Tag Archives: Turalei

U.S. Aid Worker Faces Death Penalty in Khartoum

July 31, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The trial for Rudwan Dawod, an American resident, NGO aid worker, humanitarian and pro-democracy activist, who worked closely with former NBA Legend Manute Bol, continues Sunday, July 29 in Khartoum. If convicted, Dawod could be sentenced to death. Former NBA … read more »

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Humanitarian crisis on world’s newest border

June 13, 2011 by benim

Adok sits under a tree near a World Food Programme distribution site, surrounded by tens of thousands of her former neighbors. She says she lost two of her children in the panic as she fled from attacks by Sudanese armed … read more »

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South Sudan says 80,000 flee after north takes Abyei

May 27, 2011 by benim

Alel Bol fled with four of her six children when armed northerners on motorbikes roared into her home in Sudan’s contested Abyei border region and, she said, bombs started falling from the sky. On Friday, she was still waiting for … read more »

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Thousands flee Sudan’s Abyei

May 25, 2011 by benim

Tens of thousands of people fled as north Sudanese militias accused of helping seize the contested Abyei border region over the weekend moved further south, the United Nations said on Wednesday. Armed groups, thought to be northern militias, also opened … read more »

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