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Sunday 20 April 2008
By Isaac Vuni
April 19, 2008 (JUBA) — The arrangement for Installation of the Archbishop-Elect are completed as twenty Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) Bishops and their wives have already arrived in Juba, the chairman of (...)
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Sunday 21 August 2005
In patriarchal Sudan, where only men can file for divorce, more women are accepting prison time in exchange for a chance at a fresh start.
Aug 21, 2005 (Rumbek) — Crouched in a dank prison ward, Ding Maker admits she broke the law by (...)
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Tuesday 11 December 2007
December 10, 2007 (KHARTOUM) — When the punishing Sudanese heat cools in late afternoon, Hiba Jiha strips naked, wraps herself in a blanket and sits on top of a burning hole in the ground to smoke her skin to silky perfection. Piles (...)
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Monday 9 April 2007
Opheera McDoom is the Reuters correspondent in Sudan where she was one of few resident foreigners when she began her assignment three years ago. In the following story, she describes the elaborate rituals that marked her wedding in (...)
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Saturday 25 February 2006
Feb 24, 2006 (MALAKAL) — A certain Mr Tombe was caught having an intimate relation with a goat belonging to a Mr Alifi at Hai Malakal — Upper Nile State, southern Sudan — on February 13. Tombe was ordered to pay the goat’s dowry and take (...)
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Saturday 3 September 2005
By Amil Khan.
Sept 2, 2005 (Omdurman) — Brandishing spears and flags, around 1,500 Sudanese gathered at the site of the historic Battle of Omdurman on Friday to commemorate warriors who died trying to fend off British domination of (...)
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Thursday 23 April 2009
By James Gatdet Dak
April 22, 2009 (JUBA) – The United Kingdom authorities will next month return to Southern Sudan a Rod and Pipe belonging to a Nuer prophet after nearly 80 years in exile. Ngundeng’s Pyramid (Lou)
The family of (...)
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Monday 17 April 2006
April 16, 2006 (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his first Easter Sunday as pontiff, praying for peace Iraq, negotiated solutions to the world’s nuclear disputes and dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians. Pope (...)
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Saturday 3 January 2009
By James Gatdet Dak
January 2, 2009 (JUBA) – The semi-autonomous Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) resolved to workout a policy that would legalize child adoption by non-biological parent(s) in the region.
The policy will make it (...)
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Thursday 6 October 2005
Oct 5, 2005 (KASSALA) — Seated at a low table, a young woman wrapped in a pale yellow robe pours coffee for her new husband from a round-bottomed clay jug known as a jabana, her smiling eyes downcast, gold bracelets jangling on her (...)
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