NEWS BULLETIN SCRIPT Tuesday,
February
16, 2016
15 September 2015
Good Afternoon it’s 1 o’clock I’m Susan Dokolo
The Headlines
 South Sudan commemorates International Day of Peace
 IGAD security workshop concludes in Addis Ababa
AND
 Anti-malaria campaign reaches 16,000 children at UN PoC site in Bentiu
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NEWS BULLETIN SCRIPT Tuesday,
February
16, 2016
15 September 2015
As South Sudan celebrates World Peace day, the director of Peace studies
center in Juba University Dr. Luka Biong says restoring the dignity and pride of
the country’s people is as important as the peace deal that was signed.
Biong was speaking to Radio Miraya from Nyakuron Cultural Center at the
official event site in Juba.
Clip………………… Dr. Luka Biong 1
“One of the things that we may need to do , the dignity relies on the way we
put our people on a solid bases of peace…………………believe a commitment
that is our peace by every citizen and to insure that peace agreement is
implemented it will definitely achieve the theme of the event today “.
The theme of this year’s celebration is “Partners for peace, dignity for all”.
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Meanwhile the Chairperson of the National Peace and Reconciliation
Commission, Chuol Rambang says the National Peace and Reconciliation
Commission will launch an awareness campaign for the public.
Commission chairperson Chuol Rambang says the next 3 months will be used to
sensitize communities and spread peace messages.
Clip………………………….Rambang awareness 2
“From this post-peace agreement, the next 3 months we should make sure that the peace which has been signed
by the government has been disseminated and people on the grassroots have the information correctly and
everybody will be in the picture. Particularly the peace commission will be spearheading so many activities in that
area and now we are going to launch a big campaign of disseminating peace and telling all people that this time is
a time for peace – we have to embrace peace”.
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15 September 2015
Still on the international Day of Peace a Senior UN official serving with UN
Mission in South Sudan has called upon the citizens of Unity State to unite and
support the Peace agreement.
Speaking during the commemoration of the event in Bentiu, UNMISS State
Coordinator, Mary Cummins urges the people to work together to bring peace
not only to the state but to South Sudan as a whole.
Cummins reaffirms UNMISS’S commitment to work with communities in
promoting peace amongst different groups within the state.
Roll clip……………………..Mary Clip 3
“South Sudan must be united, this state must be united and all of us here in the POC must be united to
support the peace agreement. We are all one family and we must treat each other like family. Together we can
work to bring peace to this state and to South Sudan. We want nothing more than a peaceful and prosperous
South Sudan and we will continue to do all we can to assist all groups achieve this. We too are partners for
peace. As part of this commitment UNMISS will work to organize peace and reconciliation meetings for all
communities and I urge everyone to support the peace dialogue and associated processes”
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15 September 2015
A workshop on the ceasefire arrangements has concluded in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia.
Senior military commanders from government and the opposition met over five
days to discuss ceasefire and transitional security arrangements.
The workshop was organized by the Intergovernmental Authority on
Development – IGAD.
Meanwhile IGAD monitors have recorded a total of 48 violations since the
conflict started.
In their latest report, the monitors noted two violations between August and
September. Opposition forces have been cited for attacking government
positions in Nhialdiu, Unity State on the 23rd of August.
While the SPLA have been cited for alleged attacks in Lelo, Awarajwok and
Detand, in Panyikang County, in Upper Nile State.
The army is accused of using helicopter gunships to attack opposition positions
on the west bank of the Nile opposite Malakal.
You are listening to Radio Miraya News
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An anti-malarial campaign is underway at the UN protection of civilian site in
Bentiu, Unity State.
The campaign launched two weeks ago is being conducted by MSF.
The medical charity group is targeting more than one hundred and eleven
thousand people sheltering at the site.
Since the start of the campaign MSF has treated over 16,000 children.
Vanessa Cramond from MSF says the clinic at the PoC site was registering an
average of 3 child deaths per day from preventable diseases, especially malaria.
Clip…………………….MSF Vanessa Cramond 4
“The situation in the PoCs with so many people and so many mosquitos of course allows a lot transmission of the
malaria infection. We were seeing upwards of 3 children die every day at the MSF hospital in the PoC which is a
difficult and tragic circumstance for so many families. So it was very serious, the symptoms of severe malaria
being convulsions and high fever, severe anemia and low blood sugars that lead to coma”
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Elsewhere, the general who led a coup in Burkina Faso last week insists on
remaining in power until polls are held.
According to media reports, Gen Gilbert Diendere made the proposal at talks
brokered by West African mediators in the capital Ouagadougou.
On Saturday one of the mediators had spoken of a breakthrough and hinted at a
new transition government reinstating interim President Michel Kafando.
At least 10 people have been killed in clashes since Thursday's coup.
The overthrow of the civilian interim government - carried out by the
presidential guard - was widely condemned. Burkina Faso has been suspended
from the African Union.
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And in sports, Atlabara FC of Juba have been crowned champs of the South
Sudan Cup after a 1-nil over Al Hilal FC of Wau at Juba Stadium on Saturday
evening.
The winning goal was scored by Khamis Martin in the first half.
The win secures Atlabara FC a slot in the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.
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NEWS BULLETIN SCRIPT Tuesday,
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16, 2016
15 September 2015
To end the news, here are the headlines once again
 South Sudan commemorates International Day of Peace
 IGAD security workshop concludes in Addis Ababa
AND
 Anti-malaria campaign reaches 16-thousand children at UN PoC site in
Bentiu
Radio Miraya News back to my colleagues for the live coverage of the peace
day.
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