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Great Lakes Course 2012

Great Lakes Course 2012

The third Great Lakes Course was held in Bujumbura, Burundi from 7 to 13 July. The Director of Studies was Jason Stearns, also director of RVI’s Usalama Project and author of the acclaimed Dancing in the Glory of Monsters. The Deputy Director of Studies was Emily Paddon, Trudeau Scholar and Lecturer in International Relations at the University of […]

Land governance and boundary disputes in South Sudan and northern Uganda

Land governance and boundary disputes in South Sudan and northern Uganda

In September 2014, a conflict erupted between South Sudanese and Ugandans in the borderlands of Kajokeji County, South Sudan and Moyo District, Uganda. Several people were killed, many more injured and thousands displaced. On 16 June 2016, the authors launched the Rift Valley Institute publication, Dividing Communities in South Sudan and Northern Uganda, in a public […]

حينما تصير الحدود الادارية الداخلية حدوداً دوليّة

ركز النقاش الدائر حول السودَانيْن، الشمالي والجنوبي، على مسالة أين يمر خط الحدود بينهما. ويفحص التقرير الاول في سلسلة الحدود المتنازع عليها، حينما تصير الحدود الاداريّة حدوداً دوليّة، موضوعاً آخر لكنه يتميّز بنفس القدر من الأهميّة هو: الأثر المحتمل للحدود الجديدة على سكان الاراضي الحدوديّة وعلى التطورات السياسيّة على المستوى المحلّي. وفي تقصّي شامل للمصادر […]

When Boundaries Become Borders

Discussion of the border between Sudan and South Sudan has focused on the question of where the boundary line is to be drawn. When Boundaries Become Borders examines a different, but equally important issue: the potential impact of the new boundary on the peoples of the borderlands and political developments at the local level. In […]

My Mother Will Not Come to Juba Report Launch

My Mother Will Not Come to Juba

In South Sudan, delays in the formulation of a new national constitution have led to growing public concern. My Mother Will Not Come to Juba: South Sudanese Debate the Constitution is the record of a series of public lectures and discussions held at the University of Juba in March 2013. The launch of the report, which is […]

Miraya FM South Sudan Archive feature

Miraya FM South Sudan Archive feature

On 15 June 2013, Miraya FM in Juba broadcast a feature on the process of digitizing documents for the South Sudan National Archives. The project is a collaboration between the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, RVI, UNESCO, UNOPS and the Government of Norway. ‘The documents are important,’ the report says, ‘as they will form […]