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OUTH SUDAN: Disarmament and rebellion in Jonglei
IRINnews.org
JUBA, 11 September 2012 (IRIN) – A massive disarmament operation has netted thousands of weapons in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, but security in what is one of the country’s most marginalized states is now being jeopardized by a rebel leader on a …
Supermodel Alek Wek’s emotional homecoming
CNN
Editor’s note: Alek Wek is a Sudanese-born supermodel. She was forced to leave the country because of civil war and went to Britain as a child refugee. She continues to campaign to draw attention to the ongoing suffering in her country. (CNN) — South …
STATE DEPARTMENT TRAVEL WARNING – SUDAN and SOUTH SUDAN …
Gretawire (blog)
The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to South Sudanand strongly recommends that you avoid all travel to the states in the border region between Sudan and South Sudan (Upper Nile, Unity, and Western Bar el Ghazai states …
In Search of Peace in South Sudan
Blogcritics.org (blog)
Father Joseph Otto of Magwi, South Sudan holds mass every day, even if no one attends. If only all of South Sudan, or everywhere for that matter, could hear him when he reads “Blessed are the peacemakers” from the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible. For …
Performer says South Sudanese police beat, robbed him
Washington Times
An internationally acclaimed South Sudanese hip-hop artist and peace activist says he was beaten and robbed by police while visiting his homeland to promote peace. Emmanuel Jal said he was attacked Saturday night in the South Sudanese capital, Juba.
South Sudan’s inflation no longer at record levels, but still high
Al-Bawaba
South Sudan last month recorded a drop in inflation of just 43.3 per cent, compared to the 60.9% registered in July, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has announced. The country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), according to the NBS, remained …
Sudanese flee conflict to grim life in South Sudan camps
Sin Chew Jit Poh
YIDA, South Sudan, Sept 12, 2012 (AFP) – In a hospital bed in a South Sudan refugee camp, even the tiniest movement causes four-year-old Daniel to cry out in pain. Cracked skin from the swelling that comes with severe malnutrition covers most of his …
Fuel crisis in South Sudan will soon be over, says media official
Sudan Tribune
September 11, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s fuel crisis which has lingered on for two weeks now may soon be a thing of the past, says a media official at the office of the country’s vice-president. Shortage of fuel has severely affected the government’s ..

 

South Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal says police beat him
Kansas City Star
NAIROBI, Kenya — South Sudanese hip-hop artist Emmanuel Jal, a global peace activist who’s the subject of the book and movie “War Child,” said Monday that he was brutally beaten and knocked unconscious over the weekend by police in South Sudan’s …
Army Calls for Keeping ‘Vigilant’ Eyes On Abyei
AllAfrica.com
Juba — High ranking South Sudanese military figures including the SPLA chief of staff have urged the army to closely keep “vigilant eyes” on the oil contested border region of Abyei, stressing that the area is “completely” part of the world’s youngest …
Low Pay Forces Teachers to Take NGO Jobs in Unity State
AllAfrica.com
Bentiu — Teachers in South Sudan’s Unity State say that their low salaries are forcing them to look for work at the United Nations or Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), leaving schools without enough teaching staff. Despite falling inflation in …
Emmanuel Jal Beaten, Robbed by South Sudanese Police
RollingStone.com
By Rolling Stone. September 10, 2012 11:15 AM ET. Rapper and South Sudanesepeace activist Emmanuel Jal was beaten and robbed Saturday by police in Juba,South Sudan, in an apparently unprovoked incident of police brutality, Jal’s publicist said.
Khartoum in double seizure of Libyan, South Sudanese arms
Sudan Tribune
September 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Libyan government forces acting in collaboration with theirSudanese counterparts have laid hands on a stash of materiel buried in the desert borderlands between the two countries, officials from both sides confirmed on …
SPLM-N Denies Sudan Army’s Claims of ‘Killing 18’ in South Kordofan Fresh …
AllAfrica.com
Nairobi — The rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army North (SPLM/A-N) has denied the occurrence of any clashes with the Sudanese army (SAF) which claimed killing 18 of its members in an attack launched on Monday. SAF’s official…

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