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Diversity fellowship for journalists in USA
Deadline: 31 April 2011 Country: USA U.S.A. journalists of Black & minority ethnic origin who produce arts and features content for …

Women of the Egyptian Revolution
Published: 5 April 2011 Region: Egypt & Worldwide Egypt is not particularly unusual in being a deeply patriarchal society, but …

South Sudan starts talking, thanks to Radio Miraya
Published: 6 April 2011 “Many of our journalists are former child soldiers and even those who managed to avoid such …

Media & Democratisation in Cairo
Published: 31 March 2011 Region: Egypt & Worldwide Rebuilding Egyptian media for a democratic future Egypt has been hosting the …

Fears in Abieyi as fresh skirmishes loom
By Majak Mading They have known nothing but pain and suffering. If it is not the deafening sounds of rockets …

Clashes kill eight, causing humanitarian crisis
By Gift Friday A major humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Western Equatoria following clashes over pasture that left 8 people …

Man stabs himself over witchcraft allegations
By Agele Benson Amos In the remote villages of Yei River County, in Southern Sudan, superstition still runs deep in …

We are not a militia, say Southern Sudan’s ‘Arrow Boys’
By Phillip Mbugo William They are youthful and daring. Villagers who have borne the brunt of the attacks of the …

Yei ‘boda boda taxi’ riders call for help
By Agele Benson Amos Alarmed by the high number of accidents, motor cycle and bicycle taxi operators in Yei River …

South Sudan’s veteran female journalist passes on
By Paul Jimbo It was on Friday 18th March 2011 when the ugly and greedy face of death snatched the …