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Sudan: Bombing in Upper Nile and Blue Nile states
Al Maban (19 Dec.) - Witnesses reported that Sudanese armed forces bombed Al Maban county in Upper Nile state, South Sudan last week. Al Maban county lies 110 km from Blue Nile state which is located on the north side of the border.
Three people were killed and many more wounded in the attack. One person was seriously injured but later died in hospital. The governor of the Upper Nile county stated that the humanitarian situation was getting worse due to the constant bombardment by government forces between the two states. Tens of thousands of people have been displaced.
| Japan OKs action plan to dispatch ground troop mission to South Sudan
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government adopted on Tuesday an action plan to send a ground troop mission to South Sudan to join U.N. peacekeeping operations and help build infrastructure there.
The plan is in line with Japan's policy, approved early last month, to dispatch a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit to South Sudan next year to help build roads and bridges, which are vital for rebuilding the country. South Sudan had long been battered by civil strife until it gained independence in July. Under the Japanese government's policy, GSDF personnel will operate in South Sudan over a five-year period and be involved with work to construct roads and bridges in the nation's capital Juba and its vicinity. To prepare for the arrival of the engineering unit, Japan plans to send an advance party comprising a few dozen SDF members in mid-January. Between February and March, a team comprising roughly 210 personnel will be dispatched, followed by a second team of about 330 planned for June. | Sudanese Woman Fights Cancer, Misconceptions
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Cancer is a disease that doesn't discriminate between age, gender or race. But for one KELOLAND minority, it is considered taboo and even shameful. Susan Paul is a South Sudanese immigrant living in Sioux Falls and she's fighting for her life. The single mother of two was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer two years ago. "The only thing that went through my mind was my children because they are my everything," Paul said. While at work, Paul's hands went numb and she felt a lump in her right armpit. At the age of 27, the outlook was grim. | |
USAID Swears in the First Mission Director to South Sudan
(Media-Newswire.com) - WASHINGTON, D.C. – As South Sudan prepares for independence on July 9, the U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) swore in Kevin Mullally as the first mission director to the new country. Stationed in Juba, South Sudan, Mullally will oversee a development program that will focus on developing the promising agriculture sector; delivering essential services including health and education to citizens; strengthening governance that is effective, inclusive, and accountable; and helping to prevent or mitigate conflict. USAID Counselor Hilda M. Arellano administered the oath of office at the swearing-in ceremony. With nearly 30 years in the Foreign Service, Mullally has extensive USAID experience in Africa. He recently served as mission director in Senegal from 2007 to 2011, as mission director in Rwanda from 2005 to 2007, and as deputy mission director in Mali from 2002 to 2005. | 
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| South Sudan braces for border attacks
JUBA—South Sudan is bracing for border attacks by the Northern government just days before its formal secession Saturday. The South’s Sudanese People’s Liberation Army expects Khartoum to try to annex certain key border areas, particularly where there are oil deposits, so it says it’s mobilizing in these areas. Around South Sudan, people are preparing for Saturday’s Independence Day, performing massive clean up operations and learning the new national anthem. Security in Juba has been greatly stepped up, with army forces searching vehicles along roadways, causing massive traffic tie-ups in the intense, humid heat. As South Sudan gets ready to stand on its own, it’s faced with several security threats, including rebel attacks against the army, and inter-tribal warfare that can often kill dozens, even hundreds, at a time.
read more... | South Sudan: emergency unfolding
Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) has scaled up into full emergency mode in Upper Nile State to respond to the sudden influx of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict in neighbouring Sudan. And around the town of Agok, in Northern Bahr al Ghazal State, our teams are facing the spectre of a food shortage and has launched a preventive supplementary feeding programme for children who risk becoming malnourished in the months ahead.
read more... | Saving a Local Man's South Sudan Village
Duop Met cannot stop smiling about the newfound freedom in his home country, South Sudan. But his heart hurts from something else: the lack of clean water killing a large percent of children and people in his village. "The water is not clean," said Duop. His own daughter and wife are living over in a village of 1200 people, in Koat Cienggaw, where their only access to water is from the Nile River.
"Many children face death because of the water," said Duop. Death is something Duop escaped many years ago, as his parents were murdered in their home for their belief in God. Duop traveled to a refugee camp and was taken to Houston with a stipend by the United Nations. He made his way to Burke High School in Omaha; and from there, is now in Kearney, on a waiting list to get into nursing school.
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| El Fasher grand market indicates decrease of violence in Darfur EL FASHER, Sudan, Dec. 22...
Continue... | UPDATE 1-Sudan must explain Darfur peacekeeper killing-Rwanda KIGALI/KHARTOUM...
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