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Jan 7
2 min

OPINION: $10mil USD should build, not pay for, hotels

Taban Gabriel, Juba The internet and mainstream media is still flooded with debate about a letter written by Juba hotel administrators re...

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Mangor Adut Thiak

Jan 5
4 min

Creative opinion: ‘My Country’ by Mangor Adut Thiak

Mangor Adut Thiak, Juba South Sudan Friendship Press is pleased to present a creative opinion piece from local writer Mangor Adut. Mixing...

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The music of the Upper Nile: a Governor's spat

Taban Gabriel

Dec 27, 2020
3 min

The music of the Upper Nile: a Governor's spat

By Taban Gabriel, Juba The row over the governorship of Upper Nile State has turned into something of a household dispute, orchestrated b...

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Taban Gabriel

Dec 3, 2020
3 min

Jebel Kujur on the verge of extinction

By Taban Gabriel, Juba Jebel Kujur, the mountain that has held irresistible attractions for centuries and whose perilous yet majestic lan...

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Muslim Gore

Nov 4, 2020
7 min

The three godfathers of South Sudan

Muslim L. Gore, Florida If someone were to ask the average South Sudanese in any city, region or country about the Founding Fathers of So...

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Conflict and coincidences: 1983 in historical perspective

Makat Thor

Nov 3, 2020
2 min

Conflict and coincidences: 1983 in historical perspective

Makat Thor, Ruweng At the outset of the 1983 South Sudanese revolution against Khartoum, the High Military Political Command (HMPC) nomin...

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The Royal Scam - Do Not Trust The Government's Currency Reform!

Hugh Wright

Oct 15, 2020
2 min

The Royal Scam - Do Not Trust The Government's Currency Reform!

Hugh Wright, Juba No one can deny that South Sudan is currently in the grip of unpleasant inflation, prices rising nearly daily on the st...

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A Constitution for all people: SSND and R-ACRSS implementation

Merio Jimmy

Sep 30, 2020
3 min

A Constitution for all people: SSND and R-ACRSS implementation

By Merio Jimmy, Juba Observing social media trends following the recent publicising of police brutality in Bortown, one can see the compl...

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Defying the odds for better future: The right to education for child refugees

Thon Deng

Sep 30, 2020
4 min

Defying the odds for better future: The right to education for child refugees

By Thon Deng, Khartoum. The 2011 Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (TCSS) grants every able person an inherent rig...

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What is the future for South Sudan's schoolgirls?

Noah Issa Philip

Sep 29, 2020
2 min

What is the future for South Sudan's schoolgirls?

By Noah Issa Philip, Juba Both the South Sudanese government and NGOs have reported that the numbers of school age girls becoming pregnan...

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Safeguarding and displacement — how do we protect the individual?

Merio Jimmy

Sep 27, 2020
3 min

Safeguarding and displacement — how do we protect the individual?

By Merio Jimmy, Juba Any one of us can be displaced at any time. Causes of displacement are all around us, especially in Africa generally...

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Editor

Sep 10, 2020
3 min

Defending South Sudan - where next?

By Peter Chuol, Juba According to data from the World Bank, in 2015, South Sudan had the third highest military spending as a percentage ...

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Health must be prioritised: Why South Sudan needs lockdown

Editor

May 10, 2020
1 min

Health must be prioritised: Why South Sudan needs lockdown

By Malual Manyuol Dau On 7/8/2020, the Presidency decided to relax the rules and directives of the lockdown. However, as a concerned citi...

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Parliament, the Temple! Why MPs must represent the people

Editor

May 9, 2020
2 min

Parliament, the Temple! Why MPs must represent the people

By John Marit, Juba The house of prayer seems to be a Temple. I have been thinking about and staring a lot at the Parliament. It has real...

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Editor

May 8, 2020
3 min

Health in Juba: Where Next?

By Tasile Isaac Peter, Juba When entering Juba via the Nimule highway, you can’t fail to notice the rising smoke and horrible smell from ...

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Notches need bridges: Injustice and South Sudan

Editor

May 6, 2020
3 min

Notches need bridges: Injustice and South Sudan

By John Marit, Juba Like how snows melt, society loses its dignity the same way. In not a few forms and many witnesses, I have come acros...

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