This report explains the realities of life for South Sudan’s youth population, the majority of whom are living in conditions of extreme economic precarity. Young people face enormous challenges in trying to survive and progress in their lives. This…
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South Sudan is in a state of profound economic transition, heavily influenced by conflict and large-scale population displacement and return. This transition has fundamentally changed the way in which people live, particularly their relationship with work and money. The…
بعد وصوله إلى السلطة من خلال انقلاب عسكري في عام ١٩٨٩، حكم الرئيس عمر البشير السودان لمدة ٣٠ عامًا حتى تمت الإطاحة به في عام ٢٠١٩ بعد انتفاضة شعبية. بينما يُشار إلى البشير غالبًا على أنه ديكتاتور ومستبد، فقد…
بعد الإطاحة بالرئيس عمر البشير في أبريل ٢٠١٩، بدأ السودان عملية الانتقال إلى الديمقراطية. يشمل ذلك إنشاء مؤسسات تشريعية وقضائية جديدة تتوج بإجراء انتخابات (مبدئيًا من المقرر إجراؤها في أواخر عام ٢٠٢٢). من بين التحديات الرئيسية التي يجب معالجتها…
This briefing is part of RVI’s Sudan Elections Project, a short-term study on the history of elections in the country. The project examines the different factors that have shaped the course and consequences of elections in Sudan, while drawing…
This briefing is part of RVI’s Sudan Elections Project, a short-term study on the history of elections in the country. The project examines the different factors that have shaped the course and consequences of elections in Sudan, while drawing…
This briefing is part of RVI’s Sudan Elections Project, a short-term study on the history of elections in the country. The project examines the different factors that have shaped the course and consequences of elections in Sudan, while drawing…
From Dust to Dollar focuses on the borderland region between Sudan and Ethiopia, using gold-mining and trade to examine transnational flows of people and commodities across its semi-permeable frontier. Gold mining has shifted from being part of a long-term,…
South Sudanese people have extensive knowledge of infectious diseases and experience of organizing responses to epidemics during wars and other crises. There are multiple, locally-specific methods used by communities for interrupting infection transmission and managing epidemics. This report documents…
This briefing summarizes findings from the Rift Valley Institute’s research project, Community Approaches to Epidemic Management in South Sudan (CAEMSS), which started in August 2020. The project, which began in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, was designed to document how…
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