Sudan” By Gama Hassan Oscas In the realm of criminal responsibility, one of the most pressing issues is the unfair practice of blaming family members or close relatives for the crimes committed by their kin. This issue is particularly prominent in South[Read More…]

If you do not know what belongs to you, expect someone to live at your expense. If you know what belongs to you, but do not ask for it, then do not complain why you share a room with a horrible thing called “poverty” year in, year out. What is[Read More…]

Life is full of uncertainties and unforeseen circumstances that only take us by surprise. You can never tell the future and what happens tomorrow. If you do, you are a trained liar. You can leave home to buy soap at the nearest shop only to come back as a corpse.[Read More…]

By Gama Hassan Oscas Section 266 of the Penal Code in South Sudan criminalizes adultery, making it an offense punishable by imprisonment, fines, or both. This provision, while seemingly gender-neutral, disproportionately affects women due to discriminatory customary practices and fails to align with the constitutional principles of equality and non-discrimination.[Read More…]

Everything which has a beginning has an ending. Even this earth will come to an end one day. Before I curse Tribalism, I must at first curse Diversity! You know what; it was Diversity ‘who’ widened the path of Tribalism and the two united to divide South Sudanese up to[Read More…]

By Dr. Emmanuel Edward Utango This is not a criticism or scaring competition in the market. To answer the question of who really protects the workers and how workers protect themselves in free markets as the status quo suggested recently, as a result of political unrest in Sudan, South Sudan[Read More…]

By James Bilal South Sudan, a nation facing a persistent energy crisis has been actively seeking ways to alleviate its power shortage. Only 7.74% of the population has access to grid electricity, 7.2% of the households rely on renewable energy for cooking while majority of the population relies on traditional[Read More…]