A UN mission has largely succeeded in keeping the peace in Abyei, an oil-rich area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan. But there has been less progress made on the mission’s work in aiding political mechanisms to determine the final status of Abyei and demilitarise and demarcate the border. As the UN Security Council debates the mission’s scope, these mechanisms deserve ongoing support.
Entries by Casie Copeland
This report discusses the shortfalls in the concepts, practices and programming approaches upon which the international community based its support for the development of the security and justice sector in South Sudan between 1983 and 2013. It is based on the author’s work on justice- and security-related programming in South Sudan from 2010 until 2013 and research carried out in South Sudan in 2014. Download