By Okech Francis As the world readies to converge at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26 at Glasgow, Scotland, the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan is reeling from devastating effects of climate change. The pivotal meeting scheduled for 31st October-12 November is expected to set the tone and mood of […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Motorcycle taxi driving was just another means of survival for jobless youths in South Sudan’s capital Juba. But with a dire economic crisis, the “boda boda” business is becoming a death trap for those youths, targeted by criminals intent on robbing their motorbikes. Peter (not real names) lost his bike on […]
By Simon Deng Several mothers who have recently visited nutrition center in Malual Agor Bar, located on the outskirts of Bor, capital of South Sudan’s jonglei state, are now grateful to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for providing life-saving support to their malnourished children. Alual Madol, a mother of four living in Adet area of […]
By Tapeng Michael Ohure Shisha smoking is taking a craze in South Sudan with women championing the consumption of the drug. While shisha is frowned upon in neighbouring countries including Uganda and Sudan, in South Sudan, it is used for refreshment or socialization. In bars and tea places, along roadsides and in busy centers in […]
By Okech Francis As the sun sets over South Sudan’s Bentiu town, a dark silhouette frame of the “Kalibalek” mosque protrudes into the sky. Beautifully poised against the setting sun, and yet the mosque holds memories of the war that are heart wrenching. In a single night in April 2014, over 400 people, traders and […]
By Okech Francis Gatluak Char Puok fled Nyaldiu as flood waters gushed on his path, killing 36 of his 100 goats along the road to Bentiu, the capital of South Sudan’s Unity State. Rising water levels have already cut off Bentiu from the rest of Unity State, and threatens to submerge the capital. “I could […]
By Richard Sultan Wani Ahmed lies helplessly in the verandah of a shop in Juba town, nearly 400metres to the West of the River Nile crossing point to Kondokor Island. He is anxiously watching his sons beg for money and edibles from passerby and other well-wishers. “ I used to be Rich according to my […]
By Staff Writer Women represent just 26 percent of those who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine in South Sudan, staying away from the exercise over a myth that the shots cause sterility. For 27-year-old Mary Thon, the vaccines are out of plan until she witnesses those who have taken the jab “giving birth in the […]
By Richard Sultan David Dario who drives a Subaru in South Sudan’s capital has fallen prey to these young people often times. At peak traffic hours, streets are suddenly filled with young milling among the vehicles jammed up. They are most active in the evening hours when drivers are going home to rest after the […]
By Onen Walter Solomon Uganda announced this week it is scrapping visa fees for South Sudanese travellers, leaving many people who commute between the two countries jubilating. Augustin Onyango, a South Sudanese driver, said the decision by the southern neighbour reduces cost for him while visiting his family in Uganda. Uganda’s Minister of East African […]