[Montréal, Québec, Canada -2°C] I can imagine the emotional depth and confused sense of belonging/alienation that must come from a return visit to one's homeland ofter a very long and forced exile. At least I think I can. The documentary film by Jen Marlowe, Rebuilding...
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Preliminary voter registration results have been released in a December 13 statement by Al Hadi Muhammad Ahmed, Head of the National Election Commission’s Registration Committee. “The total of the registration up to now is 15,778,154. This percentage is 81% of the...
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National Elections Commission voter registry poster December 10, 2009 is the beginning of the seven-day display of Sudan’s Voter’s Registry. It is a time for people to confirm that their names are on the registry. Not much information about registration results is...
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It’s refreshing to see a major international media network devoting and entire show about the present situation in Sudan four months before the country holds its first multi-party general elections in 24 years. Al Jazeera’s Inside Story asks if Sudan’s elections can...
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Today is the last day for voter registration in Sudan’s first multi-party presidential and legislative elections in 24 years to be held in April 2010. Opposition parties called for a rally on Sunday in the country’s capital, Khartoum. The ruling National Congress Party...
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In the last few days, we’ve witnessed a bloody battle in the Middle East. Not at the borders of Palestine, not at the borders of Lebanon and not at the borders of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan or Afghanistan… but at...
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The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed by the Khartoum regime in the north and rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), based in the south of Sudan, is approaching a decisive and possibly its most difficult-to-implement phase so far: the April 2010 elections....
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This is Alberto Kuol Kuol Makuach’s story. During a 7-week visit to Southern Sudan, I interviewed over a dozen Southern Sudanese men and women. Each person offers an intimate view of their lives during the 21-year civil war and since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace...
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This is Rose Achan Beryl’s story. During a 7-week visit to Southern Sudan, I interviewed about a dozen Southern Sudanese men and women. Each one offers an intimate view of their lives during the 21-year civil war and since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in...
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Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDateline: Nairobi, KenyaFriday, 2 October 2009
Darfur hijack plans to be shared with UN humanitarian agencies
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of Darfur's largest...
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Juba, South Sudan—The threat of a massive food deficit in South Sudan is growing, Action Against Hunger | ACF International cautioned today. The international organization is concerned about the humanitarian impact of a number of troubling developments: high staple food...
Thats the way it is, at least in case of Sudan. Every day 20-30 people die in clashes, and so called government does nothing, but ask for aid.In latest incident 25 people died in clashes in upper Nile zone of...
Last day i reported about the end of Drafur crisis in Northern Sudan, but that hope was momentary.Today in southern Sudan more than 43 people died in clashes. Authorities says that more than 50 are seriously wounded." At least 43 people have been killed, including seven...