Entries from November 2007
November 9, 2007 (JUBA, Sudan) - The semi-autonomous government of
southern Sudan will give 55 percent of shares in a planned
government-owned oil company to White Nile Plc , government officials said
on Friday.
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YAMBIO, Nov 9 (Gurtong) – Western Equatoria’s (WES) State Ministry
of Education, Science and Technology, WES has awarded forty-two student scholarships
from Egypt and South Africa.
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BOR, Nov 10 (Gurtong) – Women from across Jonglei State have come together
in state capital Bor to try and bridge communities for the first time since
the north-south Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed in 2005.
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YAMBIO, Nov 7, (Gurtong) – Shops remain shut and markets closed in Yambio, Western Equatoria State after the killing of three policemen by Sudan People’s Liberation Army soldiers who are part of the joint unit of northern and southern soldiers, the JIU.
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Save Yar and Ajak
Campaign to end child abductions in South Sudan
University of Minnesota Human Rights Program
University of Minnesota Amnesty International Legal Support Network
United Nations Student Association of the University of Minnesota
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CUEIBET, Nov 5 (Gurtong) – Around 30 people have been killed in almost four
decades of fighting but peace may at last have arrived between warring sub-sections
Pan-Awuor and Pan-Dut, both members of a Lakes State ethnic group.
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BOR, Nov 5 (Gurtong) - Gordon Koang and Duop Pur Duop – regional music
artists of growing fame but who call Jonglei State home – invited state
government to rock with capital Bor’s local population in a concert this
week.
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