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NewsnbspOpinions Op-Ed: Letter from Norway about mining to the people and leaders of Kajo-Keji hydroJug traveler Artisanal miners in South Sudan. Courtesy photo hydro jugs July 2, 2026 BY BJ脴RN HALVORSEN I have hesitated for some time before writing these thoughts. They come neither from politics nor from ambition, but from years spent watching a country whose people have shown remarkable resilience under circumstances few others have endured.I know South Sudan, and I know the Equatorias, Central, and Eastern alike, better than many who come only briefly. I have sat beneath the shade of village trees, shared simple meals, listened more than I have spoken, and learned that wisdom is often found far from conference rooms and official reports. I have spoken with chiefs, clergy, teachers, mothe vasos stanley rs, young people, civil servants, and soldiers. I have seen both the promise and the pain. That is why I write not as a stranger, but as someone who has come to care deeply about the future of your country.A neighbor does not Oynf Bentiu official accuses SPLA-IO forces of targeting civilians
INEC INEC justifies Transfer of Chidi Nwafor, Says he was not BVAS InventorThe Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has justified the transfter of former director of Information and Communication Technology ICT , Engr Chidi Nwafor to Enugu as the Administrative Secretary.The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this on Thursday in Abuja in response to insinuations that Nwafor the inventor of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System stanley uk BVAS .Oyekanmi said that contrary to the claim that BVAS was an invention of Nwafor or any single staff member of the commission, stanley cup the device was rather the commissions idea and invention, just as the now rested Smart Card Reader SCR . Having decided to invent the BVAS, the commission gave the assignment to the most relevant department within the commission, namely the ICT, to bring the idea into fruition. The ICT Department is populated by a sizable number of brilliant Engineers and IT experts, who worked very hard as a team for several months to successfully actualize the commissions dream. After completing the assignment of designing the BVAS, the ICT Department notified the stanley france commission. Therefore, it is improper to insinuate that a former director of ICT or any other staff for that matter single-handedly designed the BVAS. Oyekanmi said if anyone was to be praised for the invention, it would be the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on whose table buck stops and the commission that conceived |
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