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Al Jazeera English | Sudan tribes wrestle in greeting | 26 August 2007
The Baqqara Tribes of central Sudan mark the end of the cattle herding season with celebrations, including wrestling matches. Rawya Rageh reports for Al Jazeera on the tradition.
Al Jazeera English | Heart of Darfur: Arab Nomads | 17 Aug 2007
All this week we’ve been bringing you a series of reports about the Darfur you didn’t know. Now Mohammed Vall follows the trail of the nomadic Arabs of Darfur. They are sometimes wrongfully characterised as Janjaweed, the government backed militia involved in much of the violence of the past 4 years. But as Mohammed discovered, the Rizegat Bedouin are themselves struggling to preserve their way of life in a region torn apart by the conflict.
Al Jazeera English | Heart of Darfur: The fur tribe | 16 Aug 2007
The villagers who live among the Jebel Marra Mountains in Sudan’s Darfur region say they’re blessed with an abundance of natural resources but live in poverty. As part of Al Jazeera’s exclusive series on Darfur. Mohammed Vall went to speak to some of the ’Fur’ people living in the foothills where Sudan’s largest rebel group keeps watch.
Wednesday 23 May 2012 May 20, 2012 (BOR) - The Dachuek and Ayuel ethnic groups of Wuanglei were finally reunited by Rebecca Nyandeng who led the community peace initiative in the area, according to the Twic East county commission, Dau Akoi Jurkuch. Twic (...)
Saturday 2 March 2013 By Luka Biong Deng
March 1, 2013 -The question of whether the Ngok Dinka of Abyei are citizens of South Sudan may seem strange to most people, who would answer it in the affirmative. But it seems a difficult question to a few, (...)
Tuesday 12 March 2013 By Luka Biong Deng
March 11, 2013 - The people of South Sudan will soon be debating the aspects of Permanent Constitution that will certainly lay a foundation for the new country. There is no doubt that the Transitional Constitution (...)
Tuesday 17 April 2012 April 16, 2012 (JUBA) - The Anyuak ethnic group have announced that their new King, Akwai Agada Akwai Cham, will be inaugurated on 25 April in the tribe’s traditional palace in Otllo village in Pochalla County of South Sudan’s Jonglei (...)
Friday 11 January 2013 In response to Is "Dinka Bor against Dinka Bahr el Ghazal?" by Zechariah Manyok Biar.
By Beny Gideon Mabor
January 11, 2013 - The complementary opinions expressed on different occasions by different opinion writers, who seemingly (...)
Wednesday 22 April 2009 By Steve Paterno
April 21, 2009 — Prior to Obama’s phenomenon shocking the world and before South Africa ruling party ANC suffered split, a question was posted to me on whether South Africa will ever have a White President. With both (...)
Tuesday 17 April 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 16, 2012 (BAHIR-DAR, ETHIOPIA) - Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, criticised African leaders who by rejecting diversity cause insecurity pointing to Sudan as a prime example of how failing to manage (...)
Saturday 3 March 2012 By Dhieu Mathok Diing Wol
March 2, 2012 — Cattle rustling, child abduction, culture of revenge and local politics among others are considered to be factors of the conflict in Jonglie state. Other international research centers like ICG (...)
Saturday 25 February 2012 February 24, 2012 (JUBA) – Christians in South Sudan are planning a pilgrimage to Israel in fulfillment of what they say was God’s promise in the Bible to the people of the region, senior Church leaders have announced. FILE - A Bishop (...)
Thursday 21 March 2013 South Sudan’s Kings and Chiefs visit the courts of Ghana
A report on the ’Study/Familiarisation Tour of Traditional Leaders of South Sudan to Three African Countries’
By Toby Collins
17 March, 2013 (LONDON) - A delegation of South (...)
Africa and the ICC: a dynamic relationship2013-05-24 09:19:39 By Tiina Intelmann
May 23, 2013 - The relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is remarkable in its history, and dynamic.
Africa and the ICC share the fundamental (...)
NCP Parliament Speaker will not negotiate with those who carry arms2013-05-23 08:09:52 By Mahmoud A. Suleiman
May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo
May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
Wau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 20132013-05-13 14:41:35 South Sudan Law Society
13th-April-2013
Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
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Africa and the ICC: a dynamic relationship 2013-05-24 09:19:39 By Tiina Intelmann May 23, 2013 - The relationship between Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC) is remarkable in its history, and dynamic. Africa and the ICC share the fundamental (...)
NCP Parliament Speaker will not negotiate with those who carry arms 2013-05-23 08:09:52 By Mahmoud A. Suleiman May 22, 2013 - This article comes on the backdrop of the war drums beating campaign orchestrated by the National Congress Party (NCP) regime Parliament Speaker, Ahmed (...)
At the Mercy of the Sky, South Sudanese professionals 2013-05-23 08:02:35 By Suzanne Jambo May 22, 2013 - "I have nothing to hide and I walk away with my head high. There was absolutely no board meeting to discuss my issue. The reason given were unilateral spending (...)
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