[Montréal, Québec, Canada -1°C] I visited Southern Sudan March/April 2009. It seems like such a long time ago. Reviewing the video footage and photographs I took during my visit, brings me back. Below is my latest video montage of a particular day: March 20, 2009.
This is the day I joined a team of World Vision [...]
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Video: Immunization in Lurcuk Village, Tonj North, South Sudan
Elections in Sudan a Logistical Challenge
[Montréal, Québec, Canada -4°C] Holding elections anywhere in the world is a logistical challenge. Considering that Sudan has not had elections since 1986, it is Africa’s largest country with vast regions among the least developed on the planet, election logistics are no simple matter.
Census and Voter Registration
There are prerequisites to conducting a democratic election that [...]
Drumbeat for Peace in Sudan on 5th Anniversary of CPA
[Montréal, Québec, Canada -10°C] Sudan is at a crossroads. Again. January 9, 2010 marked the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between Sudan’s ruling National Congress Party (NCP) and the southern rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). The CPA ended 21 years of civil war.
International focus moved away from Sudan’s [...]
Popular Protest and Sudan’s Electoral Law Reform
[Montréal, Québec, Canada -4°C] It’s refreshing to see a major international media network devoting and entire show about the present situation in Sudan four months before the country holds its first multi-party general elections in 24 years.
Al Jazeera’s Inside Story asks if Sudan’s elections can take place on time without a reform to the electoral [...]
Video Portrait #2 from Southern Sudan : Alberto Kuol Kuol Makuach
This is Alberto Kuol Kuol Makuach’s story.
During a 7-week visit to Southern Sudan, I interviewed over a dozen Southern Sudanese men and women. Each person offers an intimate view of their lives during the 21-year civil war and since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. We get a glimpse into their family [...]
Sudanese-Canadian, Abousfian Abdelrazik’s Story Reads Like Spy Novel
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 13°C] Everyone has an intriguing life story to tell. We have all experienced significant moments that alter the course of our lives. For the better or the worse. But some stories are more compelling than others by the sheer intensity of the intrigue. Every so often, I come across an individual [...]
Southern Sudan Footage Mixed with Prelinger Archive Audio
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 14°C] I’m just starting to review the hours of footage I took while visiting Southern Sudan last March/April 2009. Editing is now underway. It’s refreshing for me to work with the images and, in a way, revisit the East African region again and reaquaint myself with the people I met there. I [...]
Al Jazeera ‘Witness’ Report & Africom influence in East Africa
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 22°C] Yesterday, a very good friend lead me to the article, Why I Love Al Jazeera by Robert D. Kaplan. The title reminded me of why I, too, loved the English-language edition of the Qatar-based Arab TV channel. I first started watching it every evening while staying with friends in Juba, Southern [...]
Video Portrait #1 From Southern Sudan : Rose Achan Beryl
This is Rose Achan Beryl’s story.
During a 7-week visit to Southern Sudan, I interviewed about a dozen Southern Sudanese men and women. Each one offers an intimate view of their lives during the 21-year civil war and since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. We get a glimpse into their family lives [...]
Mine Risk Education West of Juba
[Juba, Southern Sudan 34ºC] It’s my first day in Juba (Feb 26) and I start working right away. From Juba, I have a “story from the field” to write about Mine Risk Education (MRE). I’m picked up for a briefing meeting at the UNICEF offices. You can’t get in without a badge or an escort [...]
