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  1. Children carry their family's belongings as they go to Yida refugee camp in South Sudan outside Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan, May 2, 2012. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

    Asking seriously about humanitarian access to Blue Nile and S.Kordofan

    22 May 2012 10:30 BST | Comments (0)

    Eric Reeves | The Debating Chamber

    Thousands have fled South Kordofan and Blue Nile for Ethiopia or South Sudan, which itself is facing catastrophic food ...

  2. Children playing in Bentue where this can be risky business with dropping bombs lately

    SOUTH SUDAN: THE RAINS THAT CREATE A SMALL WALL OF PEACE

    16 May 2012 14:51 BST | Comments (0)

    World Vision - East Africa / Geoffrey Kalebbo Denye | Africa Views

    Children run and play as the skies above Leer airstrip in Unity State of South Sudan rumble. The clouds swell, it slowly gets...

  3. Pagan Amum, Secretary General of the Sudan's People Liberation Movement (SPLM), speaks during a news conference in Khartoum December 28, 2010. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

    CPJ Blog: Corruption a no-go zone for South Sudan's journalists

    29 March 2012 11:37 BST | Comments (0)

    Tom Rhodes (CPJ) | TrustMedia partner blog

    Last week, South Sudan's ruling party secretary-general, Pagan Amum, won an important court battle, absolving him from ...

  4. VIDEOS: Fighting maternal deaths worldwide

    07 March 2012 16:26 GMT | Comments (0)

    Medecins Sans Frontieres - Australia | The Word on Women

    Fifteen percent of all pregnancies worldwide will experience a life-threatening complication. The most critical moment is ...

  5. Mwanajuma Hiribae updates a transparency board in Wenje, Kenya. Photo: Esben Salling/ActionAid

    Accountability in humanitarian response - a critical component

    24 February 2012 11:12 GMT | Comments (0)

    Bijay Kumar | AlertNet AidWatch

    The “accountability question” has long done the rounds in the humanitarian sector. But what is accountability? And why is it...

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Child cries in a cave shelter in Tess village in the rebel-held territory of the Nuba Mountains in South Kordofan

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