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Sudan is the largest country in Africa and one of the poorest in the world.
The southern region of the country is very remote and was devastated by a civil
war that went on for nearly half a century, with only short intervals of peace.

The survey indicated that although international and local doctors and health
workers in Malakal have been able to manage the caseload, reinforcements were
necessary to provide care to the remaining victims. The United Nations has appealed
for volunteer nurses and support staff from within the local population and
is soliciting supplies from the international community.

Nov 27, 2006 (JUBA) — In the midst of a revolution, Sudanese rebel chiefs
chose two boys — a soldier and a goat herder — to join a group of
several hundred who were being sent abroad to become part of their nation’s
next generation of leaders.

Nov 20, 2006 (KAMPALA) — Thousands of domestic poultry have been destroyed
in and around the southern Sudanese capital of Juba in an attempt to contain
an avian flu threat reported in the region several months ago, officials said.

Nov 21, 2006 (GENEVA) — A meningitis epidemic has broken out in southern
Sudan, with 16 deaths among 231 suspected cases since September, the World Health
Organisation said on Tuesday.

Nov 6, 2006 (JUBA) — A total of 2,00 cases of acute watery diarrhoea,
have been admitted Juba hospital since last week, according to an internal UNMIS
note warring international staff in the region to take the necessary hygienic
measures.