This policy brief argues that chiefs play an important role in governance and community life in South Sudan. They provide an array of vital services, from mobilising people for community projects to adjudicating disputes and administering customary law. Sometimes criticised as being an unelected group of old men, they will nevertheless play a vital role in South Sudan’s steps to building viable, effective, local government institutions. This policy brief looks at chiefs and suggests that…
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This report aims to document the process of nomadic pastoralism across the Sudan-South Sudan border through the dry season 2011-2012 and identify some key factors that affected the nature of this migration. Download
How might less-informed policy-making lead to social injustice? How do the Government of South Sudan’s budgeting decisions impact the delivery of security, health services, and education at the local level? This study from 2012 analyzes institutional data, including government’s approved budgets, educational enrollments, health conditions and mortality rates, in order to map how social accountability and service delivery efforts relate to policy decisions in South Sudan.
This briefing looks ahead to the final round of peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan (2012), focussing on the outstanding issues of Abyei, border disputes and demarcation, security arrangements along the border, and citizenship. Download
A study of the current state of agricultural markets in South Sudan to inform USAID food aid programming decisions. Download
Argues forcefully that the birth of the independent state of Southern Sudan and the threat of further dismemberment of a rump northern Sudan are due to the failure of the approaches and ideologies of the main Sudanese parties, as well as a deeply flawed US-backed peace process that excludes civil society and other rebel groups. Link to publication
This briefing (2012) discusses various sources of insecurity in South Sudan. Persisting insecurity is according to the author threatening the fragile state of political unity, in particular once it adopts ethnic fault lines.
Since Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, its border with Uganda has become a hub of activity. Contrasting developments on the Ugandan side of the border with those on the South Sudanese side, the paper draws on empirical fieldwork to argue that the CPA has created new centres of power in the margins of both states. However, in day-to-day dealings on either side of the border, South Sudanese military actors have become dominant. In…
This paper (2012) reviews the recent evolution of the security forces, especially during the last two years. It considers current and evolving threats, including border conflict with the Government of Sudan (GoS), militia and proxy forces, inter- and intra-ethnic fighting, and security force cohesion. It looks at development challenges, including competition for resources and a lack of individual capacity. It also examines outdated mindsets and conflicting priorities. Download
This article provides (historical) information on the contested border-town Panthou/Heglig. Download
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