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.
This report (2006) reviews the first six months of the National Unity Government that resulted from the CPA. It concludes the National Unity government has not yet provided the anticipated power sharing mechanisms and reform of legislation. Visit here.
This report is a review of the literature on local peace processes in Sudan, from the 1980s to 2006. It presents such processes by a series of case studies of particularly significant local peace processes.
This article reviews the significance of John Garang and the impact of his death for the CPA and the future stability for Southern Sudan. Link to publication
This article offers a qualitative approach that gives central attention to the dynamics of peace organisations and the way conflict is experienced in the everyday life of local people. It analyses the case of one local women’s peace organisation: the ‘Sudanese Women’s Voice for Peace’. Link to publication
This briefing (2005) explores the possible implications of John Garang’s death on the peace process in Sudan. Download
This paper provides a thorough narrative and analysis of the Sudan peace process, from the failed peace attempts of the early 1990s to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in January 2005. Download
This report explores the opinions of the people of Southern Sudan on the Southern Sudan Constitution and is based on a series of 23 focus groups conducted in ten locations across Southern Sudan in 2005. Download
This is the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed between the parties under the auspices of IGAD in 2005. The document contains some provisions for reconciliation and healing. Download
This report is based on a series of 32 focus groups, aimed to give concrete expression to the views of ordinary men and women about the future of New Sudan. Download
This paper gives a personal assessment of the local needs of the Southern Sudanese population in the period of societal reconstruction that is envisaged in the likely event of a meaningful peace agreement being realized between the Southern Sudanese people (via the SPLM/A) and the Government of Sudan (GoS) in 2004. Download
