By Rick Ruggles, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Dec. 4--Sudan, an African nation of seemingly never-ending turmoil and tragedy, is on the verge of another civil war in its southern region, a Sudanese expert in Omaha says.

Text of report in English by independent USAID-funded Sudan Radio Service on 7 June The people of southern Sudan on Monday [5 June] joined the international community in celebrating World Environmental Day for the first time in the history of the region.

Text of report by Sudanese radio on 17 August The first vice-president and president of southern Sudan, Silva Kiir Mayardit, has urged the southern Sudan communities in Khartoum to return to their homes in southern Sudan to help support and implement the peace agreement, and reconstruct southern Sudan.

Text of report in English by Sudanese news agency Suna website Khartoum, 11 August: President of the Republic, Field Marshal Umar al-Bashir, has affirmed his confidence on the first vice- president and President of the Government of Southern Sudan, Lt-Gen Salva Kiir, and his keenness to follow the method of his predecessor Dr John Garang, toward implementation of the peace agreement in full seriousness.

By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Southern Sudanese leader Salva Kiir was sworn in as first vice president of Sudan on Thursday, following the sudden death of his predecessor John Garang in a helicopter crash last week.