ACT Alliance Appeal: Support to survivors of Conflict in Jonglei State, South Sudan
ACT members in Sudan, led by The Lutheran World Federation, are responding with non-food items, shelter materials, seeds, fishing hooks, sanitation training, access to clearn water services, psychosocial support, emergency education and support to peace building initiatives. This full appeal replaces the preliminary appeal issued on 18th January 2012.
Police disperse student protest in Sudan
Sudanese police used batons to disperse more than 100 students protesting in the centre of Khartoum against the closure of their campuses following the independence of South Sudan, witnesses said
Fewer women in parliaments after Arab Spring-study
Not enough women running for parliament around world as only two countries have over 50 percent women in parliament
ACT ALLIANCE GENERAL SECRETARY PLEDGES CONTINUED SOLIDARITY WITH SOUTH SUDANESE PEOPLE
In his first visit to South Sudan, ACT Alliance general secretary John Nduna today pledged continued solidarity with the people of the world's newest country ...
CPJ: Sudan attempts to silence opposition news coverage
Sudanese authorities must halt their efforts to silence news coverage of opposition leadership, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Authorities have already closed three newspapers in 2012 and confiscated thousands of copies, CPJ research shows.
Rural women: Clearing landmines and cluster munitions
Rural women frequently become the main caregivers for people injured by mines and cluster munitions, writes Erin Hunt
Women raped while fleeing South Kordofan conflict
Significant numbers of women and girls raped fleeing South Kordofan's Nuba Mountains and crossing into South Sudan -IRC
Cicilia's positive future
Social, political and economic factors all play an important role in increasing or decreasing women's vulnerability to HIV, writes Sarah West