UN worker killed in Sudan, South Sudan disputed region Reuters Sudan and South Sudan split apart last year under a 2005 peace deal that ended decades of civil war but failed to resolve a number of contested issues including the exact position of their shared border. Control of Abyei, rich in grazing land and with … |
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| SOUTH SUDAN: Contraceptives give women the right to choose IRINnews.org JUBA, 14 November 2012 (IRIN) – Cut off from development by five decades of civil war, South Sudan has the highest maternal mortality rate in the world and high levels of infant mortality and morbidity. Large families struggle to get by in the war … |
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| UN: Staffer shot dead, another injured in Abyei area disputed by Sudan, South … Montreal Gazette The United Nations chief says one U.N. staffer was shot to death and another was injured during unrest around a mosque in the Abyei region, which is disputed by Sudan and South Sudan. A spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday … |
| US concerned about arrest of citizen in South Sudan Chicago Tribune JUBA (Reuters) – The United States expressed deep concern on Wednesday for a U.S. citizen held in South Sudan on a kidnap charge but who, his wife says, is victim of an extortion attempt by security officials. Elton Mark McCabe was arrested in the east … |
| Labour Undersecretary Decries Rising Number of Street Children AllAfrica.com Juba — The Undersecretary for Labour in the Ministry of Labour, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Madam Helen Achiro, has decried the rapid increase in the population of street children in the urban areas of South Sudan. Madam Achiro … |