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A dash of Cuba in Juba
Luna llena no me puedes decir si por algo el espera para mi amor hace mucho que lo ando buscando si lo ves dile que es... The Puerto Rican singer Elvis Crespo's peppy rendition of the song Luna Llena rent the evening air as we entered the De Havana Lounge in Juba. We had come for the popular salsa…
Transport on four legs
Most Khartoum cabbies generally move people around the Sudanese capital on taxis, mini-buses and rickshaws. But some enterprising transportation professionals use donkeys to ferry their passengers and merchandise across Khartoum. For nearly 20 years, Musa Shuker has set out from his home in the Soba…
Pride of the Dinka Bor
Women and children covered in white ash from burnt cow dung eagerly welcomed herds of cattle back into kraals (enclosure for livestock) at the Wundor Cattle Camp in Bor, Jonglei State, after a day's grazing. "These cows you are seeing are everything to me," said Gabriel Kuany, 42, who has four wives…
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05 March - PB Transcript
Held by the Regional Coordinator for Southern Sudan, David Gressly Read the full transcript
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11 January - PC Transcript
Hosting Special Envoy of the UN SG for Darfur Jan Eliasson Read the full transcript
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02 February - Transcript
Hosting SRSG-CAAC and UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Read the full transcript
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15 February PC Transcript
Hosting Special Envoy of the UN SG for Darfur Jan Eliasson and African Union Special Envoy for Darfur Salim Ahmed Salim Read the full transcript
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28 February - PC Transcript
Hosting ASRSG for Sudan Tayé-Brook Zerihoun together with UNMIS Force Commander Lt.Gen Jasbir Lidder Read the full transcript
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12 March - PC Transcript
Hosting UNMIS Political Affairs Department, Abiodun Bashua Read the full transcript
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27 March - PC Transcript
Hosting AU and UNSG Special Envoys to Darfur Salim Ahmed Salim and Jan Eliasson Read the full transcript