[Montréal, Québec, Canada 23°C] Asked on June 22, 2009 by Anonymous from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Donation: $100 [Thanks!]
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QUESTION:
I read in one of your blog entries that Sudan’s civil war between the Sudanese government and the southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army created 4 million refugees and one million Internally Displaced People. What is the difference [...]
Posts Tagged ‘IDP’
Burning Question #1 …Answered (re: Southern Sudan Refugee, IDP)
Two Million Southern Sudanese Returned Home Since 2005
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 23°C — même article en français] 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 [...]
Seven-Weeks in Southern Sudan Beckons a Return Visit
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 13°C] It has been just over three weeks since I returned to Montréal from ten weeks in East Africa, most of which were spent in Southern Sudan. I’ve been back long enough to discard the lag that fogs the spirit after flying between continents. Sufficient time has passed to deplete the [...]
ICC Arrest Warrant Repurcussions on Southern Sudan
[Warrap Town, Southern Sudan 45°C] Below is a podcast that was aired on Wednesday, March 25 on Amandla, a weekly Africa news and issues radio show on Montréal’s CKUT 90.3 FM.
Here is the transcript of the audio report with a few added photos:
Exactly three weeks ago, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for [...]
A Visit to War Faj Village in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal
[Malual Kon, Bahr el-Ghazal, Southern Sudan 42°C] This morning, like every morning, I wake up with the sounds of roosters clucking, children playing, and neighbours beyond the compound fence discussing the beginning of their day.
I make my way from inside my canvas tent on the Save the Children (UK) compound, and walk the narrow cement [...]
