Jonglei peace process set to resume next month
23 March 2012 – A preliminary meeting involving government officials, religious leaders, the UN and others is scheduledfor early April to lay the groundwork for a major peace conference in Jonglei Statein May. The three-day workshop will begin on 2 April in the Jonglei capital of Bor and bring…
Dinka clans attend peace ceremony in Warrap State
23 March 2012 – A peace ceremony held in the Warrap State county of Tonj North today has formalized the end to years of sporadic conflict among three Dinka clans living in the area. Warrap Governor Nyangdeng Malek led a delegation of senior state government officials who attended the ceremony that…
Disarmed youths in Akobo County want to join security forces
25 March 2012 – Some youths from the Akobo County payam of Walgak in Jonglei State told a visiting UNMISS integrated monitoring team today of their wish to join government security forces after handing in their weapons. Residents of the payam have surrendered only 41 weapons since the statewide…
AU, UN launch task force to capture Kony
24 March 2012 – The African Union (AU) and the UN Office for Central Africa today unveiled a regional task force in Juba aimed at eliminating the Lord's Resistance Army and capturing its leader Joseph Kony. "It is time to deal with them and bring them to book, arrest their leader for the atrocities…
Pieri residents want SPLA to stay
27 March 2012 – Residents of Pieri payam in the Jonglei State county of Uror are urging the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to remain in their area after the current civilian disarmament campaign ends. One hundred guns have been voluntarily surrendered by the population of Pieri since the…
Security Council voices alarm over Sudan-South Sudan clashes
27 March 2012 –The Security Council voiced deep alarm today over military clashes on the border area between Sudan and South Sudan, saying the confrontation threatens to reignite conflict between the two countries. Warning that the clashes could also worsen the humanitarian situation along the…
An orphan’s plea for peace in Jonglei
A teenage boy who lost his mother in an attack on the payam of Duk Padiet earlier this year called on all residents of Jonglei State to surrender their arms to government forces. Agang Mathau's mother Nyandom Dau was among the 157 victims who perished in a 16 January raid by armed men believed to…
Setting the ball rolling
In a nation where cultural practices strongly discourage women from entering male-dominated spheres of life, a female football team is rare. But a recent upsurge of female football teams in the international arena, like the indomitable Falcons of Nigeria and Black Queens of Ghana, has attracted…
Surviving outside the military
John Okulo has come a long way since he signed up as a child soldier during the height of Sudan's civil war at the age of 14. Unlike many of his comrades who served in the Sudan People's Liberation Army, the now 21-year-old former combatant has successfully re-entered civilian life. Harking back to…
Passengers and crew survive plane crash in Wau
29 March 2012 – A Fokker 50S aircraft operated by Feeder Airlines crashed at Wau Airport in Western Bahr El Ghazal state this morning, but all fifty passengers and crew members survived the accident. Flight 360 departed Juba International Airport at about 8 o'clock and crashed as it was on final…
Surviving outside the military
John Okulo has come a long way since he signed up as a child soldier during the height of Sudan's civil war at the age of 14. Unlike many of his comrades who served in the Sudan People's Liberation Army, the now 21-year-old former combatant has successfully re-entered civilian life. Harking back to…
An orphan’s plea for peace in Jonglei
A teenage boy who lost his mother in an attack on the payam of Duk Padiet earlier this year called on all residents of Jonglei State to surrender their arms to government forces. Agang Mathau's mother Nyandom Dau was among the 157 victims who perished in a 16 January raid by armed men believed to…