Displaced people in Uror, Jonglei fear food shortages
Radio Tamazuj YUAI (10 Aug.) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yuai in South Sudan's Uror County, Jonglei State are experiencing high market prices and food shortages. A 50 kg bag of sorghum...
View ArticleSouth Sudan pushed to the brink by war and hunger
Matt Wade Senior writer The Sydney Morning Herald Akobo, South Sudan: Chan Kim’s ribs protrude and his limbs are pencil-thin. But it’s the look on the boy’s face that most powerfully conveys the pain...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese mayor thanks Park for humanitarian aid
The Korea Herald A South Sudanese city mayor has sent a thank-you note to South Korean President Park Geun-hye for Korean troops' reconstruction efforts in the war-torn African region, the defense...
View ArticleThe Outcome of Gok Community Meeting in South Dakota
By Press Release In C/O Mac Madol Agorok Gok and Athooc are two inseparable communities of Bor.They have been struck by violent attacks during the last December coup attempt in Juba, South Sudan. Civil...
View ArticleBor Youth Association in Australia (BYAA) road map policy paper 2014-2015;
New Direction By Kijana Majok Piel With recognition to our founding fathers, Bor community ethics, norms and prosperity that make it a peace loving community, will stay and new generations with...
View ArticleThis tiny, distant village explains everything that is wrong with South Sudan...
Tristan McConnellGlobalPost – International News PATHAI, South Sudan — Some of the remotest parts of South Sudan are now also the safest. But that isolation, which protects people from an ongoing...
View ArticleSouth Sudan food crisis: children bear brunt of man-made disaster
David Smith in Akobo The Guardian News Despite aid agencies’ efforts, the world’s newest nation is close to famine as its leaders fight for the spoils of power Water bottle in hand and rucksack on...
View Article'Lost Boy' to recount South Sudan work in Missoula
By Martin Kidstonmissoulian.com, John Dau watched from afar as war in South Sudan destroyed nearly all he had worked to build. His dream of peace remains a distant prospect and the clinic he spent...
View ArticleTWI COMMUNITY ASSOCATION OF CANADA PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Press Release Twi Community Association of Canada is inviting all Twi members in Canada to a general assembly meeting that is taking place on November 1st 2014 in the town of Duchess, Alberta. The main...
View ArticleTwo Killed as Relief Supply Plane Crashes in South Sudan
Jacob Achiek, VOA News JUBA—Two crew members were killed when a plane chartered by the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) crashed Friday at an airstrip in Twic East County, north of the Jonglei state...
View ArticleTwic Society in Canada Changed its Leadership on November 1, 2014
Press Release The Twic Society in Canada was established in 2011 to foster unity and effective pooling of resources for Twic East development and prosperity. Its existence provides great opportunity...
View ArticleREMOVAL OF BOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS A DISRUPTION OF HIS MUCH NEEDED PUBLIC...
Press Release Normal executive protocol or not, removal of Bor County commissioner is a disruption of his much needed public services during these critical times. The governor’s action has left the...
View ArticleIDP family coping with life in Bor
By Tamama Norbert Mansfield Luel Atem Luel lay crouched, on a piece of tattered mattress, under a Neem tree, in the middle of the compound. His wife, Riak Apuny Chok, sat nearby; facing in the...
View ArticleFeature story on IDP situation in Pochalla County, Jonglei state
Pochalla yet to recover from effects of violence and displacement By Tamama Norbert Mansfield Green vegetation, beaming crop fields and grass thatched huts came into sight as the U.N operated...
View ArticleBor women demand peace: "Everybody is finished with the war"
Radio Tamazuj BOR (20 Dec.) - Citizens in Jonglei State marched to demand an end to South Sudan's civil war Friday, saying the conflict has halted developmental and educational services. "Everybody is...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Jonglei – “We Have Always Been at War
Nairobi/Brussels | 22 Dec 2014 Crisis Group South Sudan’s Jonglei state is emblematic of the regional, national and local challenges to peace and of the limitations of trying to resolve...
View ArticleRIEK MACHAR’S POWER HARVEST IN GREATER BOR
WARNING! The item below contains highly graphic images; readers' discretion is advised By Maker Lual Koul The evolution from Community of Concern to Community of Indifference In adopting Niccolo...
View ArticleBor County Annual meeting and election updates!
Bor County Annual meeting and election updates! We will hold our Annual meeting and election in Des Moines, Iowa on May 23rd, 2015. All members of Bor County residing in the U.S are encouraged to make...
View ArticleAyual and Juet community in diaspora position paper
Date: 01-10-2015 Ayual and Juet community in diaspora position paper Regarding Nimule incident. In response to what we heard, and learned through several news outlets that Juet youth of Bor County and...
View ArticleThe Bor Youth Association In Australia (BYAA) Strongly Condemns and Demands...
TO: The Government Of Jonglei State C/c: Office Of The Governor Of Jonglei State C/c: Offices Of The Commissioners Of Bor Greater Bor Counties C/c: Office Of The Mayor Of Bor-Town Municipality FROM:...
View ArticleThree South Sudanese freed after UN aircraft lands in rebel area
Reuters NAIROBI: A South Sudanese civil servant and two humanitarian workers have been freed by rebels who detained them when their U.N. World Food Program helicopter landed by mistake in a...
View ArticleSouth Sudan's Cobra Faction Releases Hundreds of Child
By Matthew Grimson, NBC NEWS Hundreds of child soldiers were released in South Sudan on Tuesday, UNICEF said, as part of a broader plan to free up to 3,000 young fighters from the country's civil war....
View ArticleMy introduction to South Sudan: celebs, strife and plenty of questions
Moving to South Sudan with my partner, an aid worker, was a big decision – even though we’d both wanted a change of scene for a long time Antony Loewenstein in Juba The Guardian News The creaking...
View ArticleADVERT: Bor County-USA to Elect New Leadership in May
Written by Board of Directors for Bor South Development Association, Inc. Election Announcement!! The office of the Board of directors for Bor South Development Association Inc. in the United States...
View ArticleU.N. Peacekeepers Build Dike to Protect S. Sudan Town
Jacob Achiek, VOA News BOR, SOUTH SUDAN—South Korean peacekeepers have started building a levee to prevent flooding in a village in South Sudan's Jonglei state, local officials said Thursday. Panliet...
View ArticleMichael Ayuen Agok:Candidate For Bor County President, USA
By Majur Deng Nhial The campaign in an extensive, recently redrawn Bor County in the USA that stretches from all the resided states is shaping up the community social and political competency as Iowa...
View ArticleSouth Sudan People’s Army defeats rebels in two regional cities
North Denver News The South Sudan army said Friday its forces killed more than 50 rebel fighters this week in fresh fighting in the Unity state capital, Bentiu, and Ayod in Jonglei state. Army...
View ArticleBor traders go on strike Monday to protest looting
Radio Tamazuj BOR (30 Mar.) - The market in Bor, the capital of South Sudan’s Jonglei State, will be closed Monday after local traders complained about looting and insecurity. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj...
View ArticleSouth Sudan frees hundreds of child fighters, including girls
Published Friday, April 3, 2015 5:30 pm by Global Information Network South Sudan’s Democratic Army Cobra Faction announced its third release of child soldiers as agreed in a pact with the...
View ArticleAkol Aguek for the Unity of Bor County
By Deng Kur Deng Over a year now, many citizens of Bor County have fled the violence and persecution in their region and sought refuge in other countries because of insecurity. Here in the United...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Restoring a ransacked hospital
MSF When violence started to spread in South Sudan in December 2013, Bor was one of the first towns to be hit. During December and January the town shifted hands several times between government and...
View ArticleSouth Sudan is a land of plenty. So why are 2.5 million of its people going...
As the rainy season approaches, peace is more essential than ever. By Vanessa Parra, senior humanitarian media officer at Oxfam America. Oxfam America A couple thousand feet from the ground on the...
View ArticleAkol Aguek: One Bor Campaign Team Hit Amarillo-Guymon
By Majur Deng Nhial Akol Aguek Ngong with his members of the One Bor Campaign held a political rally on Sunday at Presbyterian Church in Guymon, Oklahoma. Community members in Amarillo, Texas and...
View ArticleDaniel Mabior Achiek: The Road to political Campaign for Bor County...
By Majur Deng Nhial Amarillo/Guymon – the presidential candidate for the Bor County USA visited the panhandle areas last weekend to promote his candidacy. Daniel Achiek is the candidate who already...
View ArticleWHY VOTE FOR DANIEL MABIOR ACHIEK CHAU/AGOK MANYANG AGOK TICKET?
By Kwai Akech Kwai With Bor County election due in Des Moines, Iowa, this month. It is an election that should be about candidates’ personalities; philosophies, principles and candidates’ commitments...
View ArticleWest Michigan man completes 16th aid mission in South Sudan
by Cassy Arsenault Fox 17 TV WERKOK, South Sudan — It’s a country half the world away which shares nothing that West Michigan has to offer. Decades of war deny any chance of a normal life and basic...
View ArticleWest Michigan missionaries work to make a medical impact on South Sudan
by Cassy Arsenault Fox 17 TV WERKOK, South Sudan.– It’s a hospital that’s giving hope to a community that wouldn’t have basic healthcare needs without it. David Bowman, the founder of Memorial...
View ArticleEndorsement of AKol Aguek Ngong for Bor County presidency
By Gabrial Pager Ajang I do not in any way want to inject politics into Bor County Community elections (USA) but I will be remiss if I don’t make a statement or an endorsement. The three sister...
View ArticleMonitoring group: South Sudan military offensive appalling
By JASON PATINKIN JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan's military has launched a full-scale military offensive against rebels despite calls for restraint, a regional monitoring group said Friday,...
View ArticleVote for Michael Ayuen Agok and James Akuot Mabiei
By Unity Campaign Rev. Michael Ayuen and James Akuot are the most qualified people to run for South Bor Community top leadership position. Ayuen is a former South Sudan civil war veteran, a community...
View ArticleAkol Aguek’s triumph and victory over the community election
By Majur Deng Nhial Des Moines, Iowa (May 24, 2015). Akol Aguek Ngong who leads the One Bor Campaign won the community election with an outright majority of votes. Ngong hailed the sweetest victory...
View ArticleOur Counties and Our Problems Beneath The Proposal
By Deng Kur Deng It is always such a great occasion when a community accepts change without resistance, simply for the betterment of its people, but it is not often the case. And for those few who do...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese Activist Builds Schools Amid Civil War
By Andrea Dukakis , Colorado Public Radio Listen Audio: Ryan Warner speaks with Daniel Majok Gai Daniel Majok Gai has spent much of his life living through war. He's known as a "Lost Boy of Sudan,"...
View ArticleADVERT: Dachuek Community School Fundraiser Set for August 15, 2015
Contact: Nuul Dengdit Tel: (206) 383-7457 Email: akumbuluk@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 2, 2015 BAPING ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENT, INC. A Fundraiser to Build a Secondary School in South...
View ArticleA response to the so call Report of Bor County General election, written by...
by Kwai Akech Kwai It is not in my or our interest to write or publish anything after general election of Bor County, USA. As the former president resolute supporters or surrogates, as it was referred...
View ArticleAlier Agut-Thon Nyang: Generosity and Pride of One’s Community
By Majur Deng Nhial Keeping our community as organization is of great importance for reasons including but not limited to creating developmental projects, facilitating social cohesion, fostering a...
View ArticleBishop Welcomed: Episcopal Church of South Sudan in Panhandle
By Majur Deng Nhial Amarillo/Guymon – South Sudanese community in panhandle areas welcomed the new Bishop-elect Moses Anur Ayom. The Bishop-elect Moses brings a wealth of pastoral experience to his...
View ArticlePublic Statement: Bor County USA New Leadership
Dear Bor Community here in the United States and the world over, By the power vested in us by the Bor County/BORCDA bylaws and by the trust put in us by the members of our community who elected us on...
View ArticleWe are with the government of South Sudan on IGAD plus peace proposal
Public Statement USA 08/23/2015 As the IGAD plus peace proposal on South Sudan had hit a deadlock on the government side. Our position as one of the affected community in South Sudan, is that we...
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