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11.10.20

Unlocking Their Potential: October 2020 Newsletter

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After a long period of uncertainty, the Government of South Sudan has just announced a phased return to school after the enforced lockdown - starting with the Primary 8 classes who will now have 6 days a week of intensive teaching to catch up for their Primary Leaving Certificate Exams, now postponed until next March...


22.09.19

Capacity Building and Training Visit to IGBS, August 2019

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Julia Sanders, FIGS Trustee and Volunteer, gives a first-hand report of her recent visit to IGBS with Paul.


17.09.19

Ibba Girls' School an Oasis of Calm

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As Term 3 opens at Ibba Girls’ Boarding School, Mark Simmons reflects on his visit to the school last month and the improving prospects for peace in South Sudan.


20.05.19

Postponement, Protest and Politics

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Mark Simmons discusses the current political situations in South Sudan and Sudan.



13.12.17

Weaver Birds and Work Permits

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Some Notes on Visit to Juba and Ibba in Nov 2017


25.10.16

South Sudan artists paint for peace in Juba

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After nearly three years of devastating civil conflict, South Sudanese artists have come together to try and get the country thinking and talking about peace, by launching a public art project in the capital Juba.


28.09.16

Educating girls in South Sudan

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Meet the girls who must overcome conflict, hunger, stigma and sexual abuse just to go to school.


21.07.16

Pope's envoy in South Sudan in pursuit of peace-building

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Pope Francis has sent a special envoy to South Sudan to urge for an end to violence in the country and to help establish dialogue and trust between the warring parties.


12.07.16

South Sudan Photo Essay: 'I can't see but God is in my eyes'

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On the eve of South Sudan's independence, photographer ROBERT FOGARTY captured the citizens of the world's newest country, in their own words.


23.05.16

S. Sudan cabinet forms committee to determine number of states

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The new cabinet of the Transitional Government of National Unity (TGoNU) in South Sudan has accepted to form a technical committee to review boundaries and determine the number states...


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