BY PETER BIAR AJAKLet’s all acknowledge that our country has a massive problem with corruption. Not only is corruption fueling violence, but it is a disease that is entrenching South Sudan in failure. As such, any efforts aimed are curbing it are in order and should be appreciated. As such, Sentry’s attempt should be welcome, although it should...

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The IGAD states recently dispatched their chiefs of staffs to meet with the SPLA High Command. In that meeting the SPLA was formally informed that IGAD politicians have decided to deploy forces to intervene in South Sudan. Hinting that the decision might be unilateral, the chiefs told the SPLA that they had come to initiate dialogue on how...

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Radio Tamazuj is unsurprisingly at its malicious worst again. It published, on Sunday, maps purportedly showing ethnic imbalance once the rebel's 21  or the government's 28 states come into effect. The Editor of Tamazuj seems uneducated about South Sudan for the following reasons: It is a known fact that Jieng and Nuer are the majority (numerically) in South...

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In thought...: Polygamy is a personal choice: Last month, South Sudan's first female pilot Aluel Bol Aluenge, got married in a beautiful ceremony in Juba. Aluel became the count... In thought...: Polygamy is a personal choice: Last month, South Sudan's first female pilot Aluel Bol Aluenge, got married in a beautiful ceremony in Juba. Aluel became the count......

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Had an interesting conversation with an acquaintance the other day lamenting my departure from Facebook. Apparently, I must have either defected and joined the rebels, one of the reasons offered as an explanation or I must have been ordered to cease writing for a personal gain. Another group said that I was not boisterous enough, and not extreme...

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