By Steven Wöndu June 14, 2013 – Africa boasts the dubious distinction of being the least developed continent on earth. This is true whether one is thinking of economic, social or political development. As teenage students in the 1960s and 1970s, we debated the causes of Africa’s stagnation. Two explanations…

by Pan Luel Weel A comprehensive study of our struggle/history might give you a different picture of the man Kiir and the kind of problems he is confronting in RSS. Most likely, it might not be as straight forward as drawing the line in the sand. If President Kiir or/and Riek Machar were to…

by Esther Goossens Like in the biblical legend, I met three wise men looking for directions, but in their case for a hotel venture. These men were the three directors of a company and my future bosses at HERON HOTEL. With their business plans far from complete they approached me…

May. 17 By: Tongun Lo Loyuong, Germany, MAY/17/2014, SSN; When Ambassador Francis Mading Deng was appointed as the permanent representative of South Sudan to the United Nations (UN) by the end of August, 2012, I was thrilled. When he accepted the offer and took oath to represent the people of…

Introduction There have been three phases of assistance to South Sudan by the international community: firstly during the war, secondly during the CPA and thirdly after Independence. During this time, the UN and NGOs played an important role effecting the social wellbeing of South Sudan’s population, however with limited effect.…

(May 3, 2014), I have been getting a lot of messages from youth of Greater Bor appealing to me to talk to Commander Dr. Riek Machar to tell him that he should not attack our people. I have been getting these messages a lot and so I decided to publish…