During this past week we hosted a workshop for 80 participants of Renk, Mabaan and Manyio County in Upper Nile State. 80 government officials, paramount chiefs, representatives of civil society such as women groups, youth groups, trade unions, and religious leaders gathered together in Renk to discuss the challenges and opportunities of Cross-Border Relations after [...]
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The most Northern place in the South
Last Wednesday the team and I arrived in Renk, the most Northern city in Southern Sudan, I can’t get any ‘northerner’! With an extremely loud voice proclaiming ‘Alleluia’ from a nearby church in the background, I thought I should write a little update about the progress of the work here. The last couple of days [...]
From Juba to Malakal to Renk
Last Saturday I flew from Juba to Malakal where we spent the last couple of days preparing for our journey to and our workshop in Renk. We have been planning peace with the acting Governor (Your Excellency) of Upper Nile State!!! Tomorrow I will leave by road from Malakal to Renk (see right side of [...]
On my way back… back to Sudan!
I realise I have not posted anything for a long time. Some of you may think I am still in Southern Sudan! No, I did make it back to England where I started a fulltime position as a Programme Development Researcher with Concordis International. It is for this job that I am now currently in [...]