In the Sudan Elections podcast series ‘Voting for Change’, host Raga Makawi talks to Justin Willis- Professor of Modern History at Durham University – about election models adopted in Sudan’s modern history, key choices available for policymakers who are involved in election design, special votes for farmers in the past, why graduates have sometimes had an extra vote – and why some systems make it very hard for women to be elected.

‘THE FUEL IS US’: WATER, OIL AND DEBT ON THE SUDAN-SOUTH SUDAN BORDERLANDS
South Sudan and Sudan’s borderlands are run by a patchwork of armed authorities. Since early 2019, when opposition forces were effectively wiped out, these zones