https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r To share good practice and extra reading for the Power and Borders Unit for OCR A Level Geography en-us 2018-02-06 16:53:55 UTC 2020-03-12 08:42:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r/wish/271943952 1. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/27/world/africa/south-sudan-peace-deal.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSouth%20Sudan&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=4&pgtype=collection

Recently, the president of South Sudan and his former Vice President sign a peace deal. The articles puts into debate whether the deal will end their countries protracted civil war. However, people argued that many times in the past, peace deals signed by both leaders have fallen apart

2. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/world/five-conflicts-driving-refugees.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FSouth%20Sudan&action=click&contentCollection=world&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=collection



]]> 2018-08-04 11:15:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r/wish/271943952 ssenegri https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r/wish/272121023 https://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/from-fortress-europe-to-family-separation-borders-get-ugly
An article showing how "borders today are increasingly contentious, violent and tightly secured."

https://news.un.org/en/story/2018/08/1016192
An article showing how the UN is searching for a practical approach to fighting terrorism in African states.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-05/south-sudan-rivals-sign-deal-seeking-to-end-five-year-civil-war
An article showing the South Sudan government signing a peace deal with rebel groups.]]> 2018-08-06 21:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r/wish/272121023 https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r/wish/278312602 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/world/asia/china-india-standoff-withdrawal.html

India and China agreed on Monday to back away from their confrontation over a tiny slice of territory high in the Himalayas, easing tensions between the world’s two most populous countries.


http://www.smallarmssurveysudan.org/facts-figures/borderdisputed-areas.html

An arms survey by The Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan the dispute is over an area of land with fertile soil and oil reserves. ]]> 2018-09-06 08:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/hageo/qnq09txqia5r/wish/278312602