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Sudan votes: the journey home

14/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

By Sara A. Fajardo-Henning At 7 a.m. in the morning the Juba port bristles with early morning rooster calls, women laundering along the banks of the Nile, and young children stirring on bed mats where they nestle like kittens in their temporary open-air bedrooms. They arrived by the hundreds, these Sudanese who meandered down the ...

Sudan votes: the Movie

11/01/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JlUsgg9c44&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] By Sara Fajardo in Juba for Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a member of Caritas from the USA)

Cardinal Napier calls for just solutions for Sudan

10/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcNodsCZtLg&fs=1&hl=en_GB&rel=0] Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM, Archbishop of Durban, South Africa is part of an ecumenical monitoring team in southern Sudan as people cast their ballots to decide on self-determination. He accompanied Archbishop Paulino Lokudu Loro of Juba to vote. (Footage by Sara Fajardo/Catholic Relief services).

Sudan votes: scene from Port Juba

10/01/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

by Karina O’Meara as told to Sara A. Fajardo It was mid-morning when we arrived to the Juba River Port last week and it was jostling with the sounds of people unloading bedding, horses, cars, and cooking supplies, from the four open-air containers that flanked a large passenger boat. An estimated 700 people had made ...

Sudan votes: Polling Day

9/01/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

[slideshow]By Sara A. Fajardo, CRS Communications Officer in Juba People began arriving long before dawn. Some were rumored to have spent the night. By the time we arrived several hundred men and women snaked the grounds of St. Kizito parish in Juba, Sudan. The men stood in one line. The women stood in another. Many ...

Sudan votes: a civil way to end a civil war

9/01/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Dan Griffin, CRS senior adviser for Sudan is in Juba, the capital city of southern Sudan, during the referendum process. Between jet lag and excitement I’m wide awake by 4:00am. The CRS guesthouse is not far from St. Theresa’s Cathedral. I can hear the choir coming to the end of an all night vigil. Even ...

Sudan votes: a wonderful day

8/01/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Dan Griffin, CRS senior adviser for Sudan is in Juba, the capital city of southern Sudan, during the referendum process. He filed this report the day before the beginning of the historic vote. I arrived in Juba for the fifth time in a year’s time, Saturday morning at 10:30am. From the very beginning, I knew ...

Sudan votes: a boat of prayers for peace

21/12/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Peacebuilding, Prayers and Reflections, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Caritas asked for prayers as part of the 101 days of prayer campaign for the people of Sudan and the challenges and possibilities that lie ahead of them in the hope that they will achieve a lasting peace. The idea was to spread an encouraging word of peace as wide as possible, reaching all the ...

Sudan votes: Timeline

20/12/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

CAFOD Sudan Peace Action timeline on Dipity.

Sudan votes: Being prepared

20/12/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Sudan is approaching possibly the most critical point in it modern history. A nation whose past includes decades of conflict is about to make key decisions on its future. Southern Sudanese will choose either the continued unity of Sudan or secession. Caritas prays for the coming period to be peaceful and hope that an emergency ...