Voting for Change: Elections and Political Transformation in Sudan
Sudan’s political transition, which began following the ousting of Omar al-Bashir in 2019, is designed to lead up to—and be advanced by—national elections. Those polls will be crucial to the success and credibility of political transition, but they carry significant risks. Sudan’s political history provides plentiful evidence of the different possibilities of elections by adult […]
South Sudan’s Archival Project: Communicating the Past through the Lens of a Cartoonist
The South Sudan National Archive Project is a multiphase project for the conservation, reordering, cataloguing and digitization of the historical government records of South Sudan. The project has been designed to safeguard the contents of the archive and to make them more widely accessible to the general public in South Sudan and beyond. The documents in the archive […]
South Sudan Women’s Research Network: Call for Proposals: Research Grants – Round One
About SSWRN The South Sudan Women’s Research Network Project (SSWRN) promotes local women’s voices in research development and heritage preservation. It does this through a capacity building and training project that aims to invest in and enhance civil society’s knowledge of evidence-based analysis of conflict dynamics and human rights. The project was developed out of the […]
What next for the Juba Peace Agreement? Evolving political and security dynamics in Darfur
This briefing considers the changing political situation in Sudan with a particular focus on the future of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) and the evolving political and security dynamics in Darfur. It is the second of a series of rapid response updates by the Rift Valley Institute for the UK government’s XCEPT (Cross-Border Conflict Evidence, […]
South Sudan women’s research network
The South Sudan Women’s Research Network Project (SSWRN) promotes local women’s voices in research development and heritage preservation. It does this through a capacity building and training project that aims to invest in and enhance civil society’s knowledge of evidence-based analysis of conflict dynamics and human rights. The project was developed out of the need […]
Book Launch Podcast: ‘The People vs Peacemaking’- People power and the future of peace in the Horn and East Africa region
Over the past two decades, the Horn and Eastern Africa Region have witnessed a proliferation of peace-making and peace-building processes as a means of democratisation. A wealth and power sharing governance arrangements designed and upheld by regional and international institutions often saw the transfer of political decision-making away from the local and national level, consolidating […]
What next for the Juba Peace Agreement after the coup in Sudan?
The 25 October coup in Sudan saw the military component of the transitional government assert itself over its civilian counterpart. In the weeks since, attention has mostly focused on events in Khartoum, but the coup, which was actively or tacitly supported by several of Sudan’s opposition groups, reveals much about how the military has successfully […]
Five points to help understand the coup in Sudan and what comes next
On 8 November RVI held a Forum ‘Understanding the Coup in Khartoum’ with speakers Kholood Khair, Eddie Thomas, Muez Ali, Sharath Srinivasan, Alden Young and Margie Buchanan-Smith. The following 5 points collates various comments made by the participants in the Forum. A podcast will be released in the next few days. The removal of […]
What Happened at Wunlit? Reliving South Sudan’s most successful peace conference
By Machot Amuom, RVI Researcher. I remember the joy and peace we had after Wunlit in 1999. When the 2013 violence happened, killing was done. When peace was signed in 2015 and again in 2018, nothing changed. When we remember 1991 killing, and peace we had after Wunlit (1999), we can still make peace […]
Understanding the Coup in Khartoum: Drivers, latest developments and consequences for Sudan
In the early hours of 25 October, the military-security council of the Sudanese Transitional Government mounted a coup against its civilian partner, removing the Prime Minister and several civilian ministers from power. General Abdel–Fatah Burhan, leader of the coup, cited disarray within […]