UNITED NATIONS MISION IN SUDAN (UNMIS)
Southern Sudan Media Monitoring Report 09-Oct- 2008.
UNMIS-PIO Juba
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Today's Headlines
Ø UN/GoNU/GoSS/CPA/NCP/SPLM
Sudan: New UN Peacekeeping Chief, on First Official Visit, Confers in South
Sudan (UN News Service NY)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810090009.html
Salva Kiir reinstates Lakes speaker, ending political turmoil (Sudan
Tribune)
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28868
South Sudan President opens parliament after one month of recess
http://www.newsudanvision.com/news/south-sudan-president-opens-parliament-after-one-month-recess-1277
Unconstitutional impeachment in Lakes state to be corrected – SPLM (Sudan
Tribune)
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28867
South Sudan, ILO to jointly combat child labor and poverty (Sudan Tribune)
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28856
Reconciliation in Rumbek achieved, Kiir says
http://www.mirayafm.org/news/headlines/_200810085015/
’Trousers’ arrests prompt Salva Kiir’s intervention in Juba (Sudan Tribune)
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28862
Sudan: Fears of Violence as Land Tensions Increase (UN Integrated Regional
Information Network)
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810070863.html
Sudan: At Least 5,000 Congolese Arrive After Attacks by Rebels – UN (UN
News Service NY),
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810070918.html
Bashir appoints administrators for Abyei area (Sudan Tribune)
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28859
Private Medical Clinic Opens in Kuacjok (Gurtong)
http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/weeklyupdates/wu_contents.asp?wkupdt_id=2438
Juba Commissioner’s Local Order Affects Girls (Gurtong)
http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/weeklyupdates/wu_contents.asp?wkupdt_id=2435
Today's News Summaries
Sudan: New UN Peacekeeping Chief, on First Official Visit, Confers in South
Sudan
Sudan: New UN Peacekeeping Chief, on First Official Visit, Confers in South
Sudan
The top United Nations peacekeeping official met today with leading
officials of the regional government of Southern Sudan as part of his
week-long familiarization tour of Africa's largest country where the world
body currently fields two peacekeeping missions.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810090009.html
Salva Kiir reinstates Lakes speaker, ending political turmoil
October 8, 2008 (RUMBEK) – The President of Southern Sudan and First Vice
President of the Republic of Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit said that Lakes
State Speaker Isaiah Alier Mashinkok and his deputy Marik Nanga Marik who
had been impeached on Sept. 24, 2008, should absolutely resume their duty
in Lakes State Assembly.
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28868
South Sudan President opens parliament after one month of recess
October 8, 2008 - NSV - South Sudan President H.E Salva Kiir Mayardit has
opened the South Sudan Legislative Assembly today in Juba after one month
of recess.
In his address to the lawmakers, Kiir said the implementation of
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which ended 21 years bloody war in
South Sudan “remains our top priority.”
http://www.newsudanvision.com/news/south-sudan-president-opens-parliament-after-one-month-recess-1277
Unconstitutional impeachment in Lakes state to be corrected – SPLM
October 8, 2008 (RUMBEK) – A senior Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
(SPLM) official stated today that the speaker of the Lakes State Assembly
had been wrongfully impeached.
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28867
South Sudan, ILO to jointly combat child labour and poverty
October 8, 2008 (JUBA) – The Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is
expected to sign a Partnership Protocol with the International Labour
Organization (ILO) next week in Juba to implement a four-year project aimed
at combating child labour through education
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28856
Reconciliation in Rumbek achieved, Kiir says
The First Vice President and the President of the Government of Southern
Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, has resolved the political turmoil in Rumbek.
http://www.mirayafm.org/news/headlines/_200810085015/
’Trousers’ arrests prompt Salva Kiir’s intervention in Juba
October 7, 2008 (JUBA) – Local administrators in Juba arrested young women
and men in town who wear very tight trousers, short mini-skirts and short
T-shirts, describing these as indecent clothing.
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28862
Sudan: Fears of Violence as Land Tensions Increase
Nimule, a Southern Sudanese town on the border with Uganda, has boomed
since war ended three years ago, but tension is brewing over land between
returnees who fled the area years ago and more recent settlers.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810070863.html
Sudan: At Least 5,000 Congolese Arrive After Attacks By Rebels - UN
At least 5,000 refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
have arrived in South Sudan in the past two weeks after fleeing "ferocious"
attacks by the notorious Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army
(LRA), the United Nations refugee agency reported today.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200810070918.html
Bashir appoints administrators for Abyei area
October 7, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – The President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir on
Monday appointed chairmen for the five departments in Abyei area, the
disputed border region between Northern and Southern Sudan.
http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article28859
Private Medical Clinic Opens in Kuacjok
KUACJOK, Oct 7 (Gurtong)-An indigenous medical enterprise known as Good
Samaritan Medical Clinic Limited has just opened its branch in Kuacjok
Town .The clinic will provides basic medical services including medical
consultation, tests and treatments for out patients. The clinic also has a
small ward for in patient with a capacity to admit only two in patients
with more serious complications at a time before being transported to Wau
for further medical check.
http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/weeklyupdates/wu_contents.asp?wkupdt_id=2438
Juba Commissioner’s Local Order Affects Girls
JUBA, October 6 (Gurtong) – The Commissioner of Juba County, Hon Albert
Pitia Redentore, on Thursday issued a County local order, number four
exercising the powers conferred upon him and following section 7 (10) of
the Local Government Act, on social and cultural affairs from his office to
arrest all ''Niggers'' in his County.
http://www.gurtong.org/ResourceCenter/weeklyupdates/wu_contents.asp?wkupdt_id=2435
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