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Under the theme "Disarm Now for a Better World", International Day of Peace was celebrated throughout Sudan over the past few weeks with medical camps, poetry readings, dramas and even a peace quiz. The Day, officially 18…
At least 21 people were killed and over 4,000 were displaced when Dinka Alyap and Dinka Bor tribesmen attacked the Central Equatoria State (CES) payams of Mangalla and Zameza on 27 September, according to Terekeka County…
Celebrations in the state capital of Ed Damazin hailed the handover of toilet blocks at the University of Blue Nile State and the donation of books and computers by the UNMIS Pakistani military contingent in late September…
A four-day All Political Party Conference was held in Juba last week and ended with a threat from opposition leaders to boycott national elections scheduled for April 2010 if the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) fails to…
A five-person assessment team of officials of the Central Equatoria State High Committee (CESHC) and UNMIS staff members visited a number of proposed voter registration and polling centre sites in various locales during a…
A sketch on disarmament stole the show by Sudanese students, who joined their counterparts from Liberia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the United States in celebrating International Day of Peace on 18 September…
The military sector commanders of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) held their 17 th conference at Sector II headquarters in the Western Bahr El-Ghazal State capital of Wau on 16 and 17 September. The Special…
Every weekday just after sunrise, Daniel James heads out for a four-mile trek to arrive on time at Ikpiro Primary School on the outskirts of Yambio, Western Equatoria State. The 10-year-old boy then joins 161 students of…
Entering a small, deep blue room with comfortable couches and a large painting of the same colour at the Rashid Diab Arts Centre in Khartoum, one cannot help but feel serenity and calm. "Just sit down here for two to three…
In preparing local communities to receive several thousand demobilized ex-combatants, a sensitization forum for area leaders was organized in Rumbek by the Southern Sudan DDR Commission on 11 September. The Lakes State…
Forceful disarmament was urgently needed to remove civilian guns and restore security in Juba, Lainya and Terekeka counties, Central Equatoria State Governor Clement Wani said recently in Kajokeji. Stressing that security was…
A fire consumed a tanker truck and three containers on 22 August in Yambio, Western Equatoria State, cutting petrol supplies and pushing up area fuel prices. The tanker at Kenyan-owned HASS petroleum station was transferring…