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- Tuesday 31 August 2010
By Julius N. Uma
August 30, 2010 (JUBA) - The southern Sudanese army – the SPLA – said on Monday that it would demobilize all child soldiers from its ranks by the end of the year. Child soldiers in south Sudan (IRIN)
The Chairperson of (...)
- Wednesday 17 October 2012
South Sudan joins other countries to celebrate Global Handwashing Day. “Hand washing with soap is not complicated, but it’s crucial”
JUBA, 15 Oct. 2012 – The fight against child mortality continues as South Sudan joins the rest of
the (...)
- Tuesday 27 March 2012
By Julius N. Uma
March 26, 2012 (JUBA) - As South Sudan’s campaign against polio got under-way on Tuesday, health experts expressed fears that the three-day house-to-house exercise could face serious setbacks due to insecurity in (...)
- Friday 16 November 2012
Doha, Qatar- UNICEF South Sudan today signed a three-year agreement with Educate A Child, a new initiative from Qatar’s Sheikha Moza bint Nasser aimed at triggering progress towards the goal of quality primary education for all the (...)
- Sunday 27 January 2013
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
January 25, 2013 (KAMPALA) – The United Nation Children’s Fund South Sudan is seeking donor support of up to US$88.4 million to help meet the needs of close to three million vulnerable women and children (...)
- Friday 27 April 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
April 25, 2012 (JUBA) – The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has vowed to work towards eradicating malaria from the nation with preventive and health education mechanisms. A woman at a health clinic in Terekeka, (...)
- Friday 30 November 2012
JUBA, 1 December 2012 – The commemoration of World Aids Day is marked today by a series of events organized by South Sudan Aids Commission (SSAC) and partners in all ten states of South Sudan.
As the day is celebrated all over the (...)
- Monday 16 July 2012
By Julius N. Uma
July 15, 2012 (JUBA) - The TEDx conference, a program devoted to ideas worth spreading, involving local, self-organised events that bring people together to share experiences opened in the Republic of South Sudan on (...)
- Sunday 25 March 2012
March 24, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan announced Saturday that the humanitarian situation in the troubled region of South Kordofan is stable according to the outcome of a joint survey conducted with the United Nations agencies in the (...)
- Tuesday 14 December 2010
By Julius N. Uma
December 13, 2010 (JUBA) Efforts to save lives of children and women in Southern Sudan, under the immunization and maternal health project has been boosted, courtesy of a $1.2 million contribution from the Italian (...)
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