VARANASI: 'Sa vidya ya vimuktaye' - Learning is the liberating force in human development. Following this concept, some Muslim girls like Tabassum Bano, Tarannum and Rubina of Sajoi, a nondescript village in Araziline block on Varanasi-Bhadohi route, are writing a new script of community development.

JUBA, Sudan–Sudan Radio Service has provided in-depth daily coverage of Southern Sudan since 2003, when Sudan watchers from Nairobi to Nebraska relied on the insights of Sudanese reporters from SRS who followed the north-south peace talks in Naivaisha, Kenya. Nearly six years after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed in Kenya, SRS has moved its headquarters from Nairobi to Juba and set up an impressive facility enabling them to broadcast to the Sudanese people from the southern capital.

Washington Post reporter Rebecca Hamilton posted this blog entry about the launch of Sudan Radio Service's new FM station in Juba.

Speaking English was once like a dream for the underprivileged children in the state. Their dream has now become a reality. Bangalore-based NGO, Education Development Centre (EDC), the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and Bihar Education Project (BEP) in collaboration with All India Radio have started an interactive radio programme `English is fun'.