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  BBC - Weather Centre - World Weather - Country Guides - Sudan
The Sudan is the largest country in Africa with an area of nearly 2.5 million sq km/1 million sq mi.
During the rainy season in the south and centre of the Sudan, southerly and southwesterly winds replace the northeasterlies.
The tables for Khartoum and Port Sudan are representative of the northern desert regions of the Sudan.
www.bbc.co.uk /weather/world/country_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT000640   (569 words)

  
  Juba, Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juba is the capital of the state of Central Equatoria in southern Sudan.
British hopes to join the southern part of Sudan with Uganda were dashed in 1947 by an agreement in Juba, also known as the Juba Conference, to unify northern and southern Sudan.
The city is to serve as the permanent regional capital of Southern Sudan, although the interim capital was Rumbek.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juba,_Sudan   (410 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Juba, city, Sudan (Sudan Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Juba became the center of southern resistance to alleged northern dominance of the country.
In 1955, a mutiny of southern troops at Juba caused a Sudanese civil war, which was settled in 1969 and then broke out again in 1983.
The Univ. of Juba is in the city.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/Juba.html   (214 words)

  
 AEGiS-AP: Sudanese Youth Fight to Stem AIDS
JUBA, Sudan - Emmanuel Amoko lost his father to AIDS, but he shrugs off the social stigma still attached to the disease in the southern Sudan.
Amoko is one of about 250 young people in Juba who have lost one or both parents to AIDS and are now speaking publicly about the disease's causes and prevention as part of a campaign by the Sudanese government and international groups.
The government's focus on Juba seems to be in preparation for a huge population influx expected in the city if peace talks produce an accord to end Sudan's 21-year civil war between the Islamic government and rebels in the south.
www.aegis.com /news/ap/2004/AP040358.html   (915 words)

  
 Sudanese view body of deceased leader - Boston.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In Juba, the largest town in the south where 13 were killed, police detained dozens of people suspected of looting from the Arab minority.
JUBA, Sudan --The body of John Garang was flown from town to town in southern Sudan on Thursday for his people to pay last respects to their popular leader before his burial.
Juba is supposed to be a symbol of the new Sudan and the cooperation between the central government and Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Movement, which fought Khartoum's domination for 21 years.
www.boston.com /news/world/middleeast/articles/2005/08/04/sudanese_round_up_suspects_after_rioting?page=1   (993 words)

  
 Theileriosis in the Equatoria Region of Sudan
The Equatoria Region is situated in the south of Sudan bordering Kenya, Uganda, Zaire and the Central African Republic.
Julla (1985) reported a typical outbreak of ECF at Palotaka in the Eastern Bank of the Equatoria Region in 1984, and in 1985 outbreaks of ECF occurred in Nimule and Juba townships.
DISTRIBUTION OF Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is restricted in Sudan to areas of high rainfall and moderate temperature, most of which are located in the green belt area of the Equatoria Region, such as in Kalokaji, Yei, Ngangala, Torit and Katire, where Hoogstraal (1956) found the tick.
www.fao.org /Wairdocs/ILRI/x5549E/x5549e07.htm   (593 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Although Egypt claimed all of present Sudan during most of the 19th century, it was unable to establish effective control of southern Sudan, which remained an area of fragmented tribes subject to frequent attacks by slave raiders.
Sudan has an installed electrical generating capacity of 300 megawatts (MW), of which 180 MW is hydroelectric and the rest, thermal.
Sudan stated that Iraq should not have invaded Kuwait, but it was equally critical of the presence of Western forces on Islamic holy lands.
dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/af/sudan9506.html   (4086 words)

  
 Sudan Watch
Mar 5, 2006 Sudan Tribune article says in a move justified by their opposition to the conclusion of a deal between their leader Abelwahid Mohmaed al-Nur and the Sudanese government, a 19 member group from the leadership of rebel group SLM decided to freeze the powers of Nur as chairman of the SLM.
Sudan's State Minister, Tilar Deng, described as important the meeting on Saturday concerning the oil revenues and he announced that the committee for the demarcation of the borders is due to meet within a period of one week to continue its tasks and to determine the locations of the oil fields.
Sudan's interior minister, defence minister and the director of its national intelligence service are named in a confidential list of individuals who could be considered for sanctions by the UN Security Council over their alleged role in the conflict in Darfur.
sudanwatch.blogspot.com   (10557 words)

  
 In Tense Sudan, Divisions Resurface
JUBA, Sudan, Aug. 4 -- The mood of this rattled country, after the sudden death Sunday of the former rebel leader John Garang, is etched on the fearful faces of northern Arab merchants, surrounded by suitcases and nylon sacks, as they wait in the airport to flee further attacks by southerners.
Juba, a city of about 350,000 on the Nile River that is tenuously under the control of 60,000 government troops, feels more like a frontline camp readying for war than a future regional capital preparing for a state funeral.
In different corners of Juba, the division of opinion on Garang's death was as wide as the Nile.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/04/AR2005080401968_pf.html   (1161 words)

  
 Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JUBA, Sudan, Aug 6 (AFP) — Huge crowds of grieving Sudanese bade a final farewell to late ex-rebel chief John Garang who led southern Sudan through two decades of war before becoming vice president in a landmark peace deal.
President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir, South African President Thabo Mbeki, second and third from left, and other dignitaries walk behind the coffin of John Garang, First Vice President of Sudan as it is carried by Sudanese soldiers upon its arrival in Juba, Sudan Saturday, Aug. 6, 2005.
A Sudanese woman wails as the casket with the remains of John Garang is carried by a Sudanese Army detachment at the airport in Juba, southern Sudan for the burial.
www.sudaneseonline.com /enews2005/aug7-39337.shtml   (1072 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Sudan arabs flee southern town after riots on VP’s death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JUBA, Sudan, Aug 3, 2005 (AP) — Sudanese Arabs were fleeing the southern town of Juba Wednesday after a two-day rampage by southerners, burning Arab-owned shops and homes, that killed at least 18 people in the wake of the death of a popular rebel leader, witnesses said.
Juba, a main front in the long civil war, is a garrison town for the northern Sudanese military.
Juba is the biggest town in the south with a population of some 350,000, most of them southerners - who are ethnic Africans, mainly Christians and animists.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=10964   (500 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Juba Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Juba I of Numidia Juba II of Numidia Juba of Mauretania Titus Desticius Juba Jubaland is a region in southern Somalia, bounded by the Ju...
Master Juba was one of the first fl performers in the United States, for whom the Juba Dance is named.
In biology, the Juba skipper Hesperis juba is a butterfly.
www.ipedia.com /juba.html   (193 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Ex-rebels enter key south Sudan town for first time   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JUBA, Sudan, Aug 4 (AFP) — Fighters from late Sudanese vice president John Garang’s ex-rebel group have entered the capital of south Sudan for the first time as part of a massive joint operation with the government to secure the restive town for his weekend funeral, officials and residents said Thursday.
Juba resident Samson Fadhali Samuel told reporters that the former rebel fighters had helped quell widespread looting at the town’s Konyokonyo market that was dominated by northern Sudanese Arab traders, many of whom have since fled.
Juba, a garrison town for the Sudanese military that is home to between 40,000 and 80,000 government troops, was never taken by the SPLM/A during the 21-year north-south civil war that ended in January.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=10986   (439 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Sudanese Arabs flee after riots kill 18   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JUBA, Sudan (AP) — Sudanese Arabs fled this southern town Wednesday after ethnic Africans angered by the death of their popular rebel leader went on a two-day rampage, chasing Arabs in the street and burning Arab shops and homes.
Steven Majok, 30, from southern Sudan, was angry that southerners were being blamed for the violence in Khartoum.
Juba, a main front in the long civil war, is an impoverished garrison town for the northern Sudanese military.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-03-sudan-clashes_x.htm?csp=34   (849 words)

  
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JUBA, Sudan, March 22 (Reuters) - South Sudan's president has called for rebels from the western Darfur region to meet in his capital to build consensus ahead of possible peace talks to end a four-year-old insurgency and humanitarian crisis.
In a speech to donor nations on Wednesday in Juba, Salva Kiir also said peace in Sudan had to include the entire country and the Darfur rebels should form a joint committee to prepare for the meeting which should take place in April.
Sudan's Minister of state for humanitarian affairs Ahmed Haroun is seen in this undated file photograph in the capital Khartoum.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/MCD221387.htm   (587 words)

  
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JUBA, Sudan (AP) - The body of former First Vice President John Garang de Mabior was received in Juba on Saturday by an honour guard of eight officers, four each from his former rebel movement and the Sudanese Army, ahead of his state funeral at a cathedral here.
Overhead, a United Nations helicopter patrolled the skies, and soldiers from Sudan's elite presidential guard held positions on rooftops and control towers to protect the airport, which had already seen the arrival of national and foreign dignitaries.
Juba was filled with SPLM supporters who flew in on charter flights from Khartoum and neighboring countries.
www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050806/w080652.html   (901 words)

  
 SUDAN
The devastation of the civilian population in southern Sudan is the fault of all the parties to the conflict.
During the period prior to independence in 1956, southern Sudan was administered separately from the north by the British under the Anglo-Egyptian condominium government1 which had ruled Sudan since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Juba civilians demonstrated on March 15, 16, and 17, to protest the arrests of the priests.
hrw.org /reports/1993/sudan   (20081 words)

  
 Fish poisoning/toxic dumping? - Sudan (Juba)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Villagers [sic] in southern Sudan's largest town, Juba, have been prohibited from eating fish from the Nile after the river was clogged with the carcasses of fish, hippos and crocodiles which died mysteriously.
The ban is likely to hit Juba's 185 000 residents hard, because they rely heavily on the river for food and water and their access to crops is hindered by the war between the Khartoum government and rebels.
It is 400 miles (600 km) of winding Nile river from its source in Lake Victoria to Juba, passing through formidable swamps that would suck up all the poison used in the Lake long before it got to Juba.
library.kcc.hawaii.edu /praise/news/eh15.html   (228 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Sudan recovering from ethnic fighting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JUBA, Sudan (AP) — The body of John Garang was flown from town to town in southern Sudan on Thursday for his people to pay last respects to their popular leader before his burial.
But under the peace deal, it is to become the capital of an autonomous southern region — where most of the population is Christian or animist — with the military reducing its presence and former rebel fighters moving in as a parallel force.
An international team is being assembled to investigate Garang's death, with the participation of the government, the SPLM, the United Nations, Uganda and Kenya.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-08-04-sudan-violence_x.htm   (948 words)

  
 Middle East Online
In a speech Monday in Juba, a provincial capital on the White Nile, Beshir promised better road, river and air links with the nation's capital in Khartoum, 1,200 kilometers (720 miles) to the north.
Beshir had chosen Juba to hold the 14th anniversary of the Islamist-backed coup that brought him to power in Khartoum to highlight a year-long, multi-million dollar drive to show the south the fruits of peace.
He said a highway linking Khartoum to Juba is now being constructed and modern "tourist" buses would be introduced while the river transport boats would be modernised and Juba airport would be improved to match Khartoum's.
www.middle-east-online.com /english?id=6198   (646 words)

  
 SudanTribune article : Three journalists Sudan newspaper arrested   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Juba Post reporters Charles Luganya (desk coordinator Khartoum), Angelo Wello and Joseph Aligo, were taken by armed officials from their temporary office in Khartoum North.
The head-office is in Juba with a sub staff-office in Khartoum and a network of freelancers throughout the country.
The Juba Post was the only paper with a detailed report on the deadly riots in one of the camps in Khartoum.
www.sudantribune.com /article.php3?id_article=10325   (330 words)

  
 Juba on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Juba faces allegations: Residents accuse Cabarrus commissioner of behaving unethically.
Refugees from the civil war in southern Sudan.
Juba school for boys and girls, mostly are Christians, those wearing "hijab" are muslims.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Juba.asp   (807 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: Sudanese Round Up Suspects After Rioting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Garang died Saturday in southern Sudan, only three weeks after he was named first vice president and joined the government that had long been his enemy during his two decades of leading an insurgency in the south.
In Juba, the largest town in the south, 13 people were killed, while six died in the southern town of Malalka.
Arab northerners, a minority who run many businesses in Juba, were targeted in rioting by ethnic African southerners, who blamed the government in the north for Garang's death.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2005/aug/04/080408349.html   (604 words)

  
 Sudan: Educational Institutions
The educational history in Sudan dates back to the early eras as proved by archaeological evidence.
The educational ladder was changed in Sudan in 1991 from a (6+3+3) to (2+8+3) to include two-year pre-school stage, 8-yearbasic stage and three years secondary school stage.
Following a political decree by the Higher Authority of Arabicization, Arabic language was instituted and made the official language of teaching and scientific curriculm at the governmetal Higher Education Institutions.
www.sudan.net /education.shtml   (90 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Sudanese bid farewell to pivotal leader   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
JUBA, Sudan — On one side of the casket carrying the body of John Garang, the Southern Sudanese guerrilla leader turned statesman, were some of his favorite soldiers from his rebel movement.
Supporters of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement cry as the coffin of John Garang is carried into a church in Juba, Sudan.
Garang, 60, died last Sunday in a helicopter crash, three weeks after he was sworn in as Sudan's vice president.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,600154108,00.html   (711 words)

  
 Kuku
The research was done in 1986 in the Sudan Theological College, while I was the Professor of Physics in the University of Juba, Juba, Sudan.
The original scripts are deposited in the Sudan Collection of the University of Juba and with the Sudan Theological College.
We have shown in the preceding portions the great similarity between the cultures of the Kukus of the Sour Sudan (and since they are representative of all other cultures of the region) and therefore of the Southern Sudanese culture: and that of the Hebrew (especially of the period of Judges).
www.acns.com /~mm9n/kuku/kuku.htm   (14125 words)

  
 UNICEF - En bref: Soudan - Water and sanitation makes school girl-friendly in Juba, southern Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
KHARTOUM, Sudan, 26 January 2005 - Lack of water and sanitation has made studies a constant struggle for the 15,000 students at St. Joseph Basic School in Juba, the capital of Bahr el Jebel state in southern Sudan.
The lack of sanitation facilities in the school is an important factor contributing to the dropout of many girls, especially when they reach the 6th and 7th grades, according to John Wani Aliseo, headmaster of St. Joseph Basic School.
He noted that this has been true for most of the schools in Juba, a town suffered greatly during the long civil war between the Sudanese government and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement.
www.unicef.org /french/infobycountry/sudan_24941.html   (487 words)

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