Obsession of military superiority has been high on the agenda of the Sudanese paramilitary politics. Where meaningful politics fails, there is always resort to the military to win the game. This has resulted in infliction of pain and destitution on the civil population. - Traditional politics is built on the principle of dialogue and philosophical argumentation whereby a party wins by manifesting good policies to its subjects. In this essence, politics is a game of tossing productive ideas, which are then decided on by the civil population. The contrary is true in Sudan, where the ruler is that party with the most powerful military muscles, there is constant military maneuver to control …

Land ownership has remained a big question authorities in Southern Sudan should answer. Not enough is known of who exactly owns our land. According to the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan and the Southern Sudan Land Act, 'Land Belongs to the Community,' a long term campaign manifesto used by the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to gain popularity in the recent liberation struggle. - This was but just a philosophy developed to lobby masses against the then President Nimeri’s call that all land was for the government. Indeed, it is worth appreciating that land belongs to the community. But the question “Who exactly is the community?” is …