News South Sudan History: Opinion | Dialogue and credible reforms, not military power, will save South Sudan
True leadership in South Sudan today means resisting the temptation of the gun and choosing the harder path of wisdom. It means understanding that power gained through violence is temporary, but peace ...
News South Sudan History: Sudan rebels, protest leaders end rift over power deal
Sudanese protest leaders and their rebel partners have ended their differences over a power-sharing deal signed with the country's military rulers, vowing to work jointly for peace, a leading protest group said Thursday. On July 17, the umbrella protest movement signed a power-sharing accord with
News South Sudan History: Sudan protest leaders, rebels end rift over power deal
For us, this is the first time in history that an agreement will address the root causes of the conflicts in Sudan." The rebel groups had been fighting government forces of now ousted president Omar ...
News South Sudan History: South Sudan Court Rules Against Marriage of Girl, 16, in Landmark Case
A court in South Sudan has annulled a child marriage, in a rare legal case that activists say could signal a turning point for women's rights in the conservative country. The marriage of a 16-year-old girl, the daughter of a cattle herdsman, to a 28-year-old man was deemed illegal by a court in Kapoeta late last month, the southern state's information minister Simon Karlo said this week. Despite the legal age of marriage being 18, more than 50 percent of South Sudanese girls are wed before their 18th birthday, according to the United Nations children's agency UNICEF. Poverty, climate change
News South Sudan History: Ebola case reported near DR Congo's border with South Sudan
Authorities in South Sudan have been preparing for such a possible spread across ... now the second deadliest of its kind in history. Scores of attacks on treatment centres and health workers in DRC ...
News South Sudan History: South Sudan on High Alert for Ebola Virus
South Sudan’s health officials are ramping up efforts to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from entering the country following a confirmed case some 70 kilometers from the border, in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo. Dr.
News South Sudan History: Canada must step up to help millions displaced inside their own countries
In countries like Syria, South Sudan, Myanmar and Nigeria ... While Canada prides itself for its history of leadership in support of refugees, we lack a coherent, ambitious strategy to strengthen ...
News South Sudan History: Explainer: tracing the history of Sudan’s Janjaweed militia
What is the history of the Janjaweed – when did the group come together and why? The term Janjaweed refers to the armed groups of the Arabs of Darfur and Kordofan in western Sudan. They call ...
News South Sudan History: South Sudan will not be as prepared as Uganda to tackle Ebola, experts warn
South Sudan is deemed to be the DRC's 'most vulnerable' neighbour ... why the killer virus is so difficult to control in rural areas. The worst outbreak in history started in the forested rural region ...
News South Sudan History: Book Review: The Struggle for South Sudan: Challenges of Security and State Formation edited by Luka Biong Deng Kuol and Sarah Logan
Johnson takes a critical look at the meaning of federalism, which remains elusive in the political discourse of South Sudan. He concludes that the failure to imagine a new community beyond ethnic ...
News South Sudan History: Mullivaikal Memorial Lecture to be Delivered by Mr. Ladu Jada Gubek who Played a Major role to Free South Sudan: TGTE
Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam (TGTE) is pleased to announce that Mr. Ladu Jada Gubek, who played a major role in South Sudan's independence ... of American Jewish History 101 South ...
