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How did Africa get its name?
bigthink.com
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or rather, names.

05/01/2020
In Sudan, Give War a Chance
mobile.nytimes.com

Misleading headline for good article.

05/05/2012
South Sudan wants EU to send troops | European Voice
www.europeanvoice.com
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Intermittent clashes since January have in the past month turned into substantial military engagement on the ground, with repeated reports of aerial bombardment by Sudan.

28/04/2012
Scandalous International Hypocrisy on Sudan
www.sudanreeves.org
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Blame the victim, not the perpetrator. As usual.

23/04/2012
Bir Tawil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
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The one part of Africa that no state claims as part of its territory.

24/03/2012
The spirit of optimism in Southern Sudan
blog.plan-uk.org

My cousin Sarah in Africa's newest country.

11/02/2011
'Leaving bitterness behind' - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
www.haaretz.com
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"As his country begins the countdown to independence, legendary South Sudanese commander Gen. Joseph Lagu talks about days gone by, and of his people's secret ties with Israel."

29/01/2011
Let His People Go: Sudan’s Lesson for Secession « EJIL: Talk!
www.ejiltalk.org
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My old friend Tim Waters: "the real danger to peace is not peoples’ desire to form new states. It is the willingness of the present powers in this world to resist that desire with violence. Chaos and death are not consequences of opening Pandora’s box – they *are* the box. We have stumbled onto that truth in Sudan, after 40 years and Niles of…

27/01/2011
Results for the Referendum of Southern Sudan | Southern Sudan Referendum 2011
southernsudan2011.com

Running tally of the referendum count. I wonder if the pro-unity vote can close the gap? (Actually, no I don't.)

21/01/2011
Former missionary from Meath who helped southern Sudan win freedom
www.irishtimes.com
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I had lunch with him back in April - quite a character.

20/01/2011
Daily Nation: - Africa |South Sudan's lost white tribe: the Juba Greeks
www.nation.co.ke
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"The Greeks of south Sudan are a tribe. We are not Dinka, we are not Acholi, but we are south Sudanese," George Ghines says proudly as he recalls that it was traders like his family who first founded the regional capital Juba. - I've been to his restaurant, the Notos; highly recommended.

17/01/2011
BBC News - A song for south Sudan: Writing a new national anthem
www.bbc.co.uk
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This somehow catches at the heart.

12/01/2011
For jubilant voters in S.Sudan, new country nears | Minnesota Public Radio News
minnesota.publicradio.org
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More from Maggie (and a colleague)

09/01/2011
Sheer joy as South Sudanese vote for independence
www.csmonitor.com
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My friend Maggie Fick reports.

09/01/2011
Abyei, Citizenship Remain Flashpoints - Deng Alor, Southern Official
allafrica.com
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Interview with Deng Alor Kuol, minister of regional cooperation of the government of Southern Sudan; he discusses the future of Abyei; the question of citizenship, after the referendum, which almost certainly will see a vote for separation; and the issue of future reunification.

30/12/2010
Sudan, Genocide and George Clooney's satellite | Carne Ross
www.carneross.com

"this initiative, like so many others in these technology-obsessed days, promotes a "tech-heavy", expensive and - needless to say - fashionable solution above existing mechanisms that exploit that rather under-utilised, unfashionable and ignored resource, local people"

30/12/2010
Birth Pains as Southern Sudan Preps for Nationhood
www.time.com
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Excellent if slightly grim photo-essay from Time

24/09/2010
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