Kiir Consolidates Power through Border Deal with Khartoum

Key Points In August 2019 a series of armed clashes occurred in Aweil East state (formerly Northern Bahr el- Ghazal), on the Sudan – South Sudan border between militias aligned to Paul Malong’s South Sudan United Front (SSUF) and the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF). These clashes were one consequence of a new border […]

Tarikh Tana (Our History): Episode 5: Women and Customary Law in South Sudan

  This show is brought to you under the South Sudan National Archives Project, supported by Norway and implemented by UNESCO in partnership with RVI, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. The fifth Tarikh Tana (Our History) radio show in this second series will focus on “Women and Customary Law […]

Tarikh Tana (Our History): Episode 2: Justice: for who and by who?

  This show is brought to you under the South Sudan National Archives Project, supported by Norway and implemented by UNESCO in partnership with RVI, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. The second show of the Tarikh Tana (Our History) series will focus on Justice: for who and by who? We […]

‘No one can stay without someone’

Over the last 50 years, the various conflicts afflicting South Sudan have caused massive displacements of people. Latest estimates suggest there are more than 1.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs) within the country’s borders, with another 2.2 million refugees displaced outside the country, as a result of the most recent conflicts. Policymakers generally see these populations […]

Sudan’s Grain Divide: A revolution of bread and sorghum

  This briefing unpacks the connected political and economic crisis that reached a climax in early 2019 through the contrasting but connected worlds of Sudan’s bread and sorghum eaters. Its conclusion presents the limited options available to the as yet unelected technocratic government. This briefing is a product of the X-Border Local Research Network, a […]