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Sudanese Rebels Free 29 Chinese Hostages

Wed, 2012-02-08 17:53 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Bob Cooper

by Nicholas Bariyo - The Wall Street Journal - February 8, 2012

KAMPALA Uganda—Rebels in oil-rich Sudan on Tuesday released 29 Chinese workers, capping a hostage drama that exposed the risks of China's investments in the conflict-prone African region.

In a statement, Sudan's Foreign Ministry said that the Chinese captives were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross early Tuesday and eventually flown to Nairobi, where they were taken to China's Embassy in Kenya.

China's Foreign Ministry described the 29 as being in good physical health "and stable mood," according to the state-run Xinhua news agency.

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Conference - Planet Under Pressure - March 26-29, 2012 - London - New Knowledge Towards Solutions

Sun, 2012-01-29 23:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

       

     A major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge.

Planet under Pressure Registration deadline extension

The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters registration deadline to Friday 9 December and poster author registration deadline to 20 January 2012. This is in response to feedback from some delegates who require more time to identify funding opportunities.

Registration Fees

£275 + UK VAT @ 20% = £330.00 Earlybird Delegates
(delegates registering up to and including 20 January 2012)

£375 + UK VAT @ 20% = £450.00 Standard Delegates
(delegates registering after 20 January 2012)

£250 + UK VAT @ 20% = £300.00 Students

All above fees are subject to a £35 per person carbon offset contribution. This additional fee will be included on registration.

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Sudan - Resources

Sun, 2012-01-29 14:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2011 FIRST QUARTER LIVELIHOODS ANALYSIS FORUM (LAF)ORGANISED BYSOUTH SUDAN CENTRE FOR CENSUS, STATISTICS AND EVALUATION (SSCCSE),WITH TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE SUDAN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYPROGRAMME: FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION FOR ACTION PROGRAMMEHELD FROM 2ND –4TH, MARCH 2011, IN YEI, CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE(12 page .PDF file)

http://www.southsudan-climis.org/attachements/Final_Proceedings_of_LAF_Yei_March_2011.pdf

 WHO Sudan health maps  <http://www.who.int/hac/crises/sdn/maps/en/>

Health data and GIS in Sudan <http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=201181>

FAR Sudan <http://farsudan.org/foodsecurityc9.php>

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UN Sudan Information Gateway: Health & Nutrition

Sun, 2012-01-29 14:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

http://www.unsudanig.org/library/mapcatalogue/south/index.php?fid=health&nutrition

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U.S. Fears Serious Famine in Troubled Sudan Region

Sun, 2012-01-29 00:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Argil carries water to her family who are fleeing after fighting broke out, near the Blue Nile state capital al-Damazin (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Reuters, REUTERS / September 5, 2011)

dailypress.com - Andrew Quinn - Reuters -  January 24, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States fears a large-scale famine in Sudan's restive border states of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and is boosting pressure in Khartoum to accept aid or face a unilateral assistance operation, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

"We are feeling a lot of pressure, if there's no international access, to look at ways in which assistance would be carried across the border without their approval," Princeton Lyman, the Obama administration's special envoy for Sudan, told reporters.

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Preliminary Results of Assessments Done in South Sudan

Sun, 2012-01-29 00:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Preliminary results of assessments done in South Sudan . . . CERF allocates $104 million to 13 underfunded crises (including South Sudan and Haiti) . . .

(Juba, 7 January 2012): Humanitarian agencies are mounting a major emergency operation in Jonglei State in South Sudan to help people affected by the recent wave of inter-communal violence. “The Government of South Sudan has declared Jonglei a disaster zone and asked humanitarian agencies to accelerate life-saving assistance. We’re responding to that call,” said the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan Ms. Lise Grande.
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Close Call for Doc PJ in Sudan

Thu, 2012-01-19 22:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

By Dr. C. Louis Perrinjaquet - summitdaily.com - January 16, 2012

             

Dr. Craig Perrinjaquet of Breckenridge examines a gun-toting Honduran villager in 2007. In his most recent international medical aid trip to Sudan, Doc PJ had his camera and other belonging confiscated by rebels.  Special to the Daily

Breckenridge doctor returns from war-torn nation

I am a medical doctor based in Breckenridge. I recently returned from a medical mission in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. I spent the month of October volunteering at the Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel near the village of Kauda in South Kordofan, Sudan.

I am about the only U.S. citizen to have been in this area in the past six months and can testify to the fact that the aerial bombings of civilians are real. We cared for many men, women and children who were the victims of these senseless attacks. I feel an obligation to share what I saw and urge everyone in the strongest way possible to use whatever means are available through the U.S. government to pressure the rulers of Sudan to stop terrorizing and killing their own people.

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Slow Response to East Africa Famine 'Cost 'Lives'

Wed, 2012-01-18 13:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

BBC News - January 18, 2012

       

The US government says 29,000 children under five years old died between May and July 2011

Thousands of needless deaths occurred from famine in East Africa last year because the international community failed to heed early warnings, say two leading British aid organisations.

Oxfam and Save the Children say it took more than six months for aid agencies to act on warnings of imminent famine.

Between 50,000 and 100,000 people have died in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

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Scottish Anthrax Outbreak 'Worst in UK in 50 Years'

Tue, 2012-01-17 23:44 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The anthrax outbreak claimed 14 lives in Scotland

BBC News - January 5, 2012

An outbreak of anthrax among drug users in Scotland between 2009 and 2010 was the largest in the UK for 50 years, according to an official report.

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) said there were 119 cases of anthrax and a total of 14 deaths during the outbreak.

Its report also recorded it as "the first documented outbreak associated with heroin use anywhere in the world".

HPS warned that as long as there was an illegal drug trade there was a risk of a similar outbreak.

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