[Montréal, Québec, Canada 25°C] Last night, Montréal’s CKUT Radio show Amandla, a weekly show with news and analysis about Africa, there were two interviews about the coming independence of South Sudan. I spoke with CHF‘s Munish Persaud to get an idea of what it was like on the ground in southern Sudan. He just returned from [...]
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Fighting illiteracy with radio in South Sudan
by Akim Mugisa and Marvis Birungi courtesy SudanVotes It is rare to hear children reciting their school lessons while helping with housework or playing at home. But thanks to an education initiative called the Learning Village, the new habit might take root in Southern Sudan. The use of interactive radio instruction programmes is one of [...]
Free media still on hold in South Sudan
by Marvis Birungi courtesy SudanVotes As Southern Sudan engages in the complex process of state building, free media seems to be one aspect the government needs to allocate more attention to. The Citizen, the only newspaper printed in the South, was subject to a police raid last Sunday. With Southern Sudan soon to become an [...]
Southern Sudan Referendum Results & report from Bentiu, Unity State: Podcast
[Montréal, Québec, Canada -12°C] Yesterday, February 7, 2011, official final results from the self-determination referendum were released by the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission and the Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau, with the details outlined on the Southern Sudan Referendum 2011 graphic below: As expected, a near unanimous choice for independence was cast by the more than [...]
Unresolved Issues between Northern & Southern Sudan: Podcast
[Montréal, Québec, Canada -8°C] On the third day of referendum voting by the Southern Sudanese, to decide whether or not they want independence for the southern region of Africa’s largest country, issues still remain unresolved between the Sudanese NCP government and the semi-autonomous SPLM Government of Southern Sudan. According to the Southern Sudan Referendum Commission, [...]
