21-4-2026 They created the ground, we opted to utilize it Our survival they ramshackle it They blamed us for living free They tortured us, our legs they pegged tight With no mercy, they drove us On rugs and rigs lands. With thorn and thistle, They dropped us into caves We became aliens in our own land, Fractured and scattered in our own home Left to stink to the mercy of ants. Ouch, the future is dull and junky. Ouch, what a dustbin of tomorrow. Ouch, is there a deliverer in the distance? Ouch, cries my future! © Sir Abunerry
9-4-2026 TORIT These past few days, a woman Member of Parliament sparked a debate about why men in Juba marry an uneducated woman and leave educated women; it has been an internet sensation, with both sides hitting each other hard. Sure, it is not an easy thing to get married in South Sudan recently. Not only are there educated girls, but there are thousands of single mothers roaming Juba streets due to severe temporal factors. Not to mention, to marry in South Sudan, I observe these two main challenging factors: discipline and pockets. If I have or survive on average pockets, why should I marry a woman whose parents expect me to refund their educational responsibility they incurred for their daughter? While the world sees the education of the girl child as a right and a responsibility, our South Sudanese parents see it as a burden and therefore must be compensated to refund their lost assets invested in the girls. This burden is shifted onto the man in the form of dowry, leading to ...