December 19, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Cedric Gerbehaye
Despite an end to the civil war five years ago and this year's referendum on independence, South Sudan is beset by difficulties. Photojournalist Cedric Gerbehaye documents the birth of a nation.
November 30, 2011 /
by Rebecca Hamilton, Cedric Gerbehaye
The Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund interviewed Pulitzer Center grantees Cedric Gerbehaye and Rebecca Hamilton on the transition occurring in Sudan after the South gained independence July 9.
South Sudan, 2011.
September 28, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Ben Fitch
Traci Cook, the resident director in South Sudan for the National Democratic Institute, said that most residents of Africa's newest nation wanted to see an end to tribalism.
August 17, 2011 / The Atlantic
by Rebecca Hamilton
In September 2004, then-U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell became the first member of a U.S. administration to apply the label "genocide" to an ongoing conflict.
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July 11, 2011 / PBS Newshour
by Rebecca Hamilton
PBS Newshour speaks with Pulitzer Center journalist Rebecca Hamilton on the challenges the new nation of South Sudan, which declared independence on Saturday, July 9, will face in the future.
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July 9, 2011 / The Atlantic
by Rebecca Hamilton
South Sudan's declaration of independence today is a victory for the new republic and the U.S. allies who made it possible. But peace between the north and south remains elusive.
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July 9, 2011 / Untold Stories
by Rebecca Hamilton
A message from Northern Sudanese on South Sudan's independence day -- and a plea to Khartoum to let journalists in.
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July 8, 2011 / NPR
by Rebecca Hamilton
South Sudan will become an independent nation Saturday, but many speculate about what the future will hold for the new country.
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July 7, 2011 / The Washington Post
by Rebecca Hamilton
South Sudan is set to become an independent nation on Saturday, July 9, but tensions between north and south persist, and the challenges of building a new nation loom large.
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July 1, 2011 / Guernica
by Jina Moore, Rebecca Hamilton
Pulitzer Center grantee Jina Moore interviews Rebecca Hamilton for Guernica Magazine. She discusses how southern Sudan. which is scheduled to become the world’s newest country, will impact the rest...
June 30, 2011 /
Jen Marlowe will discuss her films Darfur Diaries and Rebuilding Hope at Vanderbilt University's Holocaust Lecture series on October 2.
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June 29, 2011 / The Washington Post
by Rebecca Hamilton
The violence in Southern Kordofan escalates despite President Obama offering economic incentives for the country in exchange for peace.
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June 24, 2011 / The New York Times
by Rebecca Hamilton
Eyewitnesses in the Southern Kordofan region say people living in the Nuba Mountains are being targeted by heavy shelling and aerial attacks while responding to the humanitarian crisis.

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