http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/images/gnn_logo_rss.gif http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/ 249 31 News of a better world editor@greatnewsnetwork.org great news network en editor@greatnewsnetwork.org Copyright 2013 2013-04-29T16:24:08+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rebels_sign_truce_in_south_sudan/?source=rss The government of South Sudan signed a peace deal with one of the largest rebel groups, the South Sudan Democratic Movement, a South Sudan official said Tuesday, in a move that could help stabilize the East African nation. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2012-02-29T08:27:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/sudan_and_south_sudan_sign_peace_pact_says_thabo_mbeki/?source=rss Sudan and South Sudan have signed a non-aggression pact, the chief mediator at crisis talks between the two says. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2012-02-12T20:18:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/sudan_recognises_landslide_vote_for_independent_south/?source=rss Sudanese vice-president Ali Osman Taha said Khartoum accepted a landslide vote for southern independence, in the first official reaction from the north after preliminary results were announced. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2011-02-01T01:39:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/armies_of_sudan_north_south_do_not_want_war_ministers/?source=rss Sudan will not return to war regardless of the outcome of a January referendum on the possible independence of the country's south, ministers from the two regions said on Thursday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2010-11-14T17:42:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/southern_sudan_to_purge_child_soldiers_from_army/?source=rss The government of Southern Sudan said Monday it will purge child soldiers from the ranks of its former rebel army by year's end, a policy change that could see thousands of young troops pushed out of the military. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2010-08-31T03:32:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/china_pledges_10bn_africa_loans/?source=rss China has pledged to give Africa $10bn (£6bn) in concessional loans over the next three years, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has said at a summit in Egypt. Top Headlines, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Zimbabwe, East Asia, China 2009-11-08T13:39:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/bartender_helps_turn_wine_to_water_in_developing_world/?source=rss Behind the bar at a local restaurant, Doc Hendley leans in to hear his customer over the band. "You like the pinot? Cool," he says. Environment, Water, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, South-East Asia, Cambodia, North America, United States, North Carolina 2009-11-07T13:32:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/unique_acacia_tree_could_nourish_soils_and_life_in_africa/?source=rss Scientists have said at the 2nd World Congress of Agroforestry that a type of acacia tree with an unusual growth habit -- unlike virtually all other trees -- holds particular promise for farmers in Africa as a free source of nitrogen for their soils that could last generations. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Regions, Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia 2009-09-04T12:56:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/worms_demise_near/?source=rss Health workers are on the verge of eradicating Guinea worm disease in what would be just the second time in history that a disease has been wiped from the planet, the Carter Center said Friday. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Health Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories, Regions, Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, North America, United States, Georgia 2008-12-09T09:55:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/measles_deaths_worldwide_fall_by_74_percent/?source=rss Health officials say aggressive efforts to vaccinate young children against measles have resulted in a 74 percent global decline in the number of deaths due to the illness. Experts say the biggest decline, 90 percent, occurred in the Eastern Mediterranean region. World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Asia, Afghanistan, Europe, Switzerland, Indian Sub-Continent, India, Pakistan, World Top Stories 2008-12-06T09:44:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/sudan_and_chad_sign_peace_agreement/?source=rss The Presidents of Chad, Idriss Deby, and of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, signed a new peace agreement in Dakar on Thursday night, intended to put an end to years of hostilities, fed by each government accusing the other of supporting rebel forces in its territory. World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, Chad, Senegal, Sudan, Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-03-19T07:20:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/clooney_group_makes_donation_for_darfur/?source=rss George Clooney's humanitarian organization has donated $500,000 to a U.N. food aid agency to help it continue flights in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the agency said Thursday. World, Human Rights, Regions, Africa, Sudan, Europe, Italy, North America, United States, California, United Nations, United Nations related, Top Stories, USA Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-03-13T14:11:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/skies_to_be_swept_for_alien_life/?source=rss The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life. 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World, Politics, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World Top Stories 2007-10-03T10:54:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/ugandan_refugee_camp_to_shut/?source=rss The United Nations refugee agency and the Ugandan government are due to close down a camp for internally displaced people for the first time. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan, United Nations 2007-09-11T06:50:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/massive_animal_herds_flourishing_despite_sudan_war_survey_reveals/?source=rss New aerial surveys have revealed that staggering numbers of elephants, gazelles, and antelope survived Southern Sudan's ruinous 25-year civil war virtually unknown to the outside world. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Africa, Sudan, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2007-06-25T12:10:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/un_food_agency_airlifts_supplies_to_sudanese_in_central_african_republic/?source=rss The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the launch of an operation to airlift emergency food supplies to over 2,600 Sudanese refugees who recently crossed into the the Central African Republic (CAR). World, Human Rights, Politics, Feel Good, Heroic Stories, Regions, Africa, Central African Republic, Sudan, United Nations, Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, World Top Stories 2007-06-19T13:00:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/huge_wildlife_migration_discovered_in_africa/?source=rss More than a million animals, including elephants, buffaloes, ostriches, lions, giraffes and a rare type of stork, have been unexpectedly seen living and migrating across Southern Sudan, where no surveys of wildlife had been conducted for the past 25 years due to civil war in the region. Top Headlines, Popular Articles, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Special Interest Top Stories, Environment, Wildlife, Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Africa, Sudan 2007-06-13T04:24:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/peace_process_improves_humanitarian_conditions_in_northern_uganda_un/?source=rss The peace process in Northern Uganda has fostered improved conditions for beleaguered civilians there, according to a senior United Nations official, who called for continued efforts to bring stability to the region which has been torn by a violent rebellion for some two decades. World, Human Rights, Politics, Regions, Africa, Sudan, Uganda, United Nations, World Top Stories 2007-04-18T16:11:00+00:00