By Juma John Stephen JUBA – The 2004 Noble Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai attended Martyr''''s Day in Juba at the late Dr. John Garang’s Mausoleum. “It’s not how many years we spend on this planet but rather the commitment and devotion that we give to our fellow human beings when we are here,”...

By BRIAN LEWIS (picture; Lomong running on the left) EUGENE, Ore - At six, Lopez Lomong spent three days running for his life through the desert to escape Sudan's Janjaweed militia. By 16, he'd survived a decade in a Kenyan refugee camp as a Lost Boy. And by last Christmas, he'd been reunited...

Melbourne Australia David Nyoul David Nyoul Vincent has just graduated from Melbourne University. As many Sudanese refugees in Australia, he has witnessed the worst that a young boy could see: people being killed by militants, women drowning while running away, his friends dying for lack of...

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY Picture: Rapper Emmanuel Jal NEW YORK – After spending his youth mired in brutality and poverty as a child soldier in Sudan’s ethnic conflict, Emmanuel Jal was rescued by aid workers who pushed to give him a new start at life in a different country. But there were times...