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not good news

i probably should have posted this the other day. But i’ve been slow when it comes to the internet lately. sorry mom, will work on an email soon.
The region and tribe that my wife comes from was attacked by a rival tribe just a little over a week ago. Some really horrible [...]

silence

fortunately juba seems calm and relaxed today.  at least for the time being.
I’ve been following news reports by a guy named Rob Crilly who is currently reporting out of Darfur.  It doesn’t sound so quiet there and looks like it could get a lot worse before it gets any better.  He is also twittering here [...]

malakal updates

So my wife made it back in one piece.  She was still a little bit shaken up over her whole experience in Malakal.  She said the police unloaded a large amount of tear gas to disperse the chaotic crowd and she swallowed some and got a bunch of it in her eyes.  She also feinted [...]

Malakal Celebrations?

Mary and I returned to Juba on Tuesday.  In less than 24 hours Mary was able to secure a flight to Malakal to participate in the fourth annual celebration of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between southerners and the government of the North.   Its a very big event in the social calendar for Southern Sudan [...]