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| UNDP
Supports Training of 50 Sudanese Judges
to Promote Good Governance and Rule
of Law |
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Khartoum- February 13, 2011: The Sudan
Judiciary and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) have launched today
a comprehensive training workshop
targeting subordinate court judges
at the Judiciary House in Khartoum.
Fifty judges from different states
are to participate in this four-week
workshop which is aimed at raising
the capacity of the judges to effectively
and fairly apply the law and deliver
justice. ...Read
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| UNDP
Organizes First Forum on Legislative
Coordination in a Federal System in
Sudan |
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Khartoum, 12 December 2010 - Ensuring
the proper implementation of a decentralized
governance system in Sudan, was the
main theme of the first forum on “Legislative
Coordination in a Federal System”
held in Khartoum on 12-13 December
2010...Read
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| UNVs,
Children's Charity Team UP to Restore
Hospital Palliative Centre for Cancer
Patients in Khartoum |
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Khartoum, 5 December 2010 - “Volunteering
for Millennium Development Goals”
was the theme of the International
Volunteer Day 2010 in Khartoum. A
commemorative event was organized
to celebrate the IVD 2010 amidst much
festivity at the Radiation and Isotopes
Center in Khartoum (RICK) of the Khartoum
City Hospital....Read
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| Better
information means better poverty reduction
policies |
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Juba,13 August 2010 – The fight
against poverty requires a better
understanding of what causes poverty,
who is poor, and how poverty changes
over time. Without this information,
designing and implementing effective
poverty reduction programmes can be
very challenging.To help address some
of the data gaps that exist and measure
the scope of poverty in Southern Sudan
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| County
consultations: Linking the government
to the people |
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Juba,
13 July, 2010 - Over the last decade,
the international community has become
increasingly focused on projects that
are community planned and community
driven. Experience has shown that,
by engaging people at the community
level, development projects tend to
be much more responsive, better designed
and likely to succeed in the long
term. While UNDP’s programme
in Southern Sudan places a heavy emphasis
on building the capacity of key government
institutions....Read
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UNDP-Managed
Elections Basket Fund Enables Women’s’
Effective Participation
Women’s’ High Turnout
in Sudanese Elections a Potential
Game-Changer |
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Khartoum,
19 April 2010 - Setting aside physical
and logistical difficulties and thinly-veiled
threats from a section of the religious
right, women across the North and
Southern parts of the country thronged
polling stations in large numbers
to exercise their vote, the first
time in a generation. There were an
estimated 16,000 polling stations
throughout the country, over 10,000
in the North and nearly 6,000 in the
South. What really accounted for high
enthusiasm among women to participate
in the landmark Sudanese elections
possible and have their voices heard?....Read
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| Shifting
the balance: Sudanese women in positions
of power |
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Juba,
16 April 2010 - There is unequal participation
and representation of men and women
in almost all political and socio-economic
spheres in Southern Sudan, with women
remaining a minority. Though some
progress has been made since the signing
of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
(CPA) in 2005, more must be done to
encourage women to compete for high-level
positions so that they are properly
represented in key institutions. Enabling
women to pursue careers in government
and law will help create a new generation
of leaders who can address and defend
equal rights in parliament, in the
courtroom, and in the community....Read
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| VCT
Centers Ensuring Universal Access
to Testing and Treatment |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010 - “The social
aspect of HIV is the worst aspect
of the disease,” explains counselor
Nahla Mahjoub Al-Zubair who works
as a social counselor in the Voluntary
and Counseling and Testing Center
(VCT) in Khartoum North Hospital
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| NTP
and GFATM formulate New Messages for
TB Education |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010 - Tuberculosis (TB)
is a huge public concern in Sudan.
The disease is characterized with
public ignorance and high social stigma
of TB-patients leading to increased
number of TB positive cases. According
to the WHO, Sudan alone carries 15%
of the TB burden in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region. TB is a curable disease however
discontinued treatment is very common
which leads patients to develop resistance
to treatment
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| Interview
with the Director of the Sudan National
AIDS Control Programme Dr. Ehab Ali
Hassan |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010
Q.1 Dr. Ehab first, I wish to congratulate
you on your new post as the Sudan
National AIDS Control Programme (SNAP)
director. How would you describe the
current HIV situation in Sudan?
A. Sudan is a very large country with
diversity in both climate and in ethnicity;
hence the HIV situation also varies
in the South and the North.
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| Malaria
Survey Kicks off in 15 Northern States |
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Khartoum,
1 January 2010 -The National
Malaria Control Programme (NMCP),
in collaboration with GFATM and WHO
is currently entering data for the
findings of the national malaria survey
conducted during the period 19 October-
4 November2009. This survey was conducted
in 11 states covering a population
of more than 17 million and was divided
into three components: a household-,
household member’s-, and women
and children questionnaire
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| The
National Elections Commission registers
over 75% of eligible voters in preparation
for the upcoming Elections |
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Khartoum,
6 January 2010 - Early official reports
from the National Elections Commission
provide optimism for the April polling
process. The Commission registered
over 16 million voters throughout
Sudan from Nov 1 through Dec 7, 2009.
This is 79% of just over 20 million
eligible Sudanese voters determined
by the 2008 census exercise
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| Volunteers
plant 1,000 trees in rural Khartoum |
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Khartoum,
December 2009 - Arriving in five buses
at the desert village of Wawisi, 50
kilometres north of Khartoum, 150
volunteers set out with the local
community to plant 1,000 trees in
commemoration of International Volunteer
Day on 5 December. “We need
the trees for water and to make us
healthier,” 18-year-old student
Suha said,...Read
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| UN
brings together opposing Sudanese
tribes in historic peace talks |
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Abyei,
December 2009 - Amidst the cheering,
drumming and dancing of women from
Sudan’s Missiriya tribe in Um
Khaer village in the Sudanese county
of Abyei, a group of Missiriya representatives
from this traditionally nomadic tribe
gathered on December 14, 2009 for
a historic meeting with representatives
from the Dinka Ngok tribe
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| UNDP
Southern Sudan makes poverty reduction
a key priority |
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Juba,
November 2009: World leaders have
pledged to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015,
which include the overarching goal
of cutting extreme poverty in half.
The United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), using its worldwide network,
is coordinating global and national
efforts to reach these Goals
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| Mobile
Clinic Reaches Remote Communities |
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Warrap
State, November 2009: Abuop Deng lifts
up her baby’s shirt and shows
a community health worker a rash that
covers the infant’s stomach.
He has had it for weeks, along with
a fever and diarrhea, she explains.
They, along with dozens of other community
members, are sitting under the shade
of a huge tree in the centre of the
small village of Mawut.
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| Microcredit
Programme Pays Off |
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Wonduruba,
September 2009: A group of men sit
outside a shop beside the main road
of Wonduruba chatting and drinking
cold beverages. A woman rummages through
a small cooler and approaches them
with another round. As she opens one
of the bottles she cracks a joke that
gets the crowd going.
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| Female-run
Farms Flourish after RRP Training |
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Wonduruba,
September 2009: Helen Koja holds her
son in her arms as she strolls through
fields of fresh green vegetables.
She bends down, picks a piece of spinach
and hands it to the baby in her arms.
This, she says, is full of vitamins;
and will help children to grow up
strong. The spinach and other crops
surrounding Koja’s home are
doing more than that...Read
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| Organic
Honey a Sweet Success |
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Central
Equatoria State, September 2009 :As
a young boy Lorwue would follow his
older brother as he collected pieces
of bamboo and tied them together with
local grass. They would leave these
traditional hives deep in the forest
and come back late at night when they
would light a torch and start fires
to disturb the bees out of their hives
and collect the honey.
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| Southern
Sudan Legislative Assembly Delegation
Concludes Study Tour to Egypt |
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Juba,
July 2009: A delegation representing
the Committee on Gender, Social Welfare,
Youth and Sports in the Southern Sudan
Legislative Assembly (SSLA) participated
in a study tour to Egypt from 20 -
26 June. The aim of the visit was
to enable the members of the Committee
to examine gender laws in Egypt and
draw lessons from the Egyptian experience
in gender equality ...Read
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| Local
Government Act Passed |
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Juba,
June 2009: The Government of Southern
Sudan (GoSS) passed the Local Government
Act in April, paving the way for the
dissemination of authority to local
government councils. “Support
to local government is a key element
of UNDP’s efforts to strengthen
government structures in Southern
Sudan”, said Joe Feeney, UNDP
Southern Sudan’s Head of Office...Read
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| Fishermen
Reel in Shared Profit |
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Red
Sea, June 2009: “You can always
tell when you are getting near the
sea, says 50-year old Ali Abu Ali.
“The air feels different; cooler
against your skin.” Ali and
most of the men in his village have
been fishing most of their lives ...Read
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| Community
Farms Cultivate Food and Financial
Success |
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Red
Sea, June 2009: As the sun rises and
the smell of ginger-infused coffee
fills the air, women emerge from their
homes and head to a lush green field
of abusabean, a crop used as cattle
feed. It grows easily and abundantly
in Sudan; provided there is enough
water. ....Read
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| Water
Network Sprouts Unexpected Returns
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Ashkoot,
April 2009: The first time the water
started flowing through the pipes
in the dry, remote village of Ashkoot,
all that could be heard throughout
the community was the sound of “zaghrouta”,
the celebratory ululation of joy that
is particular to the region ....Read
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| Food
Production Training makes Cents |
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River
Nile State, April 2009: Thirty-five-year
old Alwaia Ahmed Elnigai might have
never known she had an entrepreneurial
streak in her had she not decided
to participate in the RRP food processing
course that was offered in Tuaakin,
a small and sleepy village with little
economic activity in River Nile State.
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| Midwives
Making a Difference in Kurgus |
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Kurgus,
April 2009: Siham Hamed is in the
hospital waiting to deliver her first
child. Although she is nervous she
says she is confident that the thsree
midwives there will take care of her
and her baby. She has been coming
to see them every month since she
found out about her pregnancy eight
months ago. ....Read
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| JIPUs
receive medical aid |
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Abyei,
April 2009:To ensure the good health
of Joint Integrated Police Units (JIPUs)
officers and to enhance policing services
and access to justice, the Support
to the Abyei Civil Administration
project provided JIPUs with medical
kits including antibiotics, painkillers,
syringes and needles, bandages, and
gauzes. ....Read
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| Code
of conduct for prisons staff approved |
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Juba,
April 2009: Decades of war and instability
in Southern Sudan have devastated
the delivery capacity of local law
enforcement institutions. The Prisons
Service in the region is largely staffed
with ex-combatants with little or
no formal correctional training, and
the majority have been working without
compensation or on a voluntary basis.
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| Skilled
midwives help make motherhood safer
in Blue Nile State |
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Blue
Nile State, April 2009: “The
first time I delivered a baby I felt
so nervous. I thought can I or can’t
I really do this?” says 18-year
old Nafiza Abdallah as she sits outside
her home in the small fishing village
of Ofud in Blue Nile State. ....Read
full story
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| Southern
Sudan road safety campaign |
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Juba,
April 2009: Traffic accidents, particularly
motorcycle accidents, are a widespread
problem across Southern Sudan. More
vehicles on the roads increase the
availability of transportation for
people, goods, and services, but when
road safety procedures and laws are
neglected, drivers, passengers, and
pedestrians are all at risk ...Read
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| Sudan
Judiciary trains 60 judges |
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Khartoum,
April 2009: In a continuing effort
to strengthen the capacity of Sudanese
judges, Sudan Judiciary’s Training
Department with support from the Capacity
Building of the Sudan Judiciary project,
is holding a series of capacity building
sessions aimed at training 60 judges
in several areas of law from 15 February
to 30 June 2009 in Khartoum. ....Read
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| Sand
water filters: Simple solution to
a life threatening situation |
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Kolang,
29 Januray 2009: For as long as she
can remember, 43-year-old Ajang Abier
watched friends and family fall mysteriously
ill in her remote community of Kolang,
in Upper Nile State. It wasn’t
until she found herself rushing her
7-year-old son to the health centre
due to severe stomach pain and vomiting
that she vowed to look into the reasons
why her village was vexed with a constant
host of stomach complications ....Read
full story
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Finding more ways to volunteer in
Southern Kordofan |
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Kadugli,
26 Januray 2009: A group of UNV volunteers
working in Sudan is uniting to volunteer
after hours and encourage local people
to volunteer in their community. There
are 17 UNV volunteers in Kadugli,
Southern Kordofan, assigned to the
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)
and UNDP in a variety of roles ...Read
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| 6th
Governors’ Forum of Southern
Sudan Wraps Up Today in Juba |
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Juba,
Southern Sudan, October 2 2008, The
6th Governors’ Forum of Southern
Sudan wraps up today with a strong
commitment from First Vice President
of the Republic of the Sudan and President
of the Government of Southern Sudan
(GoSS), H.E. Lt. General, Salva Kiir
Mayardit, Vice President of the GoSS,
H.E. Dr. Riak Machar, ministers, state
governors, UN and development partners
to the decentralization process in
Southern Sudan. ....Read
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| Birth
of SHAWG: Sudanese Expatriates Join
the Fight Against AIDS in Sudan |
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Khartoum,
11 August 2008, Four Sudanese HIV/AIDS
specialists who live and work in the
UK and South Africa began a venture
that could significantly improve the
fight against the epidemic in Sudan.
On 10 August they launched the London-based
Sudan HIV/AIDS Working Group (SHAWG);
a voluntary network of healthcare
professionals who seek to help roll
back the epidemic in the country ....Read
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| Imams
in Darfur Discuss International Law
and Women's Rights |
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Nyala,
April 5 2008, As part of its Rule
of Law Programme in Darfur, UNDP regularly
organises public debates and workshops
to engage with all sections of the
conflict-riddled society. Religious
leaders are an important target group,
as they are a trusted source of guidance
on matters related to ethics and human
behaviour ...Read
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| First
Vice President Presses Ahead With
Transition From Relief To Development |
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Juba,
Southern Sudan, June 2008 - First
Vice President of the Republic of
the Sudan and President of the Government
of Southern Sudan (GoSS), H.E. General
Salva Kiir received on 6 June a UNDP
delegation led by Ms. Ameerah Haq,
the Deputy Special Representative
of the Secretary-General for Sudan,
Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident
Representative. ...Read
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| Promoting
the Rule of Law in Darfur as a UN
Volunteer |
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El
Geneina, February 2008, West Darfur
is a long way from my home in North
Carolina in the southern part of United
States of America ...Read
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| RRP
Upper Nile Helps 203 Farmers Expand
Production |
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Khartoum,
13 January 2008, Deng Kak has worked
on the cotton and sunflower commercial
farms for as long as he can remember
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| Lesson
on HIV/AIDS Advocacy: Kober Prison Inmate’s
story |
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December
5, 2007, When Amir Suleiman was jailed
at Kober Prison in Khartoum for bankruptcy
last year, he did his best to avoid
contact with the other inmates. But
Amir, a 37-year-old father of three
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| The
First Gender Task Force in South Kordofan
State: |
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Kadugli,
11 September 2007, This week the first
Ministerial Gender Task Force in South
Kordofan state was established. The
Task Force is composed of 45 civil
servants, 25 of which are women, selected
from nine state ministries, .... Read
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| Three-month
de-mining campaign completed: |
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Khartoum,
July 28 2007, The true extent of the
problems related to landmines and
Explosives Remnants of War (ERW) remains
unknown in Sudan .... Read
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| UNDP
responds to Floods in Sudan: Early
Recovery Efforts Continue: |
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Khartoum,
August 3 2007, According to Sudanese
Red Crescent assessments, the floods
that had hit Sudan this year is by
far the worst disaster in the last
two decades .... Read
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| River
Nile State Government Boosts Local
Recovery and Rehabilitation Project
in the region: |
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In mid-July
2007, the River Nile state government
pledged a 30% in-kind contribution
to the Recovery and Rehabilitation
Programmeme (RRP) in Abu Hammed and
Berber localities ... Read
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| RRP
Advances Modern Medical Treatment
Through Keyala Healthcare Center: |
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Juba, 22
March 2007, Four-year-old Bosco Oliha
was wrestling with his brother at
home when he tumbled to the floor
and fractured his leg. His father,
Sarlino Oliha, carried him 15 kilometers
to the Keyala healthcare center ...
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| Volunteers
continue to make a difference in Sudan: |
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Until Thursday
December 7, 623 Sudanese girls, students
of Omer Elmokhtar girls school, one
of Khartoum’s oldest establishments,
were crammed 50 to a classroom...
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| Sudanese
women in joint call for greater political
representation : |
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Juba, 12
May 2007, The Samani Hall of the prestigious
Juba University in South Sudan reverberated
with song and dance. More than 700
women filled the hall that has a seating
capacity of only... Read
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| Puppet
Shows in Southern Sudan: |
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Juba, November
8 2007, In the Wonduruba market in
Southern Sudan, community members
paused and listened as a familiar
song momentarily blocked out the sound
of the every-day hustle and bustle.
It was a song they'd heard before...
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| Student
Helps Build the School He Hopes to
Attend: |
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Juba, December
15 2007, Secondary student Paul Zaradia
spends his weekends mixing concrete,
making bricks, and helping to build
the school he hopes to attend in Korera
village in South Kordofan. Paul, who
is 16 years.... Read
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