This briefing provides an update of the situation in the Abyei region. Download
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CSRF Research Repository
The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers, programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
The article surveys the first year of the civil war that began in December 2013. It outlines the course of military engagements, the consequences of the civil war for the people of South Sudan and the ways in which a peaceful settlement has been sought. Download
Reports from the “Making Sense of Turbulent Contexts” workshop, Making Sense of Turbulent Contexts is a World Vision developed set of tools to assist participants from across a national community to conduct a macro level analysis of their own context. South Sudan is one case study. Download
This report looks forward from January 2015 to quantify the economic costs that would be incurred by South Sudan, other countries in the neighbouring region, and the wider international community, should the conflict continue. Download
Series of RVI lectures addressing lessons of South Sudan’s historic peace agreements. Critical questions raised were why negotiations succeed or fail, role of civil society, implications of the peace agreements for current situation and when opportunities for peace present themselves.
This paper (2015) is a review of the Addis Ababa-based, IGAD-led peace process. It focuses on highlighting risks which may stand in the way of an inclusive settlement, including the competition for power, the question of ethnic divides that have fuelled violence, the multiplicity of armed non-state actors; how to include them in a settlement without creating a gargantuan military that could bankrupt the country and remilitarise the situation. Download
This paper argues that the continuation of violence within South Sudan and Sudan and the threat of returning to inter-state war are a result of the failure of the political settlement reached through the CPA. Download
This analysis summarizes findings from conflict analyses undertaken as part of the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy (PBEA) Programme, funded by the Government of the Netherlands. The purpose of the report is to create actionable recommendations for the education sector in South Sudan to inform and shape peace consolidation and nation building. The analysis points out some of the key challenges of the South Sudan’s education system that pertain to massive gaps in service delivery,…
This briefing looks at the evolution of China’s relationship with Sudan and then South Sudan after independence, with a particular focus on the potential for the transition of Chinese engagement from reactive, short-term conflict resolution to longer-term conflict prevention. The briefing goes on to suggest potential entry points for cooperation between China and the UK that could provide mutual learning opportunities and ultimately lead to better collaboration in support of sustainable peace in South Sudan.
As South Sudan emerges from the immediate aftermath of conflict, the task of strengthening government capability, particularly in the core civil service, will be essential to facilitating economic development and ensuring the basic social services the population needs to construct the new country’s future. This note brings an outside perspective to those challenges. It identifies key short-and medium- term bottlenecks to building civil service capacity and, drawing on experience with similar problems elsewhere, raises policy…
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