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"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.

South Sudan Doubles Primary Enrollments, but Must Stop Dropouts

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South Sudan Doubles Primary Enrollments, but Must Stop Dropouts, Boost 
World Bank Group
JUBA, September 12, 2012 – A comprehensive new World Bank Report on the status of South Sudan’s education notes strong progress, including a doubling of primary school enrollment in just four years, but also some daunting challenges as Africa’s newest 
Sudanese flee conflict to grim life in South Sudan camps
Pakistan Daily Times
Taken by his father fleeing civil war in Sudan’s South Kordofan state to the impoverished Yida refugee camp across the border in South Sudan, Daniel is described as “a typical case” by aid workers here. “He was eating, and then he began to grow a big 
South Sudan holds consultative command council to structure the army
Sudan Tribune
September 11,2012 (JUBA) – High ranking government officials, predominantly members of theSouth Sudan’s government Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), have held consultative meeting in the latest of a series of attempts to collectively find 
UNHCR Concerned for Refugees’ Welfare As Rains Pound Maban County
AllAfrica.com
said Mireille Girard, UNHCR’s representative for South Sudan. Yesterday the main road through Bunj, capital of Maban County, to the three camps of Doro, Yusuf Batil and Gendrassa was flooded. Although the road is badly affected, a UNHCR and UNOPS 
South Sudan doubles primary enrollments, but still has work to do
Bikya Masr
According to the report, entitled “Education in the Republic of South Sudan: Status and Challenges for a New System”, about 700,000 more children enrolled in primary school between 2005 and 2009. A child in South Sudan now has a 60 percent chance of 
Sudan-South Sudan Negotiations In Addis Ababa At Specialised Committees 
Bernama
ADDIS ABABA, Sept 13 (BERNAMA-NNN-SUNA) — Negotiations here between Sudan and South Sudan on outstanding issues between them following the secession of the south to become a separate nation from the rest of Sudan in July last year have now 
Hamis Hamadin Isa Zaag, “They were killing everyone”
IRINnews.org
GENDRASSA, 13 September 2012 (IRIN) – Over 105,000 refugees have fled conflict in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, seeking refuge in four camps in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, since last September, when government forces clashed with rebels who had 
South Sudan plans China-backed $2.5 bln university project
Reuters
Oil shutdown will delay programme. * Plan had been due to finish in 2017. * Chinese companies to build new campuses. By Alexander Dziadosz and Hereward Holland. JUBA, Sept 13 (Reuters) –South Sudan plans to build five new university campuses with 
South Sudan plans China-backed $2.5 billion university project
CNBC.com
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan plans to build five new university campuses with $2.5 billion in oil-backed loans from China, a minister said on Thursday, to boost education in a country where just over a quarter of adults can read. The African nation 
Exclusive: South Sudan to split Total oil block – officials
Reuters
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan will split a massive oil block largely held by Total into three parts, giving one to the French company and the others to two firms, officials said, in the biggest shake-up of the nation’s concessions since it seceded from 

South Sudan’s Aid Workers Concerned About Flood of Sudanese Refugees
Voice of America
South Sudan’s Upper Nile state is now home to more than 100,000 refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile state, where conflict has raged between government forces and insurgents for more than a year. Hannah McNeish reports for VOA from Yusuf Batil camp that 
South Sudan Opens New Road Linking Juba to Border
Voice of America
September 12, 2012. While there are problems with many washed out roads in Juba and other cities and towns across the country this rainy season, South Sudan, with the help of the United States, is making great strides on other major transportation 

Voice of America
YUSUF BATIL, SOUTH SUDAN — South Sudan’s Upper Nile state is now home to more than 100,000 refugees from Sudan’s Blue Nile state, where conflict has raged between government forces and insurgents for more than a year. The United Nations says 

 

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