Reintegrating returnees in Upper Nile

(IRIN) – John Wiyual returned from Khartoum, the Sudanese capital, to South Sudan in December 2010, hoping the move would not disrupt his five children’s education too much. Wiyual’s family was among the first groups of Southern Sudanese to go home, pending the South’s secession, which became reality on 9 July.

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Jubilation As South Sudan Gains Independence

Mass celebration and hours of formal pomp and ceremony have marked the birth of the world’s newest nation.

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Source: Sky News

North Darfur water project helps protect women from sexual violence

(IRIN) – A water project supported by the UN-African Union peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in eight villages of North Darfur will not only facilitate residents’ access to water but also help to reduce sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the region, local residents and UNAMID officials said.

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Special Report Podcast

In this special podcast Money Web speak with Ian Alsworth-Elvey – he is the managing director of South Sudan Beverages which is part of the SABMiller group.

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Thousands flee fighting in Darfur

(IRIN) – Tens of thousands of people continue to flee their homes in Sudan’s western region of Darfur for the safety of internally displaced people’s camps after recent fighting between government forces and armed militias.

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Thousands displaced by Abyei violence “at risk”

(IRIN) – Up to 25,000 people have fled the contested town of Abyei since an estimated 100 people died in violence last week. With fears still high that the unresolved status of this border region could lead to more fighting, UN agencies and aid groups are worried that the precarious humanitarian situation could quickly deteriorate, leaving those displaced even more vulnerable.

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Darfuri torture survivor faces deportation to Sudan

A Darfuri woman, classed as a high suicide risk by a psychiatrist, is fighting deportation to Sudan despite operational guidance which says that she should not be removed from the UK.

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After Egypt, winds of change are blowing through six nations

Article first published 12 February 2011 (The Economic Times)

Winds of change are sweeping through the Middle East, encompassing aestern Asia and northern Africa, triggering a series of political shifts in response to widespread discontent that once went unacknowledged.

Egypt’s simmering unrest that forced Hosni Mubarak to resign as the president after nearly three decades of uninterrupted rule, has hogged the world’s attention for weeks.

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Visceral leishmaniasis outbreak adds to returnees’ woes

(IRIN) – The influx of returnees from the north to Southern Sudan ahead of an independence referendum scheduled for 9 January 2011 is raising fears of a more widespread outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis, a disease which can be lethal and is endemic in parts of the greater Upper Nile region, says a World Health Organization (WHO) official in Southern Sudan.

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Southern returnee deluge leaves aid workers in a quandary

(IRIN) – Build camps and run the risk of long-term dependence, or build nothing and watch basic needs grow: this is the dilemma facing aid workers in Southern Sudan amid an unexpectedly large deluge of people leaving the north of the country in the run-up to January’s secession referendum in the south.

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