SPLA-IO Accused of Detaining Civilian Boats, Demanding $4,000 Along Sobat River ‎

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‎ Boat ferrying civilians  Nasir, Upper Nile State  ‎Authorities in Nasir County, Upper Nile State, have accused forces loyal to the Sudan People’s Liberation Army In Opposition (SPLA-IO) of detaining civilian riverboats and demanding ransom-like payments of up to $4,000 from traders and passengers along the Sobat River. ‎ ‎According to Nasir County Commissioner James Gatwech Joak, several boats traveling from Matar in Nasir County to Malakal were intercepted by SPLA-IO soldiers in Yakuach, an area in Nyirol County, Jonglei State. ‎ ‎“Our traders paid local taxes to SPLA-IO in Mandeng before setting off. But on reaching Yakuach, they were detained again and told to pay an additional four thousand U.S. dollars,” Commissioner Gatwech said. ‎ ‎He explained that the detained boat operators and traders were reportedly held for four days while armed men demanded more payments.  ‎ Some of the passengers were women, children, and patients traveling for medical treatment in Malaka...
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Opinion: Go To University To Read

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Mr. Reno. 

Top News:


Go to university to read:

  • Accounting
  • Actuarial science
  • Agriculture
  • Anatomy
  • Architecture
  • Banking and Finance
  • Business
  • Communications
  • Cybersecurity
  • Dentistry
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Engineering (all kinds)
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Nursing
  • Optometry
  • Pharmacy
  • Psychology/Psychiatry
  • Science (Medicine, health and medical based degrees, Physics and Chemistry based courses)
  • Technology (Robotics, Aeronautics, IT, AI, and Digital technologies)


These are relevant degree courses up to tomorrow. From a cost-benefit analysis point of view, they offer the best successful outcomes against time and money spent in a university. 


I may have missed one or two. But not much. If your degree is not there, chances are that AI has already rendered it obsolete. 


Political science, languages and linguistics, sociology, philosophy, library science, public administration, and mass communication are okay to read for just a few people. 


But when hundreds of thousands study these courses in a country with few opportunities for such areas of specialisation, you may want to tread softly.


If you follow me, you will know how much I admire and am committed to studying languages, linguistics, and etymology. 


But I am only able to do this because, by the grace of God, I have money. If I was broke, I could not do it. And if you have fifty thousand languages and linguistic graduates in one country, they will not find jobs. Fifty to a hundred is okay. Anything more is wahala! 


The point is that many courses now offered by many universities are obsolete. According to research from the Pew Institute, some universities only offer such courses to raise their income. 


Many, including Oxford and Cambridge, are shutting down some out-of-date departments. 


Instead of spending $20,000 and four years to read a course irrelevant to modern life, you are better off taking a six month to one-year course and learning a marketable on-demand skill. 


I did not forget any course. If your course is not there, there is a cause for that course of action. I read Law up to Masters level in England. Do you see Law on the list? 


Please don't insult me. It is just the reality. 


Credit: #RenosNuggets

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