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Feeling the Pinch in Sudan
Hamed, 19, has a captive market for his goods, but only for frenetic 90-second bursts: once the traffic lights change on Khartoum’s Nile Avenue, potential customers for his packs of tissues drive on, sending Hamed and the rest of a small army of vendors...
World’s Newest State Offers Little for Thousands of Returnees
They have returned in their hundreds of thousands, by train, barge, bus and plane, often after decades of war-enforced absence; but coming home to what recently, and euphorically, became the world’s newest state, the Republic of South Sudan, is often...
Kenyan Head of State Mwai Kibaki Urges Initiative to Resolve Sudan, South Sudan Dispute
Kenyan head of state Mwai Kibaki sent letters to his counterparts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) expressing the need for a regional summit to resolve the re-emergence of dispute between Sudan and South Sudan, threatening to develop...
Restoring a New Country’s Vision
Newly independent South Sudan has some of the highest blindness rates in the world. Endemic diseases that have been stamped out in other post-conflict countries are rife, and the only fully functioning eye center is in the capital, Juba.
UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon Urges the Leaders of Sudan And Southern Sudan to Resolve Their Problems
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon on Sunday in Addis Ababa urged the leaders of Sudan and Southern Sudan to solve their problem and bring peace and stability between their two countries.
Women in Southern Sudan Face Multiple Risks
The main threats to women in South Sudan derive from chronic deficits in health, economic opportunities, access to food and gender equality, rather than weapons, despite the prevalence of militias and armed conflict, according to the Small Arms Survey.
Sudan And South Sudan Restate Their Commitment to the Principle of Two Viable States
Sudan and its southern neighbor, South Sudan have restated their commitment to the principle of two viable states that would remain at peace with each other, and continue negotiating for an agreement on other outstanding issues.
Violence in Sudan’s Breadbasket Border States Blocks Food to South Sudan
Violence in Sudan’s breadbasket border states such as South Kordofan has blocked food to South Sudan since just before it gained independence in July. In the new nation’s northern states such as Unity, heavily mined roads have compounded the problem...
