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- Sunday 22 July 2012
July 21, 2012 (LONDON) - Guor Marial, a marathon runner born in what is now the Republic of South Sudan, will run in the London 2012 Olympics but not wearing the flag of the newly-independent country. Guor Marial, 28, runs along a (...)
- Sunday 2 September 2012
September 1, 2012 (JUBA) – Guor Marial, the South Sudanese marathon runner who participated at the London 2012 Olympic Games as an independent athelete, was on Friday honoured by the South Sudanese government. Guor Marial outside the (...)
- Monday 3 September 2012
September 02, 2012 (JUBA) - The South Sudan Council of Ministers on Sunday came under attack from youth leaders, who accused members of the country’s cabinet of discussing personalities, while “ignoring” the real problems of young people. (...)
- Tuesday 14 August 2012
By Tom Law
August 13, 2012 (LONDON) - Guor Marial, South Sudan’s first Olympian, has not just inspired a generation, the theme of the London 2012 Games, but has become an inspiration for a whole nation as well as stateless people (...)
- Tuesday 19 March 2013
By Tom Law
March 19, 2013 (LONDON) - A campaign was launched on Tuesday to raise funds for a documentary about South Sudanese marathon runner Guor Marial, who competed at the 2012 London Olympics as an independent athlete as South (...)
- Saturday 6 October 2012
October 5, 2012 (PARIS) - Two military Eritrean pilots on Tuesday defected with their airplane to the Saudi Arabia and were they are being kept in secret locations, A French radio reported.
According to Radio France International (...)
- Friday 3 August 2012
August 2, 2012 (JUBA)- South Sudan on Thursday said it planned to build its first ever modern football stadium in the Lakes state capital, Rumbek. South Sudan football team play Tusker in Juba, July 2011 (AP)
The government made the (...)
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