south sudan is looking forward to united states and south sudan so this event are hosting the south sudan international engagement conference where that young nation will present its national development plan to international stakeholders and one important topic of discussion at the conference will be what role will women play in shaping the new south sudan for more on that i want to welcome to this to the studio sara james and chairperson of the south sudan women's general assembly and mary alley swirl if i have that right mary. director of the ministry of gender child and social welfare welcome to you both thank you thank you for being with us the minute. mary ice but if you're mary mary i spent a few hours with solve a cure when i was in south sudan and he seemed very this was even before the election the ballot for events and he seemed very committed to not just national independence but also a a and a gala tarion nation is how's it going what's where how is the how is the progress since independence yeah think of it i want. to put up with this going on what. he's trying he's with a f

help build infrastructure for south sudan, which declared independence in july this year. the defense ministry will send the first unit on january 11th about 330 troops from an engineering unit will work in the capital, juba,hrough the end of october 2012. a separate team will coordinate logistics in juba and in neighboring uganda and kenya. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm shery ahn, stay tuned for more at the top of the next hour.

peae keeping operation in south sudan. engineering unit will lan the newly founded african nation early in the new year to help build roads, ports and other infrastructure. troops for the mission received a briefing on thursday. we kick off the story. >> reporter: here members are learning about sanitation in south sudan to prepare for the u.n. peace keeping operations there. >> 300 members of the unit attended the meeting north the tokyo. the first party of 200 members is to leave for the country in mid-january. sanitation conditions in south sudan are said to be extremely poor with almost no water or sewage systems. instructors ordered the personnel to take extra care against infectious diseases. they were advised not to drink untreated water or eat raw vegetables and receive shots for malaria caused by mosquito bites. >> translator: every member of a piece-keeping unit is expected to play an important role. i want to make sure no one gets sick and has to be taken off duty. >> next we go to bangkok to find out what's goi

peacekeeping operation in south sudan. an engineering unit of the ground self-defense force will land in the newly founded african nation early in the new year. they'll help build roads, ports and other infrastructure. troops for the mission received a briefing on thursday. nhk world's daisuke miyashita kicks off the story. >> reporter: here the members are learning about south sudan, they are willing to participate in the u.n. peacekeeping operations there. >> 300 members of the country attended the briefing at a base in itsunomiya, north of tokyo. the first party of 200 members is to leave for the country in mid-january. sanitary conditions in south sudan are said to be extremely poor with almost no water or sewage systems. instructors ordered the personnel to take extra care against infectious disease. they were advised not to drink untreated water or eat raw vegetables. and to receive shots for malaria which can be caused by mosquito bites. >> translator: every member of a peacekeeping unit is expected to play an impor

banker ships in the west yeah let's follow up on that a little bit bamma sent troops to uganda south sudan d r c a central african republic what's going on is it just so in the horn of africa is really the model isn't it for this kind of a corruption and militarization of throughout the continent is not some while give you an example earlier this summer the united nations famine early warning center issued a report saying that millions of ethiopians in southie opiah were starving a few days later the international committee of the red cross announces that they're being blocked from doing any aid work in that region in southern ethiopia a few days later the british government announces they're giving sixty million dollars in emergency food aid to ethiopia well now no food aid is being allowed into south you know people are people starving what's that money being spent on the very next day the ethiopian government announces they're spending one hundred million dollars buying two hundred battle tanks from the ukraine in other words they're buying tanks to prevent aid from getting to the starv

peacekeeping operation in south sudan. en an engineering unit of the ground self-defense force will land in the newly founded african nation early in the new year. they will help build ports and other infrastructure. troops received a briefing on thursday. nhk world daisuke miyashita kick off the story. >> here sdf members are rounding up troops in the u.n. peace keeping operations there. >> 300 members of the unit attended the briefing in a base north of tokyo. the first party of 200 members is to leave for the country in mid-january. sanitary conditions in south sudan are said to be extremely poor with almost no water or sewage systems. instructors ordered the personnel to take extra care against infectious diseases and advised not to drink untreated water or eat raw vegetables and to receive shots for malaria caused by mosquito bites. >> translator: every member of a peace-keeping unit is expected to play an important role. i want to make sure no one gets sick and has to be taken off duty. >>> here are some other storie

china's only major controlling stake in what's going on lo and behold we find out that the south sudanese army the sudan people's liberation army their salary is being paid by the united states one hundred million dollars a year is being paid funding. the south sudanese army and on top of that the so-called ethiopian peacekeepers that almost ten thousand of them now are surrounding the a b. or field supposedly to keep the peace the same army that's conducting genocide in the den is having their entire expenses and salaries paid by the united states so united states very much wants to see the sudanese oilfields shut down and china kicked out of africa and the united states which gets twenty five percent of its imported oil or fifty percent of twenty fifty percent of its imported oil twenty five percent of its total oil from africa continuing to maintain its control over a very very important strategically critical or all resources of africa they want they don't want china there and i think to suit what's going to happen in sudan the storm clouds that are gathering over sudan is going to. play out in a ve

. >> united states has deployed more troops in the town of south sudan to prevent rival clashes. some 6,000 armed members of the new tribe thought to be marching on the town of pebor because of a dispute which began with allegations of cattle stealing. >> these are some of the fighters now advancing on the town of pebor. they say their cause is just. they want the return of women and children, people seized during a raid of the other tribe. 6,000 strong. they've already burned other villages and killed dozens of people. many more have fled for their lives. >> i think we have to expect than the number of people that are in the bush that are in their lives is going to be in the high tens of thousands. >> the u.n. has dispatched aid and military reinforcement to the town. but it has no helicopters. local roads are barely possible and the airport has been closed. yet the needs are great and growing. >> we are calling upon all the international communities to prepare themselves to respond as soon as these guys are returning back to their home to provide humanitarian help to our people

the united nations has supplied more trips to a town in south sudan on to try to prevent further clashes between two rival tribes. around 1000 people have already been killed since disagreement erupted a few months ago. 6000 armed members of the tribe are thought to be marching on the town of because pibor of allegations of cattle stealing. >> they say the cause is just. want the return of women and children. there were seized in raids from the rival tribe. dozens of people of been killed and many more have fled for their lives. >> i think we have to expect that the number of people that are in the bush, that have run for their lives, looking for safety, are going to be in the tens of thousands. >> the un has despatched aid and military reinforcements to the town, but it has no helicopters, local roads are barely passable, and the airport has been closed. yet, the needs are great and growing. >> we are calling up on all the communities to prepare themselves to respond as soon as they are back to their home to provide assistance to our people. women and children -- we need all the assista

world's newest country has begun the difficult task of nation building and the role of the one of south sudan will play in the future of their country is at the forefront of meetings taking place right here in washington d.c. and in this week's edition of the key science i tell you i wonder if only fathers was way ahead of the time with his daughter.

after more than 50 years of struggle the republic of south sudan declares its independence, becominga's 54th country. british newspaper news of the world closes after allegations that journalists hacked into voice mail accounts. in norway, a man describing himself as the resistance leader bombing the government building in carrying out a shooting rampage at a youth camp killing 77. japan beats the u.s.a. becoming the first asian country troy women the if i have if a women's world cup. london suffering widespread rioting after police shooting of a young man. deadliest single loss for u.s. forces in the decades old war. chinook helicopter crashes killing 30 service members most of them elite navy seals. more than 10 million people in east africa hit by the worst drought in six decades. somalia becoming the incenter of the famine. two american hikers arrested in 2009 in iran after being accused of spying. finally return home a year after their female friend was released. in a direct challenge to the u.s., the palestinians request statehood recognition at the united nations. anwar al awl

i just came from a conference about south sudan a country the was literally born last year. the economic development is as important as their political development if people will see the results you can go on and on. now what we are trying to do is more firmly in bedle these issues deeply within the state department. so on a specific issue we have rejiggered our economic effort. we have put into one place the work we do on the economy and energy and the work we do on the environment because they are all interconnected and we are well working for new ways to innovate so we do these quick ideas we are working on and on is we are having an impact on investing conference in january at the state department where we are bringing business investors together to try to explore what new innovative ways we can think about number-one greg or own economy creating jobs for america and number two, creating an environment around the world where it is a much more even playing field where our companies and workers are not from the get go disadvantaged. but second we are also looking for ways

will an islamist-led egypt help precarve free south sudan? will an islamist-led egypt act to protect coptic christians who make up about 10% of egypt? or will we see continued violences, like we saw on october 9 in a city which killed 27 civilians and injured hundreds. will an islamist-led egypt do what we expect with more than $1 billion of u.s. foreign assistance? will they continue to share intelligence and to work against terrorism? these are all questions that may become critical issues for the national security of the united states very shortly. all of this instability prevents foreign investment and tourism that would help the egyptian economy. the i.m.f. has forecasted a little over 1% growth for the egyptian economy next year. they said inflation will top 11% while almost 12% of egyptians will be out of work. recently the egyptian pound traded at its lowest level against the dollar in seven years. this time last year, the region was on the threshold of exciting change, but today egypt sits instead on the threshold of a very dangerous

after more than 50 years of struggle, the republic of south sudan declares its independence becomingnews of the world closes after allegations that journalists hacked into voice mail accounts. in norway, a man describing himself as a resistance leader, bombing the government building and carrying out a shooting rampage at a youth camp killing 77. japan beats the u.s.a. becoming the first asian country to win the fifa women's word cup. >> two, one, zero and liftoff -- >> atlantis ends nasa's 30 year shuttle program with the final 135th launch of a space shuttle. london suffering widespread rioting after a police shooting after a young man. the deadliest single loss for u.s. forces in the decade old afghanistan war. a chinook helicopter crashes killing 30 american service members, most of them elite navy seals. more than 10 million people in east africa hit by the worst drought in six decades. somalia becoming the epicenter of the famine. two american hikers arrested in 2009 in iran after being accused of spying. finally return home a year after their female friend was released. in a d

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sudan. where it was arab and muslim and south was christian. a generation the arab north conducted a sav aj war against the christians in the south which has resulted in the end in the division of the country into two. it's what samuel huntington, great political theorist wrote 20 years ago, meaning with the rise of radical islam in places for centuries christians and muslims and others have lived together. with the rise of radical islam, this idea of just attacking the christians not only as a strategic and political act to seize their territory, but simply as an act like that, you see it in philippines and indonesia, you see it all around essentially the borders of islam wherever radical muslim populations are up against the other. that is what we see happening all over the world. >> just to pick up that phrase about ace lamb's bloody borders the samuel huntington phrase, how big a part is this story is the silence of the west? by most accounts the christian population of iraq fell by two-thirds between 2003 and 2011. in other words, the chri