KAMPALA, Uganda – As the violent conflict in South Sudan deepens, many people are fleeing to their next door neighbour. South Sudan is now the world’s fourth largest refugee situation behind Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia, according to UNHCR, the UN’s…
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Uganda’s ‘Urban Refugees’ – CBC The World This Weekend
Tagged with: Arua, CBC Listen, CBC Radio-Canada, CBC The World This Weekend, conflict, kampala, migration, refugee settlements, Refugees, settlement, South Sudan, South Sudan civil war, Uganda, Uganda refugee law, urban refugees, violence
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The South Sudanese Student Who Spent Her Summer Saving Refugees
Betty Asha left her home and studies behind to help nearly 2,300 people escape violence and cross the border into Uganda. Betty Asha’s phone rings constantly. Each time she picks up, a voice on the other end asks for help,…
Tagged with: Africa, Betty Asha, Kuluba, Oraba, Refugee response, Refugees, Rhino Camp, South Sudan, the Guardian, Uganda, UNHCR
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South Sudan’s Young Reporters Independence Day Exhibit Displays True Promise
MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – To celebrate July 9, South Sudan’s fifth independence anniversary, Internews hosted a multimedia exhibit featuring photographs and audio produced by Mingkaman Young Reporters. This is a group of youth from Mingkaman, Awerial County I had trained…
Tagged with: 2016 Juba crisis, Awerial County, independence day, Internews, journalism, media development, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, Mingkaman Young Reporters, Multimedia exhibit, Photography, radio, South Sudan
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Loreto Girls Journalism Club Reunite and Report from Rumbek on South Sudan’s Economy
RUMBEK, South Sudan – “The first time I heard there was fighting in my village, I felt sad. I wasn’t expecting this to happen,” said Christine Makuer Bol. “I’m trying my best to teach people not to do this again.…
Tagged with: Dinka ethnic group, Dinka music, Early and forced marriage, Economic situation, girl child education, inter-communal violence in Rumbek, Lady Peace, Loreto Girls Secondary School, Loreto Journalism Club, media development, radio, Rumbek, South Sudan, Storytelling, women's issues
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Posted in Print, Radio
Peace and Reconciliation in South Sudan begins on radio airwaves
KAPOETA, South Sudan – Loka John sits down on a blue plastic chair in the Singaita 88.3 FM newsroom. The 23-year-old sets his notebook on the table in front of him and flips it open to an empty page. He…
Tagged with: accountability, cattle raiding, Cattle raids in South Sudan, community media, community radio, Didinga ethnic group, Eastern Equatoria, food insecurity, human rights, Internews, Justice in Africa, Kapoeta, media development, Namurnyang state, Radio Singaita, Singaita 88.3 FM, South Sudan, The Radio Community, Toposa ethnic group
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South Sudan: ‘Panda Bor’ Our Home, Our Culture, Our Radio, Our Community
BOR, South Sudan – “When I turn on the radio, my wife immediately switches the dial to Mingkaman FM,” said Daniel Ayuen Manyok, Jonglei state school inspector. Every Sunday evening, listeners in Bor, and across the Nile River in Mingkaman,…
Tagged with: Bor, Dinka culture, education in South Sudan, Internews, Jonglei state, literacy in South Sudan, Mading Bor, Mingkaman 100 FM, Panda Bor, radio, South Sudan, The Radio Community
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South Sudanese Youth Find Voice and Take Over the Radio Airwaves
Local youth learn media skills for community reconciliation. MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – “I would like to welcome my guests. It’s now time for the new Mingkaman Young Reporters program,” says 100 FM daytime host Deng Daniel Ngor. Four Mingkaman residents,…
Tagged with: community media, Dinka ethnic group, IDPs, Internews, Jonglei state, Lakes state, media development, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, Photography, radio, Reconciliation, South Sudan, training, young reporters
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Messages from Mahad – Using the airwaves to connect with family and friends in South Sudan
A radio program in South Sudan helps displaced people communicate with their community and send messages to their loved ones. Riak Akech in Juba, South Sudan wakes up to the sound of the muezzin call to prayer for all Muslims.…
Tagged with: displaced people, IDP settlement, Juba, Mahad, South Sudan, South Sudanese
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‘Sudanista!’: A Non-Fiction Reading list for The Sudans
Emma’s War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan by Deborah Scroggins The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars (African Issues) by Douglas H. Johnson South Sudan From Revolution to Independence by Matthew Arnold and Matthew LeRiche The Fate of…
Tagged with: books, Books about South Sudan, books on The sudans, Emma's war, Reading list, South Sudan, Sudan, The Sudans
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South Sudan: Messages from Mahad – Juba IDPs use radio for family reunification
JUBA, South Sudan – Riak Akech wakes up to the sound of the muezzin call to prayer for all Muslims. She’s a Christian, but uses the call as an alarm clock in her small tukul, or hut, which she shares…
Tagged with: audio programs, Boda Boda Talk Talk, Bor, humanitarian information service, IDPs, Internally displaced people, Internews, Jonglei state, Juba, Mahad, Mahad IDP settlement, Messages from Mahad, Mingkaman 100 FM, My Mahad, radio, radio for family reunification, South Sudan
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