Focusing on Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, which hosts thousands of South Sudanese refugees, the report explores how refugees adapt their livelihoods amid the dwindling of food rations and limited opportunities for employment. The report found cultivating crops near the seasonal lake as the last resort due to refugees’ structural vulnerabilities and international neglect, and highlights risks associated with such a livelihood adaptation strategy. To address this problem in a more sustainable way, the report recommends…
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This report examines the application of pathway approaches to climate adaptation in conflict-affected and development contexts, such as Lebanon and South Sudan. The report found that the application of pathways for intervention design and implementation is quite limited. This report recommends the use of the decision pathway among humanitarian, security, and development stakeholders to design a long-term response to the challenges of climate, conflict, and displacement. Read more here
This report explores the impact of economic shocks on household income and expenditure, as well as identifies the coping strategies that South Sudanese implement in face of the worsening economic conditions. A real impact of these economic shocks is identified for South Sudanese mental health and well-being, food insecurity and reduced incomes. Several coping strategies implemented by affected households are also considered, among which a common implementation of violent means. Read more here
This article explores the intersection between water, energy, and food system in South Sudan, by investigating the shift in environmental narratives from pre-2011 South Sudan to modern day. The paper argues that the drivers of the food insecurity in the country could be partly linked to the disconnect between the past environmental narratives and today’s aspiration shaped by political and economic power dynamics. Finally, the paper provides insights on how the water – energy -…
This article explores the intersections between food insecurity, and the related challenges such as climate change, economic crisis and conflict in East Africa, including South Sudan. The article finds that food insecurity is caused by the devastating impact of climate-related stresses, such as erratic rainfall and extreme drought as well as an unstable economy stemming from a lack of industrialization, dependence on foreign aid, and the disrupting impact of conflict and instability on agricultural activities,…
Key Messages: • Another major flood event is likely to occur in South Sudan over the second half of 2024, according to government officials, UN agencies, and independent research groups, threatening to deepen an already severe humanitarian crisis. Though piecemeal hydrological data enable only a rough prediction of the floods’ scale and whereabouts, humanitarian actors are planning for a scenaio in which more than three million people are affected and 2.4 million are in need…
SUMMARY South Sudan’s independence in 2011 launched a wave of optimism among South Sudanese and international observers alike. In the intervening years, however, many South Sudanese have known only hardship, as the gains of independence have failed to materialize. Political instability frequently turns violent, despite continuous efforts to broker peace. Recurrent setbacks have eroded trust among the population while raising concerns of state collapse among international partners.(1) Thirteen years on, the population in South Sudan…
Income from oil exports is critical to keeping South Sudan’s factious elites together. The war in neighbouring Sudan has led earnings to fall precipitously, threatening instability in Juba and highlighting anew the need to bring the Sudanese conflict to a close. Link to publication
This CSRF report focuses on the return and reintegration resulting from the current influx of returnees and refugees from Sudan and other neighbouring countries. Specifically, the report explores the risks associated with return and reintegration as well as opportunities for conflict sensitive reintegration and durable solutions initiatives. To inform the current approaches to returns and reintegration, the report highlights key lessons from past returns and reintegration experiences in South (ern) Sudan.
In recent years, there has been a notable trend among asylum seekers and refugees in Uganda, as they increasingly relocate and self-settle in urban areas. This shift towards urbanisation, particularly in Uganda’s secondary cities, has prompted a closer examination of the legal protection challenges faced by these displaced populations. This report focuses on four such secondary cities: Mbarara, Hoima, Koboko and Adjumani, each identified for their significant refugee population and strategic geographic location. Through a…
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