Editorials

Human Rights Lawyer speaks out on rape case involving Akot Chan Aroup and 17-year-old girl in South Sudan

1 week ago PaanLuel Wël

An Open Letter to the Awan Community and the People of Bahr El Ghazal Dear Respected Elders, Brothers, and Sisters,...

The Kampala Project: Top SPLM Historical Leaders to Convene in Uganda to Anoint President Kiir’s Successor 

1 week ago PaanLuel Wël

By PaanLuel Wël | Juba, South Sudan Wednesday, 29 April 2025 (PW) -- As Juba intensifies its political and military...

The Astounding Irony of President Kiir’s Government Determining the “Legitimate” Faction of the SPLM-IO in South Sudan

2 weeks ago PaanLuel Wël

By PaanLuel Wël, Juba, South Sudan Saturday, 27 April 2025 (PW) -- There’s a certain tragic comedy playing out in...

The Enduring Legacy of Nuer Prophets in the Political and Military Affairs of South Sudan (Part 2)

4 weeks ago PaanLuel Wël

By PaanLuel Wël, Juba, South Sudan Introduction Sunday, 13 April 2025 (PW) — The detention of Dr. Riek Machar and...

Tributes in living Memory of Maj. Gen. David Majur Dak Thel who was killed in Nasir

2 months ago PaanLuel Wël

Martyr/Maj. Gen. David Majur Dak By Deng Awur Wenyin, Juba, South Sudan This heroic general was killed in Nasir, Upper...

Transitional Justice Institutions are Useless Without the Establishment of the Hybrid Court in South Sudan

3 months ago PaanLuel Wël

By Joseph Achiech Mathen, Kampala, Uganda Monday, 27 January 2025 (PW) — Transitional Justice Institutions are institutions which are part...

Transitional Justice Institutions and the Hybrid Court of South Sudan under the 2018 Revitalized Peace Agreement (R-ARCSS)

3 months ago PaanLuel Wël

South Sudan Cabinet Approves Truth and Reparation Commissions  By PaanLuel Wël, Juba, South Sudan Saturday, 25 January 2025 (PW) --...

Between Oil and Blood: South Sudan’s sovereignty ends where its oil pipelines begin

4 months ago PaanLuel Wël

By PaanLuel Wël, Juba, South Sudan Saturday, 18 January 2025 (PW) -- The echo of protests in South Sudan's streets...

President Kiir Fires Mighty Tutkew Gatluak – The End of a Political Era!

4 months ago PaanLuel Wël

By PaanLuel Wël, Juba, South Sudan Saturday, 11 January 2025 (PW) — By now, if you're in Juba and your...

Martyrs Day Memorial: Negotiating “Living in the past” and “Recollecting the past” in South Sudan

9 months ago PaanLuel Wël

By Agaar Mayor Gai-Makoon, Juba, South Sudan Wednesday, 31 July 2024 (PW) -- On Tuesday, 30 July 2024, South Sudan...