Al Jazeera English | Sudan tribes wrestle in greeting | 26 August 2007
The Baqqara Tribes of central Sudan mark the end of the cattle herding season with celebrations, including wrestling matches. Rawya Rageh reports for Al Jazeera on the tradition.
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Monday 15 October 2012 By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
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No goals were scored in the first half. The "Walya (...)
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Last December, (...)
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The government made the (...)
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Dressed in (...)
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Sunday 19 August 2012 Friendly Football Match between Northern Bahr El Ghazal and Unity States
August 18, 2012
Aweil freedom Square
4:45 pm.
Referee: Kuacjok’s Coaches
Reference to South Sudan Football Association Quarterfinal competition, Northern (...)
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Wau Dialogue W. Bahr el-Ghazal state 13-15 May 20132013-05-13 14:41:35 South Sudan Law Society
13th-April-2013
Citizen of Western Bhar el-Ghazal State calls for limitations of President Powers and the Independence of Executive, Legislature and Judiciary and (...)
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Sudan: Stepped-Up Assault on Media Freedom
Newspapers, Other Media Censored, Confiscated, Shut Down
MAY 3, 2013
(Nairobi) – Sudan should immediately stop censoring (...)
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom2013-05-03 03:23:16 Committee to Protect Journalists
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013
The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the (...)
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