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It's a small world when you're from South Sudan.

South Sudan is one of the most hard-put places in the world.

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

Sudan cannot afford to be on the wrong side of history. The north and south will have to work together, but will they?

Leaving southern Sudan as a child was terrifying. It was 1985, and my family and I were trying to escape to Khartoum, the capital in the North, to safety.

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.

I mean, I can look back with great pleasure on what has happened in Sudan, and our commitment to people who are persecuted in that kind of way.

All South Sudanese deserve consistent and unimpeded humanitarian assistance, regardless of if they live in areas held by rebel or government forces.

I left Sudan when I was 25 or 26 years old. If I had stayed, I would never have ended up being an entrepreneur. You can have the qualities, but if you don't have the environment, you just wither away. It's like a fish: take it out of water, it will not survive.