Former British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has launched an international campaign for urgent action to address the education crisis in Africa’s newest nation. Mr. Brown is calling on the World Bank, Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and other international organisations to educate the children of South Sudan, particularly in light of the country’s ongoing fragility. [...]
Written on April 18, 2012 | Posted in
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The independence of South Sudan last month should be tempered by the huge development task facing the new nation and its unresolved relationship with the north government, writes Desmond Davies The euphoria and pomp and pageantry that heralded an independent Republic of South Sudan on July 9 are over. In splitting from Sudan in the [...]
Written on August 15, 2011 | Posted in
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Inside Africa
Welcome to our new and improved magazine. Your favourite publication on African progression is now bigger and better. From bimonthly we have now expanded to a bigger monthly magazine with a new design and increased pagination and content. In our August issue we report on the Somali drought and ask: has the Western perception of [...]
Written on August 9, 2011 | Posted in
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On Saturday 9 July 2011, the Republic of South Sudan became the 193rd sovereign state. With the establishment of any new country there are ultimately legal consequences that need to be addressed. Last January 98.83 per cent of the people of Southern Sudan voted for independence from the North in a national referendum. This resulted [...]
Written on August 7, 2011 | Posted in
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A ‘currency war’ is about to erupt between South Sudan and Khartoum after the north issued a new currency. The South Sudanese government is now furious as they claim the move by Khartoum can cost the poverty-struck nation almost $700 million. Khartoum’s move follows the issuing of South Sudan’s new currency, the South Sudanese Pound, [...]
Written on July 26, 2011 | Posted in
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South Sudan has been admitted as the 193rd member state of the United Nations after the Security Council recommended the General Assembly to make way for the new country’s membership. The young African state is the first country to join the international body since Montenegro joined in 2006. The assembly’s decision followed South Sudan’s independence [...]
Written on July 15, 2011 | Posted in
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In the middle of a roundabout in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba there is a 23 feet tall digital clock counting down the days, minutes and seconds until the 9th of July. Tomorrow, the world will have a new country. It is uncertain what will happen when South Sudan takes leave from Khartoum 55 [...]
Written on July 8, 2011 | Posted in
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The African Union and their European counterparts are working together as equal partners in a move to spread democracy and economic progress across Africa. The joint Africa-EU strategic partnership moved towards a shared agenda during their 5th annual College-to-College session in Brussels where they discussed the two issues which are of present concern, especially with [...]
Written on June 2, 2011 | Posted in
Diplomatic Assignments,
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The International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group, has produced a business report on what will soon become Africa’s newest country, South Sudan. When South Sudan is officially recognised as its own entity on 9th of July – following January’s decision vote to secede from the north of the country – it will [...]
