Southern Sudan

Beer Shirts in Los Angeles and Doctors in ... South Sudan

Brett Walkley | Posted 05.30.2012

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400 medical students at The University of Juba College of Medicine in South Sudan, a country less than 50 licensed doctors, are living in tents and struggling to feed themselves, yet determined to become the country's first generation of doctors.

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The Lost Boys Of Sudan And Faith At The End Of The World

Wendi Dwyer | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Southern Sudan, Sudan, Christianity, God, Faith, Child Soldiers, Africa, Lost Boys, Religion News

The "End of the World" is not a date, it is a place. I know because a U.N. flight dropped me off there about a month ago. It is in Northern Bahr El Ghazal in South Sudan.

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Empowering Women in the World's Newest Country

Hilde Johnson | Posted 05.08.2012

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South Sudan is the world's newest nation, and while we celebrate the first International Women's Day in independent South Sudan, we must look at how we can address the great challenges faced by women and girls in one of the world's least developed countries.

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Thousands Flee Violent Clashes In Sudan

AP | Posted 11.03.2011

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GENEVA -- The U.N. refugee agency says thousands of people are believed to be fleeing to Ethiopia to escape fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile state. U.N....

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South Sudan: New Country, New Beginnings

David Weiss | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: South Sudan Independence, South Sudan, Southern Sudan, South Sudan Vote, World News

The key to stability and peace is economic development. A prosperous, stable people are less likely to go to war with their neighbors.

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Did A U.S. Group Discover Mass Graves In Sudan?

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 09.13.2011

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Sudan activists on Thursday called for the United States and the international community to intervene in a region of Sudan inac...

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Celebrating Independence And Honoring God -- Half A World Away

Richard Stearns | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Christianity, Sudan Health Care, South Sudan Independence, Humanitarian Aid, Southern Sudan, Klir Mayardit, Sudan Education, South Sudan, Christian Social Justice, World Vision, Religion News

More than 8 million people in the Republic of South Sudan will celebrate their first Independence Day on July 9. It is only a beginning of a long road for this new nation's people to live up to their potential.

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What You Need To Know About South Sudan

Posted 09.07.2011

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With South Sudan's hour of independence drawing nearer, many locals are said to be in a contemplative mood, recalling their country's half-century wor...

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PHOTOS: South Sudan Begins Countdown To Independence

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.07.2011

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JUBA, Sudan (AP)--When Southern Sudan becomes the world's newest country on Saturday, its people will rejoice in the streets as it enters statehood as...

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Lost Boy of Sudan Turns Nonprofit Leader

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.28.2011

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As Dominic Diing recounted the story of his journey from Sudan to America, it was easy to get swept up in the cinematic scope of events leading up to ...

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Land Mines Return To Southern Sudan, Reverse Progress

AP | By MAGGIE FICK | Posted 08.04.2011

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JUBA, Sudan -- An increase in military battles in Southern Sudan has resulted in the laying of new land mines, reversing the time-consuming progress d...

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The Birth Pangs of the World's Newest Country: The Republic of South Sudan

Lee Bycel | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Southern Sudan, Darfur Sudan, Sudan, Humanitarian Aid, Juba, Genocide, World News

I am here to witness and understand what will happen here in the months to happen -- and to try and grasp what it will take on a human and political level.

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80 Killed In South Sudan Violence

AP | PHILIP MABIOR | Posted 07.10.2011

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JUBA, Sudan — More than 80 people were killed when rebels attacked cattle herders in Southern Sudan, officials said, while hundreds marched in t...

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Protecting Civilians and Promoting Peace in Sudan (Video)

Mia Farrow | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Southern Sudan, Sudan Civil War, Darfur Sudan, Sudan Genocide, World News

Many South Sudan residents feel abandoned by the international community. But we also know it is not too late to change the equation.

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Bang the Drum for Peace in Darfur (Video)

Don Cheadle | Posted 05.25.2011

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People are still dying in Darfur. Villages are still being bombed. Women are still being subjected to sexual assaults. Here's what we need to do.

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Fighting Malaria With Nets

Mandy Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Malaria, Central African Republic, International Women's Day Centennial, International Women's Day 2011, Mosquito Nets, Southern Sudan, Nothing but Nets, International Women's Day, UN Nothing but Nets, Impact News

Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a have been a healthy dose of reality.

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Why Southern Sudan Should Be Watching Egypt

Ruth Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Global lessons -- from the Balkans to elsewhere in Africa -- should be analyzed for southern Sudan's unique situation.

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Hilde F. Johnson, Assistant Secretary General in the United Nations, on the Future of Sudan

Rahim Kanani | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a recent interview with Hilde F. Johnson, we discussed the secession of Southern Sudan and future prospects for peace and stability.

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Bearing Witness In A Violent World

Rachel Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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We witness to the promise that has been given to us, but we are also called to witness the suffering of God's children.

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What Egypt Taught Us About Ourselves

David Ropeik | Posted 11.17.2011

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Deep down inside, what the Egyptians are really after is a universal desire of people everywhere -- a feeling of control over their own lives.

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Over 100 Killed In Southern Sudan Fights

AP | MAGGIE FICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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KAMPALA, Uganda — Two days of fighting in Southern Sudan between the region's army and a rebel faction killed 105 people, a southern army spokes...

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President Obama: This Is No Time to Let up on Sudan

Ruth Messinger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, White House, Sudan, Barack Obama, President Obama, South Sudan, Sudan Secession, Sudan Vote, Southern Sudan, World News

The referendum on independence for Southern Sudan has come off with minimal violence, and it seems that Sudan's president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir will accept the inevitable outcome: Southern secession.

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A New Challenge for a New Country: Southern Sudan and Returnee Communities

David Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most high profile event in Africa is taking place just several hundred miles north of me, in southern Sudan, where the world's one hundred and ninety third country looks likely soon to be created.

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A New Chapter in Southern Sudan

Larry Garber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even as few doubt the outcome of South Sudan's referendum, the population has projected a profound collective dignity, reflecting an awareness of the enormity of the step just taken and the challenges that lie ahead.

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'Overwhelming' Vote For Secession Seen In Early South Sudan Results

AP | MAGGIE FICK | Posted 05.25.2011

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JUBA, Sudan — Southern Sudan's president on Sunday offered a prayer of forgiveness for northern Sudan and the killings that occurred during a tw...

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