Chief Simon Soro was born in 1926 in Rokon, a village located 80 km to the north-west of Juba. The son of a prominent chief, in the 1940s he came from Rokon to Juba, which was then a fairly new colonial town. He enrolled in school and growing up, he witnessed first-hand many aspects of … Continued
In 1940, Juba had an official population of about 1,600 people, comprising 57 European Government officials, missionaries, and traders, 132 Northern Sudanese officials and traders, 27 Egyptians, and 1,397 Southern Sudanese “subordinate Govt. employees and local labour,” in the phrase of a military handbook of the time. There were at least 4 private … Continued
They’re called Gatthak, Bakhita, Wiyual. They are South Sudanese and study at the University of Juba. Their lives changed dramatically when fighting erupted in the capital on 15 December 2013. All of them from Nuer ethnicity, they fled their homes and left most of their belongings behind to seek refuge at two United Nations bases … Continued