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 [...]
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Post-2012 Scenarios for Sudan: War vs Peace, United vs Secession
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 19°C] The report, Sudan 2012: Scenarios for the future, was released in the Hague on September 1, 2009. It takes an interesting and original approach to the problems of Sudan by looking ahead, past the much talked about 2011 referendum, to what Sudan could be like in 2012 based an four scenarios [...]
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 [...]
Local musicians feeling sidelined after CPA event in Yambio, South Sudan
by Richard Ruati courtesy SudanVotes One day after the euphoria which galvanized the CPA celebration across Southern Sudan, local artists in Western Equatoria State have expressed anger and dismay with the state organizers of the memorable CPA celebration in 2010. The fifth and probably the last CPA celebrations took place in Yambio, the capital of [...]
In The Shadows of Darfur
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 22°C] On June 15, Le Devoir included an Agence France-Presse article: “Sudan: Rebels Attack a Humanitarian Convoy”. The article wrote that Jikany Nuer tribesmen attacked a United Nations World Food Program convoy of 31 barges as it was transporting 700 tons of food aid. The humanitarian aid was destined to Akobo village [...]
