By Gabriel Patrick Lagu   “Jorge Mario Bergoglio,” the Carmelengo shouted Pope Francis’ baptismal name the third time, then he announced to the world, “Sede Vacans” (“The throne is empty”). Meaning Pope Francis officially had been declared dead on the chilly morning after the Easter Sunday celebrations. Lots has taken[Read More…]

Do not mistake me. It is not a crime to talk to my parents. It is never a crime to tell my father to be decisiveness in taking decisions pertaining the welfare of our family. I’m an heir to whatever my father possesses. I will inherit all my father’s wealth,[Read More…]

By Benjamin Ajuong Machiek   In the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, the quest for peace and unity continues to be a paramount challenge. Since gaining independence in 2011, the country has faced ethnic tensions, civil conflict, and political instability, which have resulted in immense suffering for its citizens. The[Read More…]

By Garang Garang Adim   Look around you. Take a deep breath. The air you just inhaled, the water you drink, the food you eat – all are connected, in profound and often unseen ways, to the health of our forests. Yet, across the globe, a silent crisis is unfolding,[Read More…]

By Benjamin Ajuong Machiek   South Sudan, the world’s youngest nation, is facing one of the worst hunger crises in its history. With millions of people struggling to find enough food each day, hunger has become a silent but deadly emergency threatening the lives of children, mothers, and entire communities[Read More…]

Could CONNECTION be a post-graduate course? Yes, it could be. CONNECTION has become a course to study after graduation from the university. It is a course in which its pursuance has an unspecified number of years. It is a course which is never found in any college. It is a[Read More…]

Harlotry kills like Covid. It burns like wild fire. It poisons like black mamba, the most poisonous snake in Africa. It destroys like major earthquake. It maddens like Marijuana. It breaks like diamond. It disconnects like fight over money. Its taste is sweeter than honey for a minute but bitter[Read More…]

The pope, just like any other person, was a man, and that means he was mortal. But he was a man who led a very good life, one that touched many lives, those of the poor. He was the modern Mother Teresa. He was a one man among millions with[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot “A poor workman quarrels with his tools,” goes an English saying. Being a politician in South Sudan has become too simple. You just join a party of your choice—make wrong decisions, cry a lot, and call America afterwards for interventions and assistance. It is called[Read More…]

A man went to the forest. Reaching in the forest, he got a skull. He was very curious to know what killed the body of the skull. But he had no one to ask.  He finally concluded that he must ask the skull. “What killed your body this stupid skull?”[Read More…]

This morning, on our way to work, my wife was scrolling through her phone when she paused and read out loud a post from the Ministry of Finance. It was an official announcement: April salaries are being processed for all civil servants, organized forces, the army, and diplomatic missions abroad.[Read More…]

Dedicated to serving humanity, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, fixed a supporting pole to the then-falling humanity. Humanity was being played with like a toy, but when Pope Francis ascended to the Papal throne in 2013, He played a pivotal role in raising humanity worldwide. “Imagine the whole Pope becoming[Read More…]

By Deng Nyiwel Dhieu   During days of Khartoum regime, South Sudanese were united, fighting for their freedoms. There were no Nuer, Dinka, Shiluk, and many other tribes that people are grouping themselves into today. Our movement was promising a country and the people a peaceful nation, where everyone should[Read More…]

By Gabriel Patrick Lagu Well, even the Big Bang creation theory and Darwin’s famous evolution hypothesis might be accepted since they’re not another superstition of fortune-telling. The real Africanism died; a present community of proto-Africanism centered on wealth and propaganda flourishes decently today in the once lion’s heart of Africa.[Read More…]

By Theem Isaac Machar Akot When fire burns a baby, to whom does the blame go? Does it go to the baby, the fire, or the babysitter? Neither the baby nor the fire is to blame. The blame genuinely goes to the babysitter. However, this is a caution to those[Read More…]

The news of passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis, has shaken the world. Not because we expected him to live forever, none of us will, but because of the immense love, humility, and compassion he carried, even in frailty and failing health. Pope Francis was receiving good medical care, yes.[Read More…]

By Gabriel Patrick Lagu An idealistic retrospection sigh is worth the current constitution daily claiming lots of innocent lives. How strong to uphold, who really has the right to take another’s life? Whose son is he? Who, for God’s sake, gave the authority to legalize being subjected to a death[Read More…]

By Hon Deng Nyiwel Dhieu   Your Excellence, Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, forgive your brother, Dr Riek Machar Teny, First vice president of the republic. Happy Easter, My President, I come before you with my knees down, asking for your kindness to listen to[Read More…]

Growing up in South Sudan, many of us have known conflict more than calm. Our lives have been shaped by struggle—first for liberation, then for survival. Independence in 2011 brought hope, but not the peace we had long imagined. More than a decade later, we are still searching, not just[Read More…]