This report from 2011 analyses the drivers and consequences of urbanisation, as well as assessing its implications in terms of the vulnerability of urban populations to future hazards and shocks.
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This article is an attempt to gain a nuanced understanding of the status of livelihood diversification in the context of civil war. The empirical findings of this article indicate that diversification is not always the best livelihood strategy option in the context of the past civil war. Link to publication
This report (2010) is about the reality of repatriation for Southern Sudanese refugees from Uganda in a context of political upheaval, a fluctuating security situation and a demanding economic environment. Download
This report examines drivers of conflict in the North- South border areas of Sudan and current initiatives aimed at managing them. Download
The briefing accounts of the attempts to demarcate the border between Sudan and South Sudan and related monitoring mechanisms. Download
Originating from the 2008 27th annual conference of the Sudan Studies Association (SSA) of the same title, these essays document and analyze Sudan’s chronic history of armed conflict since independence in 1956 as well as its own and international efforts to bring an end to these conflicts. Link to publication
The Child Marriage data from 2010 shows that 52% of girls in South Sudan are married before their 18th birthday and 9% are married before the age of 15. 57% of the South Sudanese population are under the age of 18. Pre-conflict child marriage rates do not vary significantly among girls of different education levels, wealth indexes or rural or urban locality. Current rates could be higher due to ongoing conflict, displacement, and food shortages….
This report takes a critical look at the first, ongoing phase of the DDR process in Southern Sudan, and specifically at the reintegration component. It also looks at the feasibility of social and economic reintegration, considering both the socio-economic context and the specific social composition of the first group of ex-combatants to be reintegrated. Download
Although the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of January 2005 formally ended the war between the Government of Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), internal security has remained a major problem for the fledgling southern government. Indeed, internal conflict, rather than the prospect of a return to war between the north and south, poses the biggest threat to the holding of the CPA-stipulated national election in April 2010, the referendum on southern self-determination…
Investigates civilian disarmament campaigns. Download
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