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A highlight from #47: The Gameshow - Part 1
"Welcome guys to another podcast. This time I am hosting this one. Miracle's finally taking the break because he's got too much stress. So I'm going to host three episodes. And also three episodes are going to be game shows. We're going to have part one, new people. We're going to have part two, returning people. We're going to have part three, the finale. So we're going to have three people competing. Only two will go through to the final and one will win the final. So let's introduce the competitors. Salva, you've got your stage. Salva says laggy, compile. Introduce yourself. Hi guys, I'm the best one here. Better than my own lot. I think I'm going to win this and get five off Marvin. Oh, I got that. A fiver. Yeah, I want the money Marvin. Alright then, alright then, alright then. Alright then, so I'll say the format and how it'll go. So we'll have three rounds. Round one will be trivia, chosen by one of the competitors, Salva, Kyle and Lillie Agnew. Round two will be another chosen one. And round three will be another chosen one. The winner of each round will get a point. And the one with the most points goes through to the final. The second most amount of points will go to the final as well, but as a qualifier, as like a runner up. Alright, does that sound good? Yeah. Alright then, so Salva's going to come back in a sec. So let's have... Lillie, since you were there first, pick a topic. Countries. Countries. Alright, I'm very smart at that. Alright then, let's ask Kyle first, since it's Kyle. Oh, hi Salva. Can you hear us? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, Salva's here. Finally, man. Alright, Salva. Finally in it. Thank you. Salva, introduce yourself. Salva, hello? Yeah. Introduce yourself. Aye, aye, so, so, so. I'm, I'm Sexy Chex here. And I'm here on a beautiful podcast. Thank you, thank you. And Miracle, yeah. Thank you. And I feel honored today on this fine evening. You're welcome, Salva. Alright, the first topic is countries chosen by Lillie Agnew. So Kyle, you're, you're, you're the one who has the first question. Okay, okay. So you have three choices. You want to start off with hard, you want to start off with medium, or do you want to start off with easy? Well, I think I'm a bit of an idiot, so I'm going to go with medium. Medium? Alright, alright. Alright then, so continent. Alright then. What's Africa. the name of some countries? What do you want me to do, Matt? Alright, so in Africa, which country begins with the letter A and borders Morocco? I know such and go. I know this one, by the way. Same with me. Kyle, don't set it up. Don't have a clip. Alright, just guess. I'm stupid. I need to give you four options. Right, is it A, Libya? Is it B, Algeria? Is it C, Andorra? Or is it D, Australia? Option B. Option B. Kyle, you just got yourself a point. That's correct. Are you like writing down the scores? I have a nice memory, but I'll have to write them down. Right, next. Selva, you want easy, medium, or hard? A proper easy remark. Alright then. What country is the legend himself, Oliver, from? Selva. You better not get this wrong. What country is Oliver from? Oh yeah, Poland, Poland, Poland. Okay, okay. Alright then. Okay, that's the name of Selva. Alright, next Lily. Easy, medium, or hard? Easy. Easy. Wait, no, medium, medium. Medium, medium. Alright. Which European country, I mean not European, which Asian country is in between India and Russia? Is it A, Australia? Is it B, Kazakhstan? Is it C, China? Or is it D, Iran? China. You got it correct. Lily, you got a point. So now we are all on one point. Kyle and Lily don't have the medium option, whereas Selva has the medium and hard option. Yay. Kyle, easy or hard? What's the topic? Countries. Which countries here? Iraq. Easy. Alright then. Which country is on top of the USA? Canada. Correct. Correct, Kyle. Two points for you. Selva, medium or hard? Medium. Selva, you got to get cooked. So, which country is the second largest in South America? Is it A, Peru? Is it B, Bolivia? Is it C, Venezuela? Or is it D, Argentina? Bro, I know I'm gun thrown. Just guess. If you want me to repeat them again, then I can do it. Yeah, go on, repeat them again. Is it A, Peru? B, Venezuela? C, Bolivia? Or is it D, Argentina? I'm going to go with B. B. Yeah. And you got it wrong. It is Argentina, D. Yeah. Next, Lily. Easy or hard? Hard. Hard. Okay. This will be my style of hard. I guess. Next, we'll do Africa again. Which country got independence from Sudan in 2011? What did you say? Which country got independence from Sudan in 2011? Is it A, Chautily? Is it B, Niger? Is it C, Libya? Or is it D, South Sudan? South Sudan. I kind of gave the answer away, but it's correct. You got it wrong. I swear that was meant to be easy. No. No, it's not. I kind of gave it away. Or should I do a new one? No, that's kind of easy. I don't mind. You don't mind? Alright then, so we'll do it again then. Which country is in between? Which country is literally like in South Africa? Is it A, Eswatini? Is it B, Swaziland? Is it D, Switzerland? Or is it D, Swaziland, Nigeria? whatever it is. Swaziland. Oh, where did Lily go? I'll get her back. You can see me. Marvin, I swear I lost. Where did Kyle go? Oh yeah. Oh, Lily's back? Sorry, my phone turned off. And the answer was... Eswatini. You got it wrong. Because Eswatini used to be called Swaziland but they changed their name. So that counts? If they changed their name, it's supposed to be hard. That counts then? Because it's the same. Stop thinking Marvin. Kyle, do you... Alright then, we'll check the VAR Miracle then. Miracle, there's a country which was like formally named like as like Eswatini or Swaziland. Yeah, does that still count? No, not really. Not really? Alright then. Lily, we checked VAR, back it to Miracle. And the answer was, Miracle, do it. Yeah, that is incorrect. Alright, unfortunately, Lily, you... I mean, it's the hard round. So, fair enough. So Salva lost in the medium round, so it ain't that bad. No, but it's over. I'm dumb like that, man. You're giving me... No, Marvin, you're targeting me, man. No, I'm not. Not because I can answer any question that you ask me, but the question that you ask me specifically. Alright, Salva. Alright, next. Kyle's on two, Lily's on one, Salva's on one. Alright, Kyle, if you get this one correct, then you get a point and you advance. And you're in the lead. Kyle? Yeah? This is the hard one. Okay. In Central America, which country is beginning with P in Central America? I'm not looking at a map. Is it A, Peru? Is it B, Poland? Is it C, Palau? Or is it D, Panama? B. D, D, D, D. Yeah, D. What is it? D. Bro, he knows that. Yeah. Kyle, you got a point, you now got the advantage. Which means that Kyle's got one point into the final, which is very good for Kyle. I like mine very good. Alright then, since we finished this, Kyle's now on one point, Lily's on zero, Salva's on zero. Next, Lily, when I'm not Lily, Kyle, pick your topic. Queen songs. Okay, I don't know how to do that. Alright, Kyle, maybe not queen, maybe like general pop songs. Thank you, you little rat. Oh, we have the room. What? We can't speak pop songs. Alright, what's going on with queen? We can't just speak of animals then. Animals? Alright, okay, that's easier. Alright then, first one to answer gets a point. We'll do three of these questions and the first one to answer will get generally a point. The first one to answer, alright? Yeah, I got you. Alright then. I'll give out options and I'll make it four options. What is, which animal have I seen lately? Is it A, Oliver? Is it B, Oliver? Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye. Is it B, a bird. Is it C, a dog. Or is it D, um myself. Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye, Aye, Aye, Aye. Aye, Oliver. I was correct. It was Oliver. Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye, Aye. Sugar, I think he was silver, it was silver.
WCPT 820
"south sudan" Discussed on WCPT 820
"Apply. Fifty -two minutes past the hour. Picking up your calls here. Friends and Berkeley, hey Lawrence, what's up? Yeah, hi Tom. For the first time, I have to seriously disagree with you. Talking about slavery in Africa is not the equivalent of talking about black -on -black crime. It depends on who's saying it and the context in which they're saying it and the purpose of their saying it. Yeah, I understand, but the reason that I say this really strongly is because all of the countries in Africa, most or of them, as well as those in southern Asia, to a lesser degree, depend on Western investment. And the United States mostly controls that, only not our own American investment, but the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, since we're the greatest contributors, we more or less have veto power over them. And we could say to the countries in Africa, unless you abolish slavery, you will not get any more foreign aid and much less investment. And this is something which progressives should really talk about, is the fact that we can stop slavery in Africa, or most of it, and we're not doing it. I don't think we can. I have worked in Africa. In fact, I worked in South Sudan, where we were literally rescuing from people slavery. You know, the Sudanese raiders had come down, we were right on the border of Darfur, and they'd come down into Darfur, and they'd come into northern South Sudan, and these were brown -skinned Arabs who were stealing black Dinkas, -skinned the Dinkatra, and taking them up into Sudan and holding them in slavery until they were sick or until they were old. And then, in some cases, these slaves would come back, you know, these enslaved people. And I was there. And I can tell you, these are not, number one, most of these countries do not have anything close to the infrastructure the United States has to do anything to slavery. stop Number two, I mean, frankly, I think that the slavery in Sudan was sanctioned by the Assad government, or the Bashir government at the time. I can't speak to it right now because it's been six, six, six, seven years since I was there. But these are things that are being run in places where they're, I mean, where I was in South Sudan, we were 300 years paved road. There was no electricity. How do you have a government enforce laws against slavery under those conditions? Okay, in Sudan, which has always been in one kind or another of civil war, it's something of an anomaly. But a country like Nigeria, which does have a real government, we could say... Large parts of Nigeria are just wild and out of control. They are not not actually controlled by the government. I mean, this is one of the problems. This is why Boko Haram is running all across, you know, Central Africa right now. Because these governments are hanging on by the skin of their teeth, many of them. They've got electrical infrastructure that goes back to the 1950s, to the colonial era. They've got a crisis with their health care systems. You've got, you know, horrible diseases racking in the region. And yes, you know, slavery is a terrible thing. But you can't just say, you know, oh, yeah, we're going to cut off your funding and they're going to say, OK, that's it. No more slavery. It's not going to work that way. Just just just like if you were to say, you know, OK, we're going to we're going to solve the problem of, you know, hatred in the United States or something like that. You know, it's a these are these are deep entrenched long term problems that that, frankly, have been part of the of humanity's experience around. Can I tell you a joke about that? Well, we have 20 seconds. OK, science has discovered the identity of the link. You know who it is? No, it's us. Oh, OK. right. All Well, thank you very much for the call. Yeah. In fact, this this thing right here is from when we were in Sudan anyway. Thanks so much to Louise Harman, Sean Taylor, Nadal, Jamie, Holly, Joyce, The Hammer, Nance, Nigel Peacock soon. Now, look at Patrick White, Gerald and Albert, Ron Heartenbaum, Chase Frost, Nicholas Miller, Pat Sweeney, Jay LeBlanc, Al Gorilla, algorithm, Colorado and Garnet Verde, all the folks who work to make this program work. Thank you to you for reaching out to your local radio or television station,
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UN agencies warn of starvation risk in Sudan, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali, call for urgent aid
"Two UN agencies have warned of rising food emergencies, including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war, Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali are said to be facing or already suffering from the same emergencies due to the restricted movement of people and goods. The four countries join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen at the highest alert levels. They say communities are already facing or are projected to face starvation with the risk of sliding towards catastrophic conditions, the report by the World Food Program and the food and agriculture organization calls for urgent attention to save both lives and jobs. It warns that 1 million people are expected to flee Sudan while an additional 2.5 million inside the country face acute hunger in the coming months with supply routes through port Sudan disrupted by safety issues beyond the 9 countries at the highest alert level, the agencies said 22 countries are identified as hotspots risking acute food insecurity. I'm Lawrence Brooks
The Eric Metaxas Show
Rescuing Sudanese Slaves: Todd Chatman Shares One Woman's Story
"Serve a good God, a God who allows us to participate in his work. In our generation, we're talking to Todd Chapman with Christian solidarity international and part of God's work right now through Christian solidarity international is literally freeing slaves from captivity. And I want us as the western the American church to understand the evil in the world, it will deepen your faith if you understand the evil in the world and if you understand that God has appointed you to take apart and doing something about it. That's a fact that's a fact. Todd, talk to us about some of the stories or one of the stories of one of the women that has been through this process. So we can put more of a face on this, because. I guess the one that first comes to mind is a woman named joke and I had the opportunity to meet her and learn her story. He's about 26, 27 years old now, but she was taken captive when she was three years old. She was at her home in South Sudan, her grandma was there with her at the time. They were just going about daily life. And these raiders came into her community. And they grandma was too old to have any value, so they left her behind, but they took a joke and they took her mother as slaves. And so they take them to the slave camp in the north and they were separated. Mom was taken, you know, to one family. Duke was taken to another and basically now her life just became this nightmare of doing whatever her slave master. Told her that she was to do. She was raped by this man, even though he had his own family. He raped a joke. She got pregnant twice. And finally, he was able to come into freedom just a few years ago because she happened to meet this Arab slave liberator that we partner with to go in and negotiate freedom for these slaves. And he found he'd met her at a market. He identified that she was likely a slave, began to have dialog and said, look, I think we can get you out. And thank God we were able to do that.
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"south sudan" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"How is it possible, first of all, that in this day and age, people are literally enslaved. We're not talking sort of people. We're not talking sort of. We're talking literally enslaved 2023 right now while we are free, there are people enslaved. It's too horrible to contemplate, but we need to. Yeah. You know, as I, as I read about the stories and we can imagine we freed over a 100,000 Sudanese slaves since 1995. And you read their stories because every human being that we free has a story to tell about how they became a slave in the first place. And they're horrific. And there's a lot of common elements, but it's staggering to think that there are still even though we've freed over a 100,000 of these slaves. There are still we're guessing 35 to 40,000 more Sudanese slaves. Most of them women, but sometimes men that have lived their entire life. In captivity. And yeah, you think, boy, how can that be, you know, here in 2023, but it is. And so we are relentless in our pursuit to free more people. We can't do it without generous donors like yours who make it possible. But just as a little primer on history, how this happened. So it goes all the way back to 1983. Civil War, religious persecution in Sudan and Christians were basically told you can't be a Christian in Sudan. And so they revolted against that and they ended up the government got in cahoots with some Arab forces and raiders and they were allowed to go in and destroy farms and take people captive, take them to north Sudan. And those are the people that remain enslaved today. Now, this is not an ongoing issue. This is one of the most common questions we get. Hey, if we help CSI secure freedom for a slave, aren't we, in essence, create a creating a market for that. And the short answer is, no, you're not, because it's an honor and ongoing problem, the slaves taking was abolished back in late 90s. And so no more slaves are being taken captive. But what they've failed to deal with in that legislation to stop the taking of slaves was that further act to go ahead and free the ones that had been taken.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Todd Chatman of CSI Discusses Freeing Slaves in South Sudan
"How is it possible, first of all, that in this day and age, people are literally enslaved. We're not talking sort of people. We're not talking sort of. We're talking literally enslaved 2023 right now while we are free, there are people enslaved. It's too horrible to contemplate, but we need to. Yeah. You know, as I, as I read about the stories and we can imagine we freed over a 100,000 Sudanese slaves since 1995. And you read their stories because every human being that we free has a story to tell about how they became a slave in the first place. And they're horrific. And there's a lot of common elements, but it's staggering to think that there are still even though we've freed over a 100,000 of these slaves. There are still we're guessing 35 to 40,000 more Sudanese slaves. Most of them women, but sometimes men that have lived their entire life. In captivity. And yeah, you think, boy, how can that be, you know, here in 2023, but it is. And so we are relentless in our pursuit to free more people. We can't do it without generous donors like yours who make it possible. But just as a little primer on history, how this happened. So it goes all the way back to 1983. Civil War, religious persecution in Sudan and Christians were basically told you can't be a Christian in Sudan. And so they revolted against that and they ended up the government got in cahoots with some Arab forces and raiders and they were allowed to go in and destroy farms and take people captive, take them to north Sudan. And those are the people that remain enslaved today. Now, this is not an ongoing issue. This is one of the most common questions we get. Hey, if we help CSI secure freedom for a slave, aren't we, in essence, create a creating a market for that. And the short answer is, no, you're not, because it's an honor and ongoing problem, the slaves taking was abolished back in late 90s. And so no more slaves are being taken captive. But what they've failed to deal with in that legislation to stop the taking of slaves was that further act to go ahead and free the ones that had been taken.
The Eric Metaxas Show
"south sudan" Discussed on The Eric Metaxas Show
"Through hardship, you persevere. Through toil and sweat, you succeed. You dedicate years to fulfilling the calling on your life. Why do you go to such lengths? Because you were born with a purpose. You are a Christian leader with the desire to change this world. As a student and graduate of regent university, you will gain the education that will prepare you to lead in such a time as this. Say yes to your purpose. Visit regent dot EDU slash learn more. Folks, welcome to the Eric metaxas show, sponsored by legacy precious metals. There's never been a better time to invest in precious metals, visit legacy p.m. investments dot com that's legacy p.m. investments dot com. Ladies and gentlemen, buckle your seatbelts and keep your arms and legs inside the car at all times. Here comes mister thrill ride himself, Eric my Texan. Hello. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Albert sadar. I'm here with another producer of the show. Chris Hines. And you know what they say. Hello. When the cat's away, the men who act like mice will play, and so Chris and I decided that since Eric is returning from Alaska today, yes, folks. He's in Alaska. Or he was in Alaska. He was preaching over the weekend at a church up there in Alaska. And if you get Eric's newsletter, you probably saw his sermon and I watched it with my wife. It was absolutely delightful and insightful and all that other good stuff. And of course it was based on his book, which all of you should have by now, led her to the American church, letter to the American church. And of course, you should have the companion piece as well, the hamster homes complete collection from Simon and Schuster. Anyway, Chris finds. I thought you and I might take a guess as to what Eric might be doing before he's getting on the plane to fly home today. I thought he possibly could be ice fishing or doing one of those father daughter things that they do in Alaska. They built an igloo together and let's not be silly, not an entire igloo. Maybe an igloo doghouse for the huskies or something. I don't know. What are your thoughts? Yeah, I know, I know he's been spending a lot of time outdoors. I like to think that maybe he's wearing some snowshoes, charging through the snow, possibly on some sort of whale or, you know, some kind of Eskimo hunt, you know, with the inuits up there do. Yeah, yeah. But the thing is that the most important thing that Eric would say at this moment would be sign up for my newsletter so I can send you the photos and the videos and all that good stuff. So you got to go to metaxas talk dot com I'm sorry, Eric metaxas dot com. Eric metaxas dot com to sign up for the newsletter, but the reason why I'm actually stuck on the taxes talk dot com is because at the very top of our radio web page this month, you're going to see a banner for CSI. Now, the guest coming up in our two today. If you missed our one, that, of course, was Cal Thomas. He has a new book out and you've got to listen to our one if you missed that. But our two coming up in just about 5 or 6 minutes here is Todd Chapman. And he works with CSI Christian solidarity international. And all this month, again, folks, we are raising money to free slaves. It's hard to believe we have slavery in the world today, but we do in the South Sudan. And CSI has boots on the ground literally and figuratively. And for $250, you can actually free a slave, a person who's been enslaved in some cases, not just years, but decades, they get freed $250 does that and sets them up back in their hometown with a goat and with seeds and with a mosquito net and things like that, a chance to actually reclaim their lives. And they exchange with the people that have enslaved them. They exchange for a cattle vaccine. So they don't actually continue the slavery process. Now, Todd Chapman, you'll hear about how they work it there at CSI and how your donation is incredibly valuable. And again, you're giving a gift of actual life and freedom to another human being on the other side of the.
AP News Radio
UN: 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022
"A new study finds more than a quarter of a billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year. The global report on food crises also says people in 7 countries were on the brink of starvation due to conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the worse of nations were Somalia, Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Haiti, Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen, the global report is an alliance of humanitarian organizations founded by the UN and the EU. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres says the report is a stinging indictment of humanity's failure to implement UN goals to end world hunger. I'm Charles De Ledesma
DARKWEB.TODAY - Hackers & Cyber SECURITY
"south sudan" Discussed on DARKWEB.TODAY - Hackers & Cyber SECURITY
"Like a layer two. So I've been saying this for a while. Like sooner or later, Bitcoin is going to end up finding its polygon. And what Hannibal is saying right now is we think we found that. So I'm going to pass it back to him. I just think it might make it a little easier to understand. And maybe I could describe the inscriptions a little easier to, right? Because animals minds like the holy crap. Mine's like a little more simple. And I could put it in a little bit of layman terms. So basically they're able to put a picture on the blockchain right now. That picture has data, right? So instead of putting that picture on the blockchain, we end up using that data to direct us to somewhere where we can actually apply a smart contract. And when you can apply a smart contract, you could do different things like create collections, right? So you won't be able to create a collection by doing it the way that most of these other people are doing it where you're just putting a jpeg on. But what we're talking about is we kind of figured out how to make a collection that is on Bitcoin, right? So that's what he's saying. Even more than that, it's a collection that we can also use for token gating. Those can be plugged into contracts. You can actually create games using that type of system. So I just want to point this out to you. We found it very cool. This is something that's kind of underground right now. Only certain people are getting into it. Initially, when I first got into it, I was like, the wallets are really hard. The walls have been fixed you guys. They're just as simple as meta max or the other ones. We're looking pretty good over there to be honest with you at this point. So I did just want to kind of present some of this stuff to you. I went out and started doing some scouting. Some of you down there have been following me. Got out there and watched me doing the scouting. I just wanted to kind of see what their communities were like and what their artists and things were like. And I will tell you that this is very similar to metaverse X aptos, avalanche, all that kind of stuff. So this is going to be something I'm pretty excited about. I don't even think the influencers that are pushing this stuff understand to a degree. South Sudan, how are you doing, sir? What can we do for you? Yeah, thank you. I have a small question maybe for both of you. As you say, as polygon as layer two, about Bitcoin, stocks is the layer two of Bitcoin, or am I wrong? It's not a layer two. It's still a layer one you guys. But yeah, I understand what you guys are relating to polygon. For sure. Yep, stacks. You're right. I believe stacks is a layer one, which is even better. Okay, okay. Because I thought that there were layer two of Bitcoin because they about Bitcoin and everything Bitcoin. So I didn't get exactly why it's mean by maybe you have more information than me. That's why I ask if the layer two of Bitcoin is something like that. You can relate it to polygon, I would say.
UN News
"south sudan" Discussed on UN News
"I think it will be critical for us to engage women's groups themselves, because I think the participation of women doesn't simply relate to the numbers of women at the table. It also relates to the capacity for women to generate their own agendas. For the UN we will certainly be putting a premium on ensuring that whether elections or in the construction of other public bodies, a quota of at least 35% which has already been agreed, is maintained and upheld. And there has been a mixed record up till now. And finally, what is your message to the government and people of South Sudan at this important stage in their national development? Well, I think it's important to share with sausages that it is still possible to accomplish the benchmarks in the peace agreement within the stipulated timelines. We would be wanting to communicate the need for a sense of urgency, and that delays cause now will have a domino effect, and can not be recovered if the work is not done. We know particular that parliament broke for recess in December and hasn't reconvened yet. And this is not consonant with our understanding of the current point in which South Sudan is that at the moment, which is closer to our national emergency. So we would want all the political stakeholders to approach the tasks they had as if it were a national emergency. And they are required to play their parts. I think generally we would want to share with the South Sudanese that the objective at least one of the objectives of this transition is to establish a legitimate and credible state, a state that is recognized as standing on its own two feet and elections will play an important part in achieving that. But if the elections are not free or not fair or not credible, then they will make no contribution to the future legitimacy of a government in South Sudan.
UN News
"south sudan" Discussed on UN News
"More on elections, you and the UN and South Sudan have been asked to support the electoral process. How daunting and challenging is this going to be? Well, I think it is quite a challenge. My electoral team tells me that we should regard it as building electoral institutions of a zero base that it has been a long time since they have been elections. And those elections weren't necessary. Robust competitive political elections, as we anticipate these next elections will be. How do you avoid a situation of the UN being blamed in case something goes wrong? Well, I think it requires us to shepherd it with our eyes wide open as to the processes and the environment in which the election is taking place taking shape and I think we have to be prepared to evaluate and reevaluate where we are along the process. If it turns out that the elections have all the hallmarks of a fake election, we need to call that at the appropriate time. You spoke about civic spaces, a fair political process and fair elections require, indeed, an environment of safe civic media and political spaces. How can the UN mission provide effective assistance in this regard? One of the important elements of any strategy to expand political and civil space is to conduct an inclusive national dialog. A dialog which would take place within and between NGOs, the churches, political parties, even the security apparatus if needs to be. I think the difficulty we often face is that we know what's not expanding political and civic space. We're not always sure how to define what is that expansion. But we would know, for example, that protection of freedom of expression is critical. Freedom of assembly and association are important hallmarks of political and civil space. And we would want as the UN to draw attention to the barometers by which we can measure all of those. The detention of journalists or the expulsion of civil society activists would not be consonant with expanding political and civic space. What stumbling blocks do you see? Well, I think we need to confront a situation in which the parties will be adamant about securing political advantages for themselves, either in regard to funding either in regard to monopolization of the media, and I think it's going to be important for the UN, but not the UN only. This task is much bigger than the UN, what do you and can deliver. The international community and civil society have to engage in establishing reasonable expectations of an environment which would permit the elections. And the dialog necessary for a new constitution to be agreed. The last month's successful landmark international conference on women's transformational leadership held in the South Sudan capital of Juba had called for action in a number of areas, including their greater participation in peace building. What would you like to see as a follow-up to this major conference? Well, I think it will be important for the United Nations to message and to message in collaboration with other member states and other organizations on the importance of women's participation in the public life of the nation.
UN News
"south sudan" Discussed on UN News
"Well, I think we're coming to a peak, a fork in the road almost. In which what is on offer is the completion of the transition in South Sudan, culminating in the establishment of a stable and democratic South Sudan, or more conflict. Should the wheels come off the transition or should they fail to make the critical benchmarks sit out in the peace agreement? What is required is really a change in mindset in regard to the mindset that is required to complete this transition. One which is cognizance of the importance of collaboration and compromise between the political parties in the interests of nation building and progress on the peace agreement, or alternatively a different approach which sees almost every aspect of the transition is war by other means. Which doesn't privilege the nation building dimension of the engagement. Indeed, you told the council that 2023 is a make it or break it year for South Sudan. Why is this year so critical? Well, firstly, we need to appreciate that the transition is scheduled to effectively come to an end next year. But when you look at the tasks that have to be accomplished in order for the transition to be completed next year, most of those tasks fall due this year. So preparation for elections contact place a month before the elections. It has to take place 18 months or two years beforehand, whether it's the required voter registration or constituency demarcation. And if they shell those decisions to 2024, they're not going to be able to recover the ground which is necessary for them to accomplish some really important objectives. And let me for a moment just summarize what they are. That's to prepare for an elections, largely from a zero base.
Crypto News Alerts | Daily Bitcoin (BTC) & Cryptocurrency News
"south sudan" Discussed on Crypto News Alerts | Daily Bitcoin (BTC) & Cryptocurrency News
"You can check out the full interview, which I'll include in the show notes below the video. In the description, now let's dive into our next story of the day and discuss what's poppin and what's happening regarding the SEC clampdown and the latest what's happening and what could anticipate further this week and the Bitcoin space. Let's break it down, shall we? And shout out to CZ binance CEO. Now binance CZ had warned of a profound impact on the crypto industry if stablecoin BUSD is ruled as a security, his warning followed an alleged lawsuit by the U.S. SEC against paxos, the issuer of binance USD, the crypto world was jolted last week when the SEC shut down kraken staking program, much to the satisfaction of the chairman Gary gensler and his team, but what does this mean for the future of crypto and more specifically for staking and there we have do Quan who has also recently been charged by the SEC. The United States SEC charged terraform labs and a CEO do Kwan with fraud, alleging that Kwan and his company orchestrated a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud, which is a fact, but where was the SEC to protect us before this happened? You know what I mean? It's like a year later. So what are you actually doing at this time? You didn't help prevent this whatsoever. The securities watchdog insists that Quan raised billions from investors by creating an interconnected suite of crypto asset securities, many of which were involved in unregistered trans actions. That's right. And also the government of South Sudan reportedly prohibited U.S. dollar based transactions and has directed that all local payments be settled in their local currency. The Salva Kerr might government reportedly said it once all signed commercial contracts to be based on local currency and crypto focused investment firm pantera capital says Bitcoin has seen it slows and we're in the next bull market cycle. Let me know if you agree or disagree with their CEO, Dan moorhead, the firm's founder and managing partner he noted over the long term Bitcoin price has been in a secular uptrend of 2.3 X annually over the past 12 years on average. That my friend is a fact and as Adam back the blockstream CEO pointed out if we continue on this trajectory, the Bitcoin price can realistically hit a $10 million price target like within
Northwest Newsradio
"south sudan" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Gonna start now. I'll put a 1000% in and I'll finish it. If there's not a place for me, I will fight for this country until my last breath. On Wednesday, in Charleston, she's poised to become the first Republican to go up against former president Donald Trump in seeking the presidential nomination. America is the greatest force for good in human history, and we should never be ashamed to say that. For those that don't have our back, we're taking names. I wear heels. It's not for a fashion statement. It's because if I see something wrong, we're gonna kick them every single shot. The announcement will be followed by visits to New Hampshire and Iowa, critics say she'll be tested back in 2016, Hailey said she was embarrassed by Trump and his reluctance to condemn white supremacists. Supporters say she's a savvy executive who's been a regularly underestimated by opponents, and her background as the daughter of Indian immigrants makes her the perfect candidate. She's not expected to stand alone in the ring for long after the midterm elections a wave of high profile Republicans began to openly weigh 2024 bids against Trump, including South Carolina U.S. senator Tim Scott, Florida governor Ron DeSantis and former vice president Mike Pence. I'm Jennifer King. 21 before the hour on America in the morning, Eric Karen served honorably for 25 years as a distinguished special agent and diplomat for the U.S. government he held senior positions with Homeland Security and Interpol. In fact, right now in a location, not in the United States. Are you free to say where you are, Eric? In Uganda. I would assume warmer than most locations here in the U.S.. What's going on in Uganda? So for the last year or so, I've been participating in a mentoring program training East African officials in the area of transnational crime. But bringing officials together in one room from Tanzania, Yukon, Kenya, to cooperate with one another capacity training in the area of environmental crime, wildlife trafficking, human trafficking, and of course those crimes touch terrorism as well because terrorist groups are involved in all those crimes. Are you aware of whether or not Russia is recruiting people from that region of the world to go fight in Ukraine? The Russians are heavily invested in most of Africa. And we know that the Russians issued a PR kind of video to American former soldiers to fight for the Russians. Well, one doesn't have to look to Ukraine for war. It's right at your back door on the continent that you're visiting now. Right now, there's 20 some odd shadow wars in Africa that the U.S. are involved in in Africa, fighting the muzzle and extremists throughout Africa and Africa is the hotbed of extremism right now. Do you believe the U.S. should be there fighting Muslim extremism on the continent of Africa? I think history has will prove me right only because Osama bin Laden initiate the planning of the 9 11 attacks in New York from Sudan. And we, the U.S. government under Bill Clinton, failed to address the threat and that threat only grew, of course we know what happened on 9 11 nearly 3000 Americans died tens of thousands were injured. We have to understand the threat here in Africa is real. It's ongoing from Boko Haram, ISIS and other terrorist groups are alive and well. And I'm very concerned that America right now is distracted what's going on in America. I'm concerned that we may be facing another similar devastating attack if we're not, as I say, switched on. And fight them here on their territory rather than addressing it on our territory. We haven't heard much from Boko Haram at least in the domestic news here in the United States. I recall there was a time when they were running around villages, kidnapping girls, and I think at one time had three, four, 600 young girls with them that they had subjugated. What's that organization look like today? Well, John, the organization is alive and well throughout Africa. The very terrorist groups are active here, very close to where I'm talking to you from today. From Uganda, Tanzania in Kenya. And right next door in South Sudan, the activities of Boko Haram and other editorial groups are alive and well. The government in South Sudan and the safe haven for Muslim extremism, unfortunately. We are not addressing South Sudan with a Pope was just at South Sudan as a safe haven for Muslim extremists. It's a nation without a leader, really. I mean, the leader is somebody that we propped up on the bush and the Obama administration. He is a dictator, conducting mass murders of his own people, unfortunately. So the situation in Africa, John, I'm sorry to say, it's not good. Eric corone is an international security consultant. At this moment, assisting foreign governments from protecting their people, their population and America from rising terrorism in that neck of the Woods. Eric's book is out. It's called switched on, the heart and mind of a special agent, which is your glimpse behind the badge, right? Thank you, John. It really is, it's dedicated to all men and women of law enforcement. They haven't received the gratitude from our politicians in America. And so the book is dedicated to them. And I hope people read it and get a glimpse behind the badge. Like you said, yeah. And available where? Amazon.com, or you can go to switched on life with life as my website. Special agent and former diplomat for the U.S. government, Eric carone. Thanks for being our guest this morning. Thank you, John
Pray the Word with David Platt
Jesus Came for Sinners
"Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical .NET. Mark chapter two versus 16 and 17, and the scribes of the pharisees when they saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and tax collectors said to his disciples. Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners? And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, those who are well have no need of a physician. But those who are sick, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners. There's so much. I love about this passage. And so much we could talk about in it. But what I want to point out in particular and lead us to pray according to is the dynamic at work here as tax collectors and senators are drawn to Jesus. These people who, especially the religious leaders, would have scoffed at their scoffing at them. They're drawn to Jesus. People who are in need of Salvation centers, people who see that they are sick, spiritually. They were drawn to Jesus and I just think about my life, I think about my family, I think about the church I'm a part of. I want to live and I want to be a part of a church where sinners feel welcome where people who are far from God feel loved and cared for and are drawn to, not because we are like the world, that's obviously not the case here. And Jesus life, he was totally different from the world in such a way that people were drawn to the grace and the mercy that was found in him. Oh, I want my life to look like that. I want my life to overflow with grace and mercy and love in such a way that people who are far from God. Through my life would be drawn to Jesus, I want to be a part of a church where people who are far from God are strangely drawn to the love and the grace and the mercy, they find in the body of Christ, so can we just pray that for our lives and for our churches that we are a part of God we pray that you would help us to live and assemble as your people and operate as your people and the churches were a part of in such a way that to use language from Mark two tax collectors and sinners find a welcome place there. And our lives and our homes and in our houses of worship as the body of Christ, God we pray you help us to love so well cares so well show such grace such mercy in our lives and in our churches that people are strangely drawn to you through us. God, please May that be so. We look around in our cities and our communities so many people in need of your grace and your love and your mercy. Even as we know, we're in need of your grace and your love and your mercy. So God help us to be active and sharing the gospel and inviting people to the gathering of your people and inviting people to see and encounter your love and God we pray that you would bless our lives and our churches to lead many people to you, Jesus, just like was happening here in Mark chapter two. God deliver us from any and every tendency towards self righteousness and toward cocooning ourselves as religious people in such a way that those who are far from you are not drawn to you through us and we pray this when it comes to the spread of the gospel of the nations we pray today for the Sudanese Arabs for Arabs and Sudan for Muslims across Sudan, God we pray for your blessing on the church in Sudan and South Sudan that churches in Sudan would be a welcome place for Muslims to find the peace of Jesus, God even as we pray that over Sudan we pray that our churches would be welcome places for Muslims to find the peace of Jesus and atheists to find the love of Jesus and all kinds of people from all kinds of different backgrounds to find you Jesus just as these tax collectors found you to be loving and caring toward them and Mark to God may it be true through our lives and our churches we pray according to Mark chapter two in Jesus name.
WBUR
"south sudan" Discussed on WBUR
"Our people, our young people as well and give them the education that they need. I'm talking about government spending that continues to rise. Those are the kind of structure reforms that we need. A president Cyril Ramaphosa says his government is working to turn things around addressing the issue of unemployment in our country was never going to be a one day event, and we are not afraid to confront the reality. The situation that faces us. We are up to it. Among other things, the South African government has expanded for another four months what it calls the employment tax incentive. Which helps businesses hire young people by reducing the actual cost of employing them. The payment of some taxes has also been delayed and billions of rands have been put aside to help provide the economy this year. And that was Alencar Suja with our latest Africa daily podcast. And do you remember? You can subscribe if you go to BBC sound or wherever you get your podcast form. You know, we're getting quite a few texts in on that story about transport resuming between the Ugandan border and south Sudanese capital Juba. How did Chairman Uganda says south Sudan is a lawless country which reminds me of the Wild Wild West, and the agreements signed by the authorities of south Sudan are as worthless as the Zimbabwe dollar. Yes, and even James Manning jaw saying the same thing here as always. It just disappeared. My queen, he said. It's do. There's illegal taking of money from truck drivers, even inside Juba City roads by the police, he says. Your comments this morning. You're listening.
WBEZ Chicago
"south sudan" Discussed on WBEZ Chicago
"Risks. But those who use South Sudan's Jew but normally highway have been paying Particularly heavy price over 30. Traders and drivers from across East Africa have been killed on the road this year, so truckers went on strike a few weeks ago at the main crossing point in the south on the border with Uganda. Now, Traffic has resumed after security measures have been agreed. And we can get an update now with mousy Assad, chairperson of the regional Heavy Truck Drivers Association, Uganda, You might recall that he spoke to us a few weeks ago at the time of the block blockade. Welcome back to the program. So what are these new security arrangements? Then you've got to take 12 trucks. Is to land and the deployments along the memories about So We agreed That you were going to destruction. The fact that week Then you will see how destitute it would be. And when we say with the two vehicles accompanying them is this from South Sudan's military. Yeah, His land is going to be with south Sudan and police. Is that a set up that reassures you? Given that the road has been so dangerous in the past? Impact has been So dangerous because the trucks have been ambushed, they able to weeks or a month and the drivers have been killed. The attack had been the bag. So that's why we decided to act used to stake I do. Look at that sweet. Is that specific arrangement enough to ward off people who might want to attack those convoys because a couple of land cruisers provides some security, But is it enough security? It's like this. There are some deployment. Yeah. Some food bottles. And the 20 trucks should be escorted to run closure of money and police. Are going to move in the budget and security, according to water have been an attempt. They advised us to To move around 7 to 5. Suggest during daylight hours year when it when it's safer against I read in some of the South Sudanese media a quote from a south Sudanese officials saying that the president of Uganda Gave orders for you to lift your strike. Is that correct? No, no, no, no. We agreed upon some Some arrangements that you didn't but not forced. Okay, doing it Voluntary. Good. Good to clear that up. One more question, If if I could, um, you, you and other truckers have also complained about people essentially asking for money along The route, extortion by armed forces, illegal taxation and so on. Have you had any reassurance that that will be cleared up? Yeah, I agree that. Oh, the checkpoints. I don't do bar. Which has been full of extension of money to give us are going to build. Moved. All right. We'll see Assad, chairperson of the regional Heavy Truck Drivers Association, Uganda laying out there the conditions in which he and members and other truckers have agreed to resume that those vital deliveries of goods to Juba, south Sudanese capital. And now for a moment in civil rights history. Oh, thank you. Okay, you do you crowds there, cheering and applauding during the removal of one of the largest Confederate statues on public display.
WBUR
"south sudan" Discussed on WBUR
"World Service. If you're a truck driver anywhere in the world, you know there are potential risks. But those who used South Sudan's Joubert normally highway have been paying Particularly heavy price over 30. Traders and drivers from across East Africa have been killed on the road this year, so truckers went on strike a few weeks ago at the main crossing point in the south on the border with Uganda. Now, Traffic has resumed after security measures have been agreed. And we can get an update now with mousy Assad, chairperson of the regional Heavy Truck Drivers Association, Uganda you might recall he spoke to us a few weeks ago at the time of the block blockade. Welcome back to the program. So what are these new security arrangements then? Uh, you challenge is to take 20 trucks. With two land and some of the deployments along the memories abroad. So we agreed. That you were going to leave these trucks in the last week. Then we see how the security will be and when we say with the two vehicles accompanying them is this from South Sudan's military. Yeah, His land is going to be with south Sudan and police. Mhm. Is that a set up that reassures you? Given that the road has been so dangerous in the past? In past has been So dangerous because the trucks had been ambushed. They were able to weeks or months and the drivers have been killed. The attack had been bad. So that's why he would say that too active to stake. I feel good at it. But is that specific arrangement enough to ward off people who might want to attack those convoys because a couple of land cruisers Provide some security. But is it enough security? It's like this. There are some deployment. Yeah, some food battlers. And the 20 trucks should be escorted with two run closing of money and police are going to move in the batches and security. According to what has been an attempt They advised us to to move around 7 to 5. So just during daylight hours? Yeah, when it when it's safer, A guess I I read in some of the South Sudanese media a quote from a south Sudanese officials saying that the president of Uganda Gave orders for you to lift your strike. Is that correct? No, no, no, no. We agreed upon some some arrangement, substituting, but not first. Okay, doing it Voluntary. Good. Good to clear that up. One more question, if if I could. Um, you. You and other truckers have also complained about people essentially asking for money along the route and extortion by armed forces, illegal taxation and so on. Have you had any reassurance that that will be cleared up? Yeah, I believe that. Oh, the checkpoints don't give Juba. Uh but marriage which has been full of extension of money to give us are going to be removed. All right. We'll see Assad, chairperson of the regional Heavy Truck Drivers Association, Uganda laying out there the conditions in which he and members and other truckers have agreed to resume. Those vital deliveries of goods to Juba, south Sudanese capital. And now for a moment in civil rights history. Thank you. Okay, you do you crowd they're cheering and applauding during the removal of one of the largest Confederate statues on public.
IsraAID
"south sudan" Discussed on IsraAID
"I'm Tama, Israeli senior director of development and communications based in our headquarters here in television. And I'm delighted to welcome you to our special women's day event. Thank you all so much for coming. It's an absolute honor to spend women's day with you all. So a tiny word about Israel before we kick off this exciting event. Israeli is an international non governmental humanitarian aid organization based in Israel. Since we were founded in 2001, our teams have worked in emergency and long-term development settings in more than 50 countries around the world. In our missions to support people affected by humanitarian crisis. We partner with local communities around the world to provide urgent aid, a system recovery and reduce the risk of future disasters. And since today is all about women, it's important to note that much of our work in humanitarian contexts often focuses on issues that can affect women disproportionately. Including, for example, our programs responding to and preventing gender based violence in South Sudan. Employment training and language classes for refugee women in Greece and distributing dignity dignity kits, including menstrual hygiene products in the emergency response period following most humanitarian crises. And we're really excited to hear more about all of this today from our panelists. Now it's my real real honor and privilege to introduce esa eisen who will be chairing this women's day panel. Featuring some truly amazing Israeli professionals..
UN News
Aid Worker Killed in South Sudan
"The top un humanitarian official in south sudan has called for law enforcement along roads following the killing of an aid worker. In an ambush. In eastern equatoria. On wednesday the aid worker was killed when assailants fired at a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle. That was part of a team of international non-governmental organizations and south sudanese health workers travelling to a health facility. The team was driving in an area that has seen several roadside ambushes this year in a statement on thursday un humanitarian coordinator in south sudan. Lend nor the who condemned the killing and urged the government to strengthen law enforcement on roads which he called a vital connection between aid organizations and the communities they serve. The incident marked the first killing of an aid. Worker in south sudan year. Nine aid workers were killed in twenty twenty
Israel Story
A Modern Day Escape From Egypt
"When people ask me where my home is I find it quite hard to unser but i originally come from south sudan. That's that's that's where. I know. I come from but i don't really know where my home is. That's christina christina zia. She's tall has bleached cut hair. Dark skin and fierce is. That somehow don't seem to match shyness of her smile. She's nineteen years old but listening to her. You'd think she was much older. Or maybe i should say much more mature. I just feel. I've been so many places and every time they tried to call a. Place my hall. It was snatched away from me. Christina was born a refugee in fact. She's what un agencies call a second generation refugee and as is the case with many other refugees. It's hard to know where exactly to start her story. I could go all the way back to one thousand nine hundred ninety eight. When christina's parents to clean and philip took their three year old first born daughter viola and fled war-torn sudan. Search of a safer future this time might genocide could attorney typically begin in beirut lebanon where the bas wound up and where in two thousand and one christina was born or else i could fast forward a few years and starred in maadi a bustling suburb of cairo where christina spent her early child but instead i'm going to open with a scene which to christina to felt like a true beginning a modern day exodus from egypt. It's june two thousand and seven and wearing the sinai peninsula. It's pitch black night bedouin. Smugglers have just instructed. Six year old christina twelve-year-old viola. Their father they're pregnant mother and a few dozen other sudanese asylum seekers to climb onto the back of rickety pickup truck and they covered us. And they're like don't make any noise and If you do it will be problem to us and t- you of so just don't risk
BBC World Service
Kenya Orders Closure of Two Refugee Camps and Gives Ultimatum to UN Agency
"Kenya has ordered the closure of the country's largest refugee camps and given the United Nations 14 days to come up with a road map to do so. Only half a million refugees currently live in that the dab in Kakuma refugee camps, most of them from Somalia and south Sudan, respectively. Countries which are of course, still unstable. We could speak now, if the BBC's Kenya correspondent Fernando Monte who joins us from Nairobi. Hi, Ferdinand. We've been here for 4%. Suddenly, this is not the first time the government's made an announcement like this is a lizard third time. The first mentioned about 2017 when they all had be concerns about that. That particularly being a place where terrorists to recruit people to then conduct attacks in king about that here. The high control the unconstitutional for the government to close the come, which has mostly people fleeing the unrest in Somalia, Because can you also had international delegations? The government sitting the appeal in 2019 again said that and they came to an agreement with the United Nations to do what Linda repatriation but that hasn't seems to work. So now again, they into that secretary say that this time there will be no move for further negotiations on they want now. Not just Kakuma crossed, not just adopt coast but also Kakuma, which would affect at least close to half a
UN News
Myanmar Ambassador to UN denounces military coup
"The un special envoy on myanmar has strongly condemned continuing bloodshed in the country after dozens of protesters were reportedly killed at the weekend in a on sunday. Special envoy christine strana burgener said that she had received accounts of killings mistreatment of demonstrators and torture of prisoners. The development comes as the myanmar military continues to face international calls including from the security council for restraint dialogue and full respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. After the first february military coup according to reports violence continued across myanmar over the weekend with thirty eight people killed on sunday alone on monday. The un independent human rights expert on myanmar also reiterated his appeal to you and member states to act to address the crisis special reporter. Tom andrews said that he was outraged at reports that so many protesters had been murdered by myanmar security forces in a single day. You and rights chief. Michelle basch on. Monday called on the south. Sudanese authorities to hold accountable. Although supporting local militias in to jonglei region ms bachelet appeal follows a wave of attacks on villages across jong lie and greater administrative area between january and august last year organized and heavily armed community based militias from the dinka nuer and merlin communities carried out the violence according to the report issued by the mission south sudan on miss and the un rights office wage chr the military and political figures who supported the local armed. Groups should be prosecuted. Ms bachelet said adding that they had deliberately fueled unexploited legalize tensions among our stations. The high commissioner said it was of paramount importance that the government stopped the supply of weapons to these militias.
UN News
Violence engulfs South Sudan
"Extreme violence involving thousands of fighters at a time has engulfed. Most of south sudan a decade after independence. You and human rights council appointed investigators said on friday. According to the commission on human rights in south sudan the bloodshed and exactions faced by civilians are the worst recorded. Since the country's civil war began in december two thousand thirteen some of the most brutal attacks have been carried out in the states of central equatoria jonglei and greater people administrative area with up to fifty thousand fighters involved in one attack on the village of liqun. Gory in jonglei. Here's commission chairperson. Jasmine super we have documented the new levels of militia violence engulfing more than three quarters of the country at localized level in which children carry weapons and women. At traded as spoils of war like chattels abducted. Boys have been forced to fight. And in some instances forcibly assimilated into rival armed groups. The commission's warning comes two years. Since the revitalized peace agreement was signed which masuku had led to a reduction in hostilities nationally without resulting south sudan increasingly bitter polarized identity where ethnicity was prized above. All the commission on human rights in south sudan is due to present its report to the human rights council in geneva on the tenth of march
News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"south sudan" Discussed on News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"Or click the link in the podcast notes to contribute today. Whether it's $2 or $200. Every little bit helps. And now back to more of today's edition of the big impact hosted by Bill Hobson. We are continuing here on the big impact. Our guest is Dr Mark Gorgas, and he has played a very big role in helping free over 1100 Sudanese slaves doing it in a way that matches the scale of economy in Sudan and mark I think of if I had ever even been Asked to contemplate the idea of a cattle vaccine in exchange for a human being. I probably would have thought it was complete fiction, and yet that's a key part of this process that you're describing for us here. The Lord works in mysterious ways. My friend and I I certainly didn't see that one coming. How surprised were you that that was the commodity, so to speak, that needed to be provided and exchanged. And and by the way once the transaction is made, how do we know that the same captors aren't going to come back after that Same slave? Great question. I get asked that a lot. Well into that. How do we know that? It doesn't continue? So see if I was one of those organizations that was lobbying for South Sudan and in 2000 and five south to the end became its own country. And there was a treaty that the rays that were from the north to the south, where they took this place near the treaty between the north to the south for it to stop. So now those raids where they're taking this place from this house is stopping. It's done, so it's not going to continue. It's not like a mark it well, Hey, if we buy them they would go by here. More ever happened from the north of self, which is great. And originally, when it first happened. It was with money. It wasn't the vaccine thing, but then see a science that Hey, we're not gonna barter all this mail. This is a female that no, they're like this is That's what Randall with your paying first plane and so that it wasn't it wasn't like a money grabbing thing. And then they decided, instead of exchanging money because it put the traders lines at risk, its ultimate made a limit More like Other towns that were about pronounces simple. I'm gonna give you a vaccine for your cattle, so there's like a long lasting benefit for them, and instead of walking around with tons of money to create 300 plays at the time. Well, first of all, that's wonderful. And and second of all, I would love to know how they ever came to that price tag for lack of a more humanitarian sounding phrase price tag. Right. You had to provide for them something of value for those who have been enslaved in Sudan. We normally think about traffic. You were thinking about sex trafficking. We're thinking about labor trafficking rethink What were they required to do what was their role in slavery that they're now no longer having to do well. So if you hear the story, so in the eighties and nineties, when they were captured, they Sudanese government hired the Arab Miller militia men with weapons. Going, it's out, and they would capture them and they would walk them back north. Many of the people walking if you walk too slow or often times a man got shot killed. They were they were. They didn't treat the men and well, for sure the women were pretty much Right, right. They were property. If the master wanted to rape you, over and over, he could If he wanted to beat you, he could. If the wife got jealous of you, she could I mean, I read the story of a wife of the Masters was jealous or hot burning water scolding the face the neck. See, armed. I mean, the tortures are unbelievable. One of the master's son was trying to rape the daughter rapist only that she resisted. And so he shot her like in the neck. Like like you'd be amazed the tortures the Or and again. These were Muslim captors Christian's place, so they were insulting them, considering them like garbage, So there's things just the insult work. Terrible. They were beaten, raped. If they had a child. Sometimes Sometimes they meet up with another person from their village that they might have a child. Right My whatever. But then the Masters would trade away the Children. It was just horrific. And what will they won't they doing? Well, they were cooking, cleaning, taking care of the cattle. They were doing that kind of work and the story that well, if the magic didn't like the food that get beaten, they were starving to death. And they had very little resource is they were not well fed and A lot of them come when they come back. They get treated for malnutrition, Dehydration, malaria. I mean, there's the picture one tumor. I mean, they were not getting any type of care at all. So beaten, insulted, rape, torture, You know, slave labor, hardworking labor all day on like little food. Kind of what we see in the movies. It's what we learned about, right? Yeah, it's astounding that it still happens A few months ago on this program, my friend Kim Westfall joined us and she just started an organization called Uncaged. And that was It is intended to help rescue girls from sex trafficking in Uganda, and I think Uganda or Rwanda. I don't want to get that wrong and as she began to share what fueled her passion for launching this organization Number feeling a number of the same things I'm feeling as you're describing what was happening. What is happening in Sudan, a complete and utter disregard for humanity. It's clearly a dark evil environment do know I have strong faith that introducing the Lord And faith into that area would bring such revival brings so much hope to everybody. But first and foremost, we got to get people into safe environments. You start by an inter fact. I think that in Scripture and let me back up for just a minute, Dr Mark, there are a number of people who listen to the big impact. Who have a background of faith. But there are a lot of people who don't come to this program with that background. I just want you all to know that there are a number of instances throughout Scripture where Jesus when he's performing miracles, But he's healing people. When he says to the paralytic, take up your mat and walk. He then says to everybody, Basically, I'll paraphrase very loosely. I did the physical healing so that you would understand I can do the spiritually eternal healing. The physical healing wasn't a big challenge for the one who made the person that that's not difficult, but people who are watching don't understand. Why would you start with the physical? Why would you start with the basics? And so I could use an illustration from the homeless shelters from gospel rescue missions around the country who start by providing hot meals, safe shelter and and Loving embrace that then opens the door up to further discussion about the condition of one's soul. And so here is this effort led by Dr Mark Gorgas that is saying this, we want to get you to save from there. Let's let's have some more conversation. We want to get you to safety first and foremost now. I have to ask you this in this process, Mark. I can't imagine that all of the slaveholders.
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"south sudan" Discussed on 860AM The Answer
"Com slash l box Hundreds of South Sudanese politicians, given the boot from their hotels on pay bills. $50 million worth hotel industry said. I should warn the government over the areas to no avail. So it decided to reject the politicians. One politician complained that the power was cut off in his room and that he wasn't given time to pack. Some say they now have nowhere to go. The government says it's paid some of the bills, but not all of thumb South Sudan remains in a state of near perpetual conflict with 60% of the population facing severe hunger. That's the BBC's Mary Harper. Nonviolent resistance to me and Mars military coup is building momentum, with public protests extending to several region including in the tightly controlled Capitol region. The military has tried to quash opposition with selective arrests and by blocking Facebook access. News and analysis. Town hall dot com. Stuck in Travis. We've got the answer. This'll report is sponsored by America's best contacts and eyeglasses. Better news in Fairfield, the East 80th. The 6 80 interchange, Singular, canceled earlier to vehicle injury accident cleared All lanes are open traffic, making a very nice recovery. New accident, though in Hayward north, a baby before Tennison that is a two vehicle collision. So far no lane information, just a minor back up being reported, and also getting reports out of the Fremont area. North 8 80 at Stevenson going to run a traffic break, but no specifics as to why Baber it's soul posit metering lights are on, but it's only backed up to about the middle of the parking lot and stretches of heavy across the bridge into San Francisco. That's traffic. I'm Paul Maxwell. Don't overpaid for glasses get two pairs and a free example just 69 95. The exam alone is worth 50 bucks. That's not just a better deal. It's America's best.
The CyberWire
China gets in on the SolarWinds act
"Reuters reports that the fbi investigation of the solar wind supply. Chain attack is looking into evidence that chinese threat actors successfully exploited a vulnerability in the company's software to compromise the national finance center a payroll system operated by the us department of agriculture. The department of agriculture's reaction to the story is ambiguous. The agriculture department emailed reuters to say that. Usda has notified all customers including individuals and organizations whose data has been affected by the solar winds orion code compromise but a second departmental spokesman said after the story broke that there was no data breach related to solar winds at usda but offered no further clarification the vulnerability the chinese threat actors are believed to have exploited is said to be different from the one used by. Unc twenty four fifty two. The thread actor widely believed to be a russian intelligence service. Reuters anonymous sources told them that the campaign used and infrastructure that have been previously deployed by state backed chinese cyber spies as the washington post observes many have suspected another group was also actively exploiting solar winds but reuters. Report is the first to suggest that this second threat actor was connected to the chinese government. The chinese foreign ministry denied any involvement observing i and in fairness correctly that attribution is a complex technical issue the ministry then moved onto unlikely insistence on the usual pieties. China resolutely opposes and combat's any form of cyber attacks and cyber theft. It's doubtful that any government on the planet even say the holy sea or san marino resolutely opposes any form of cyber attack unless cyber attack is construed narrowly as to rule out any form of interception surveillance or retaliation if any pure cyber are running any government. It's doubtful that government is in beijing. Some have said that majors cyber attacks are often more like riots than bank jobs with multiple actors going after the same targets for their own reasons. Reuters quotes former. Us chief information security officer retired air force general gregory to hill. Who thinks it's not that unusual for more than one group to hit the same product. He prefers the racing metaphor to the criminal. One quote it wouldn't be the first time we've seen a nation state actor surfing in behind someone else. It's like drafting in nascar. To heal said it's worth noting that while the national finance center is housed in the department of agriculture. Its responsibilities aren't confined there. The nfc also handles payroll for other government agencies. Some of the more interesting ones from the point of view of national security are the fbi the state department the department of homeland security and the treasury department the nfc claims on its website to payroll more than six hundred thousand employees and also provides customizable and flexible financial management services and integrated shared service solutions. The data held by the nfc would include social security numbers phone numbers personal email addresses and banking information and also associations between individual employees and their agencies. Such information is useful for building. Human target dossiers of individuals of interest and chinese services have shown an appetite for such sweeping collection in the past against the us most notably in the office of personnel management breach of two thousand fifteen
KQED Radio
"south sudan" Discussed on KQED Radio
"To hear more of Jason's conversation was Sophie. Petter, Just go to wherever you get your podcasts. Jason Palmer. Thanks a lot. Thanks you Nearly a decade ago, millions of people voted to create the world's newest nation, South Sudan. Came after more than two decades of violent civil war. Millions of people were displaced, many of them Children, who became known as the Lost Boys and Girls. Now people from the vibrant self Sudanese diaspora are eager to tell their stories. The World's Africa correspondent Holly McPeak Condi spoke with one former refugee who's written a memoir about his family's experience. You are too drawn. A lock has come a long way from his days as a child refugee. He's now in his forties, lives in Australia with his wife and three Children, makes a good living working as an engineer at a mining company. Still, he's never been able to forget the arduous journey that brought him to where he is today because this story for so long and I came for a point where I just said to myself. This story has to be told. The world needs to know about it. You know. It was born in bore town, which back then was still part of Sudan. The country would soon be engulfed in a civil war. A south Sudanese who are mostly black, African and Christian, fought for their independence. You. Its family fled to escape. The violence walked hundreds of miles to Ethiopia, then to Kenya. About five years ago, you won't began writing these memories down and bits and pieces. I just need time to write. I rode on the train on my way into the city to work. Road on planes on gold mining camps. You it's memoir was released last year in Australia, and it's also available in the United States. It begins not with war or violence, but with a moment of joy, a scene of women dancing and singing. They're celebrating the birth of us father. He's the hero of this memoir, which is aptly titled Father of The Lost Boys Not only see a great man, but it's never humble man. A very intelligent man. Who has also done a tremendous service to our country. His father, Nita, Kajang, and lock is in his seventies. He's a former school teacher who was once jailed and tortured by Sudanese authorities. Yet he continued fighting for south Sudan's independence. More remarkably, he helped lead 20,000 south Sudanese child refugees to safety. From refugee camps in Ethiopia to Kenya. Maddox says he felt it was his duty as a teacher. I found that since we were because I was a teacher, and I thought that my country and my parents have given me the upper hand, probably educated, so when I let the love boys That was their responsibility. And also I wanted them to have the question. Not everyone agreed with him, says Munchak. Some wanted the South Sudanese Children to become a child soldiers at one point, even his son you wrote, was trained as a child soldier taught to use an AK 47. Still attack insisted that the Children should be led to safety so they could continue with her education. There was my plus a fee we will not share by so many people thought that Began with the solution. And I will not one of them made chocolate. Other teachers lead the thousands of lost boys and girls to relative safety at a new refugee camp in Kenya Since his son's memoir was released, the child has been receiving messages from former child refugees all over the world. We've been those who have gone to the United States who are in Canada and here I'm getting world with messages and thank you, you would save your life. You have opened our eyes and so many beautiful things. You tells me he's been getting messages to from former child refugees, thanking him for telling their story, authentically. He says it wasn't easy. The memoir is filled with heroin scenes of aerial bombardment of his friend's drowning as they crossed crocodile infested rivers. Those events were quite traumatic. But putting them down to the pit was also a fellow a sense of relief. S O. Was that have been released on this bed and you're just one of many in the South Sudanese. They asked for a beginning to document their stories. Peter Dang is another sound Sudanese refugee living in Australia. He owns a publishing house called Africa World Books. Dang says he's seeing more and more interest in writing memoirs among the South Sudanese to Astra and not just in Australia. People have developing truth on good thing about them Now they don't know what about money, so they want to leave the stories make them public made available. So I think that I also is where a little I'll play Devil's Dang says There's a need for more reading materials produced by South Sudanese people who traditionally come from oral cultures. Deng says he worries that the recent history of the people of South Sudan could be lost is a good country with a lot of recent information. But if it is not documented now, then we're gonna miss it because Those who have experience our agent, Deng says. This keeps him up. At night, He tries to make book writing accessible for everyone, instead of requiring full length manuscripts, who published small booklets for Dang, It's important to get this history into print. These days, he says young south Sudanese air coming into his bookstore, keen to learn more about the roots that our language books being written on some of the books about traditions, cultures, But most of the book are about liberation struggle. The sound Sunnis, diaspora is spread across the world in countries like Australia and the United States. Many of these young people don't remember South Sudan or were born abroad. Deng says. Their interest in these new books will help keep their history alive. For the world. I'm holy Mecca, Condi in Nairobi, Kenya,.
News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"south sudan" Discussed on News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"Season way like to do something. Genuinely spectacular. There's evil in the world, and every now and again we get to partner with CS I Christian Solidarity International to combat evil in a way that is palpable. That is Absolutely possible we can free people from slavery doesn't seem real, does it? It's real. We in America. Anyone who's listening. This program can do something about it. It is a spectacular opportunity. And I wanted my friend Kevin McCullough to tell us more about the opportunity because he knows about this stuff He's worked with. C s I, Kevin welcome. Hey, Eric. Seems like I'm on your show every day these days. Why not? It's good to be back. Hey, it's fun. Let's keep let's get some more fun to talk about. What great things we can do then about you know how difficult everything is in the United States and there, although all our problems this is something I keep saying, it's like what you know the Jews call a mitzvah. You can do a good act. It is just a spectacular thing that you could just do this thing with a certain amount of money. You could do this good thing, and there's nothing to say about it. It's just all good and wonderful, and I think when you have that opportunity, you're sort of obliged to take it. You know, It's funny because you know you and I live in the New York area and we we rub shoulders with people that Ah lot of times disagree with us on a lot of things from the basis of our faith and worldview. But one thing I've never found any of them willing to criticize for is the involvement that I've had t talk about C s I and tell others about C s I and the releasing people from slavery and I don't know if this will come through on the camera, but I wanted I wanted you to see this picture. Of a woman named a book. I want you to notice something about her face. Eric. What is that? Right there in the middle of her face. It looks like she was pure joy as expressed in a smile, but it Zamora than a smile. I mean, that's kind of an amazing It's one of the most happiest expressions. I think that has ever been captured on in photography. And for those that are listening. She has this huge smile. And if you knew what this woman had been through prior to taking that picture, you would say that that smile is, in fact, a miracle. Because that woman had no reason to have a smile that big on her face. She's also holding in the same picture of bag that says C s I on it. And people may be wondering what what is? What is that bag? Why does it have C s? I plastered on it. Well, that is that is a part of what's called the sack of hope that is given to these women that are liberated from slavery. And when they are begun to be relocated back to where their family originated from or where their family is that and we've never talked about this element of it, Eric, But when when you go and retrieve the slave and you bring them to the recovery camp at the border of South Sudan, and then they have some time to recover. Then there's this last part of the journey, which is the going back home. But it is unlike any homecoming you've ever seen in your life. You know, this year Mr Fauci is saying, Don't do Christmas. He's saying no Christmas for you, and we're holding two. Just the opposite of that in C s. I were saying, Let's make Christmas big for these slaves, and when they come in, they hold a party. Like you've never seen the entire village comes out. There is a huge, enormous gathering of people that come out and they sing hymns. They sing hymns praising God for the return home of this loved one that they had. And it is absolutely unlike anything that has ever been conceived of in this in this particular slaves heart because for the years previous to that all they have known his heart ache all they have known as indentured labor. All they've known is Sexual abuse and verbal abuse and physical abuse. And at the end of the day to come home to have people who love you that sing praises to God because you are free and capable of living your life again. It is that mitzvah that you were talking about. It is unlike any other good that I've ever witnessed. And it it it just it makes my heart so full. I mean, I keep having to step outside myself, You know, You think this can't be real. It's so hard to communicate these things because we live in a country. We are so blessed with freedom. We can't begin to imagine what it would be like to live in a place where slavery is possible, But it just it doesn't seems like you know, talking about living in the iron age or something. It doesn't seem Possible from where we are, And yet right now it's happening right now. Women like the woman you just showed on camera and again, there's a radio show, but we also are on YouTube. So go to our YouTube channel your contact to show you can see these things, but that photo. It just knocks me back because I think That's a real person that is obviously a person who is experiencing a kind of joy that doesn't seem possible in this world because we've never experienced the evil that she's experienced..
The World
Ethiopia's conflict spills over border as thousands flee
"This week, he sent federal troops into a province of his own country. Hundreds are reported dead in the northern region of Tigre and refugees air spilling over the border into Sudan. So what explains the shift from peace to conflict? Michelle Gavin is a former ambassador and senior fellow for African studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Ambassador Gavin We're talking about the Ethiopian province of Tigre, where the violence is happening. It's squeezed into the northwest corner of Ethiopia. Figure it straddles the border of Eritrea to its north. What is so important about Tigre relative to the rest of Ethiopia? Well for many years, the Tigre and People's Liberation Front that sort of dominant political and military entity in Tigre was really first among equals in the ruling coalition for all of Ethiopia so to Graham's played an incredibly prominent role in Ethiopian governance, politics, security But with the rise of the new Prime Minister Ahmed There's been a bit of a re balancing in Ethiopia. And this is kind of opened up contest station from ethnicities across this incredibly diverse country. And there has been kind of widespread feeling that for too long, a small minority from Tigre had too much control of the federal government. So there's political tension between Tigre and Addis Ababa. Are there also historical grievances between two grand central government that we need to mention? I mean, is there a back story here? Tigre is now fighting at us. There's a lot of back story Ethiopian and certainly to Gran's were and incredibly, they weren't just dominant, politically and in the security services for many years, certainly under the leadership of Prime minister malice, But they also suffered most in the long and very costly in blood and treasure war with your tria. So there is there's also you know, a sense of probably grievance in that sense. Abby's come to power they feel targeted by new personnel choices by new policy choices. What maybe others in Ethiopia see as a re balancing the Tigre ins can often feel like persecution despite the tremendous sacrifices that they have made for the country. There are reports from Tigre oven. Ethiopian air campaign heavy bombardment at times. I mean, what's at stake here as far as you can tell ambassador Is it a possible civil war between two grands and Ethiopian troops? There is Tigre saying. We've had enough. We want independence. How should we interpret what's going on? We should absolutely be worried about a civil war, which I don't think would necessarily be contained just Teo, the Tigre region, giving all of the other tensions and actors. So what's at stake? You know the wellbeing of over 110 million Ethiopians. Regional stability. Conflict in Ethiopia has a very high chance of drawing in Eritrea. Sudan, tipping the balance of Sudan zone very fragile transition. Ethiopia's incredibly important actor in trying to bring stability to Somalia to South Sudan distracted and weekend. Ethiopia is really quite devastating, Tio this entire horn region which is strategically really significant, and there are a lot of actors external to Africa. In the Gulf, the Chinese and from the West, all of whom care deeply about stability in this region, so the prospect of drawing others in of proxy conflict it's really a powder keg, and the consequence will not be confined solely to what's happening inside Ethiopia's borders. Michelle Gavin, senior fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She also served as ambassador to Botswana from 2011 to 14. Ambassador Gavin Thank you very much. Thank you.
UN News
Nobel Peace Prize recognition is an amazing day, saysUN food agency
"The announcement that the UN. World. Food program or W P as one the twenty twenty Nobel Peace Prize is being described as an amazing day for its workers in the field. Put their lives on the line to help at risk communities. That's the message from Matthew Lyndale head of the agency's South Sudan operation in these interview with your. News Johnson. He's been explaining how the one thousand in two hundred strong humanitarian team there has been helping communities hit by the worst flooding in decades ongoing violence. So we're thrilled today to have received the Nobel Peace Prize for Twenty Twenty there are a thousand, two, hundred, and fifty will food program start working in south Sudan. Relieve your hunger for and feed more than five million people a year and clearly south Sudan for the World Food Program is one of the most complex operations. A country that's face decades of violence. But it's also having to Manage Economic Downturn Cove nineteen locust infestation more violence which continues persistently and now more recently floods have affected more than eight hundred, thousand people. So for all of WFP in south Sudan a country where we were very hard to to demonstrate the link between violence and hunger and try and stop that link rake that that relationship so that we can actually change people's lives for the better future for us. This is just an amazing day. It is certainly excellent use agency for the more than twelve hundred workers on the ground. You say, maybe you could give me some insight into what they're doing not just in terms of the emergency following the devastating flooding that had which has been the worst in decades. I remember you briefing is just a couple of weeks ago on this, but also in terms of the development projects on the ground to help. Resilience for these communities can go home. So in South Sudan Kaley, there is a massive emergency failure of work given the enormity of the food insecurity problem that the country faces and only in the last five years we faced thirty one pockets of famine. It gives you an idea about how significant the problem is here, but it's not the only problem that we need to face and it's not an emergency response is not the only tool. In all too. But obviously what we're also trying to tune in south Sudan is really the poster child for bringing Emergency Response Development activities and this building activities together as warm and part of that obviously is to change the fundamental problems that are faced by so many south Sydney citizen's issues of isolation, the issues of inequality and yet criti- and marginalization all of which creates the breeding ground or conflict and violence. So through our programs where we`re Supporting rural farmers to be more productive to have enough food for their own communities. But more importantly to create a surplus that they can trade with other communities to link those communities together to link farmer's markets and other markets and thereby creating a positive relationship across ethnic divides US Mutiti divides. Can Act they bring people together these. These that we want to invest more. Easily. Recognized I think in this these fries today and it's not just south Saddam redoing these things but also fundamentally desperately trying to show but those that would manipulate burst the time and have manipulated in the past I held accountable so that this change in south Sudan, it's a country that frankly we've been in for fifty years too long and we aim to make sure that we are not needed in this country. We've talked to make those linkages between development aid and is go and obviously we wish you very best to that and your teams in very difficult circumstances millions have been experiencing displacement and conflicts just last week the Human Rights Council highlighted a report that talked about the use of starvation. As a weapon of war, we've heard even worse than that soldiers being offered the chance to rape women in communities in you of payment I mean, you just can't imagine the kind of conditions. But when you go into a community with the WFP Bana, what is it that the agency brings? What is the agency's added value? So in South Sudan because we've built relationships with communities of the decades of presence here because we are, you know twelve hundred plus strong organization with presence across ten states and a deep relationship with the communities we serve where known entity and we have the logistics tools in our toolbox to be able to access areas. We the helicopters, planes, all-terrain vehicles, canoes, bogs, boats you. We have an enduring sir. We're able to meet people's needs when they're the worst, but we're also able to support organizations other organizations as well as community leaders themselves to make a difference in their communities. So what we are. From perspective able to do is anyone really Priam? Times as a facilitator to bring you a organizations to bring communities together that typically have had problems coming together in this country since twenty eleven since its independence country who vicious periods of civil war and has persistent national conflict local conflict walk WFP has is now trying to do is trying to ensure that our food security presence. Can Be used by other partners because we in this on our own to really facilitate a change in this environment, a fundamental change in what is causing an enabling violence to contain one
UN News
Everything you need to know about human rights in South Sudan
"The first report of its kind by a U N panel. The Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan reported on Tuesday that government forces through most of two, thousand and seventeen and two, thousand, eighteen intentionally deprived IOT and Luo communities living under the control of the opposition in western Bahr Gazelle state of resources amounting to collective punishment and starvation as a method of warfare government commanders also authorized as soldiers to reward themselves by pillaging items deemed indispensable to the survival of these rural populations the report adds. Since gaining independence in two, thousand and thirteen. The brutal conflict across South Sudan has caused incalculable suffering to the civilian population resulting in staggering levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition noted the commission with seven point five million south. Sudanese. Currently requiring humanitarian assistance we have found food insecurity in western Bahr, Gazelle Jonglei and central. Equatoria states is linked directly to the conflicts and therefore almost entirely human induced said, commission chair has been super. It's quite clear that both government and opposition forces of deliberately used the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare sometimes as an instrument to punish non-aligned communities as is the case Jonglei she added
UN News
Flooding leaves South Sudan facing threat of ‘catastrophic’ hunger levels
"Catastrophic flooding and rising food and health costs in Sudan have driven up the number of people in need the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs or Archer said on Friday authorities declared a three-month state of emergency in early September after the worst flooding in thirty years to date more than eight. Hundred and sixty thousand people have had houses destroyed or damaged and more than one hundred, twenty died hundreds of schools and thousands of health facilities have also been affected especially in North Darfur, Khartoum for and Sana. The response by agencies and partners has reached more than four hundred thousand people so far which shelter and essential items for more than one hundred and. Eighty, thousand flood-affected refugees and around one point nine million internally displaced people and communities amid growing needs searching inflation reaching nearly one hundred and seventy percent in has caused a shortage of basic commodities and increase prices of some locally sourced supplies by up to four hundred percent. Here's ultra spokesperson Jens Locker in some cases by the time the procurement process finalized the. Supplies have increased prices so that the original body it's no longer valid agencies have to restart the process from scratch while there's no guarantee that by the time that that process is done, the prices will not have risen once again and they can start all over
Marketplace Morning Report with David Brancaccio
AstraZeneca pauses coronavirus vaccine trial, shares slip on rollout doubts
"No Work? No pay no food coronavirus lockdowns have forced many people all over the world to wonder where their next meal's will come from according to Matthew True. Scott Oxfam International's head of Humanitarian Policy About one hundred and twenty one million people have been pushed to the edge of starvation. This year not of course is across the main hotspots you would expect Yemen Democratic Republic of Congo of Gunston Venezuela, south. Sudan we're also seeing hunger coming up in otherwise middle income or developing countries. India South Africa Brazil CETERA. Look at a situation in the world where you have about sixty sixty, one percent working in the informal economy when that denied that daily income forced to stay at home they no longer get that income and that forces them into some of the negative coping strategies and that's what makes this crisis so unique. People. Couldn't travel to work which meant they couldn't make money and they couldn't buy food but this isn't just a short term problem. Is it Yeah and it has sort of long term impacts where, for instance, if you take people who are living day to day selling milk, if they can't sell milk for a few days, it gets point whether then have to do something to have food and income then have to sell their means of income. So selling the cow which had been providing them and then conquered back to generate income and same happens instead of urban areas where people who had been, for instance, taxi drivers after. So long of not being able to take fares and give taxi rights eventually then have to start selling off assets to cope and that's where we're really. Seeing potential long-term structural breakdown, and as you say, this is a problem that existed before the pandemic. So how do we tackle it this time around does it require new solutions? It does with sort of proposing three solutions. The I of course is that we need to increase humanitarian aid drastically the U. N. Global Humanitarian Appeal has called for about ten point, three billion dollars in humanitarian aid. But only about twenty, four percent of that is funded. So less than a quarter, the second thing that we can do is cancelled some of the debt that could free up up to a trillion dollars, and then of course, the final thing is. Exactly, as you say, we do need to change how system works. We need to build a more fair and more robust food system. We need to build a system that's ready to deal with the climate shocks that's able to produce sustainable food. One that supports a small-scale Farmers Informal Workers, Matthew Scott head of humanitarian policy at Oxfam International. Thanks for your time. Thank you so much
Larry Elder
Sudan Signs Peace Deal With Rebel Alliance
"Than 17 years of conflict. These hope that peace will be restored incidences of full region on the southern states of self code of fun and blue nightie. An alliance of the main rebel groups. The Sudan Revolutionary Front signed a comprehensive peace agreement with the transitional government in Juba, the capital ofthe neighboring south Sudan. But the deal has been welcomed with caution. Previous peace agreements failed to hold and to keep rebel groups did not take part in the signing off the new deal, BBC correspondent and soy reporting, Federal and state officials are on the ground in Louisiana to help residents cope with the