South Sudan struggles to clear landmines after decades of war

STORY: South Sudan struggles to clear landmines after decades of war SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: Juba CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of deminers 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANITA KOKUI GBEHO, Resident Coordinator in South Sudan, United Nations/Deputy Special Representative for UNMISS 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZEHRUDIN SUKANOVIC, Chief, Mine Action, Head of Project Unit/Chief of Operations, UNMAS 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MIKE FULA RASHID, Director-General, National Mine Action Authority STORYLINE: The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), an integral part of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), responded swiftly when residents in Amadi in Eastern Equatoria State suspected the presence of explosive remnants of war in their community. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANITA KOKUI GBEHO, Resident Coordinator in South Sudan, United Nations/Deputy Special Representative for UNMISS "The fact that a conflict-affected country has had 70 percent o

Chinese firm to build electrical substation in Sudan's state

STORY: Chinese firm to build electrical substation in Sudan's state DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:21 LOCATION: Khartoum CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GUO HU, Commercial counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Sudan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHANG YANWEN, General manager of China XD Group for North Africa and the Middle East STORYLINE: China XD Group signed on Sunday a contract with the Sudanese government to build an electrical substation in Al-Fula, the capital of Sudan's West Kordofan State, to connect cities in the state with the national power grid. Sudanese Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim, representatives of the Chinese Embassy in Sudan and officials from West Kordofan State attended the signing ceremony in Sudan's capital Khartoum. "At the recent China-Arab States Summit in Riyadh, China promised to expand the relationship with Sudan. We hope that this relationship will help us develop the country's infrastructure and achieve development in