Nile Metrica

By Juol Nhomngek

Guest Contributor

5 July 2026 · 4 min read

Opinion

SOUTH SUDAN: ECONOMIC REFORM WITHOUT POLITICAL REFORM IS BUILDING A HOUSE ON QUICKSAND

South Sudan does not suffer from a shortage of committees. It suffers from a shortage of political will. Every few years, another taskforce is announced, another committee is inaugurated, another communiqué is issued, and another promise is made that the economy will finally recover. Yet the ordinary citizen continues to endure inflation, currency instability, unpaid salaries, collapsing public services, and deepening poverty. The pattern is no longer surprising; it has become the architecture of governance itself.

Opinion

Freedom of Speech and Expression in South Sudan: The Lifeblood of Democracy and the Guardian of Accountability

7 June 2026 · 2 min read

Opinion

THE “DINKA SYSTEM” DEBATE IN SOUTH SUDAN: BETWEEN STATE POWER, ELITE DOMINATION, AND THE CRISIS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY

7 June 2026 · 1 min read

Opinion

EMMANUEL ADIL ANTHONY’S LAND GRABBING CONTROVERSY: A GOVERNOR AT WAR WITH CUSTOMARY LAW IN CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE

28 May 2026 · 9 min read

Analysis and commentary

Opinion

By Juol Nhomngek

Guest Contributor

15 May 2026 · 5 min read

Opinion

WHEN THE LECTURE HALL IGNORES THE STREET: A RESPONSE TO PROFESSOR JOHN AKECH

As I scrolled down on my Facebook page today, I came across the statement of Professor John Akech rebuking what he terms as the government critics, I would like to admit that his comment is correct, at least in principle. As a matter of fact, and in principle, public discourse must be anchored in truth, discipline, and intellectual honesty. This is because a nation cannot be built on rumor dressed as fact or anger masquerading as analysis. On that narrow but important ground, his call for ethical criticism deserves acknowledgment.

Opinion

AMERICA’S LONG SHADOW IN SOUTH SUDAN: WHY THE POLITICS OF THE SPLM-IG’S INGRATITUDE IS DANGEROUS AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE

There is a deep irony in the current posture of the SPLM-IG and some of its political allies toward the United States. At a time when South Sudan stands on the edge of economic collapse, diplomatic isolation, institutional decay, and renewed conflict, some within the ruling establishment have chosen confrontation, suspicion, and political ingratitude toward the very country that invested more blood, money, diplomacy, and political capital in the South Sudanese cause than any other nation on earth. History is stubborn. It does not disappear because politicians become uncomfortable with it.

By Juol Nhomngek

Guest Contributor

9 May 2026 · 9 min read

Opinion

THE GUARDIANS OF POWER: TEN CHILLING PARALLELS BETWEEN IRAN’S IRGC AND SOUTH SUDAN’S SPLM-IG

I hope that after several weeks of fighting between Iran and the USA and Israel and the comfortable diplomatic relations between South Sudan and international community, some people who are interested in geopolitics must have drawn the conclusion that there is a strong resemblance between the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Government (SPLM-IG) in South Sudan. These two political military organisations exhibit striking similar authoritarian approaches to governance, which places regime survival above humanitarian concerns. Their actions, ranging from violent crackdowns of dissents, leniency on corruption with zero accountability to citizens, demonstrate a shared disregard for conventional human rights, frequently reacting only to force rather than diplomatic pressure no matter how serious it may be.