This blog by Ranga Gworo and CSRF highlights the conflict risks of a different type of flooding in specific contexts. Using the case of Lafon, the blog explores the impact of pluvial flooding in the area, and shares reflections on considerations for conflict sensitive flood response. Photo credit to Paul Ugila, photo taken in Lafon depicting a bad road due to floods. Amid the protracted economic crisis and political uncertainty, South Sudan faced unprecedented…
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This blog by Natalia Chan and CSRF recognizes the difficult challenges facing South Sudan, and the risks that can be experienced by donors and aid actors. The blog proposes important conflict sensitivity considerations for aid actors during times of crisis. The Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility (CSRF) was set up in the period following South Sudan’s collapse into civil war in December 2013. It was inspired in great part by a period of soul searching as…
This blog by Martina Santschi and CSRF calls for a conflict-sensitive engagement on communal land tenure, especially the use of rangelands, forests, and wetlands in South Sudan. As such, the blog is relevant for aid actors who engage in livelihood support, development, infrastructure building, support to returnees, refugees and IDPs, housing land and property issues, and conservation organisations. Settling and farming creates visible marks through buildings, roads, cleared land, ploughed soil, vegetables and grains growing…
This blog by Eero Wahlstedt[1] is based on a desk review that assesses the degree to which donors and aid agencies have institutionalised conflict sensitivity in their policy and strategy guiding documents. The review is a repeat of the 2020-21 review that mapped out the conflict sensitivity needs of agencies. The blog raises some interesting reflections for practitioners for a meaningful integration of conflict sensitivity on the way aid is delivered in South Sudan. Introduction…
Photo credit: Benoit Morkel / Fauna & Flora Written by Ranga Gworo, this blog explores the extent to which local communities in South Sudan value wildlife. It also discusses strategies that local communities use to protect wildlife. Finally, the blog shares some suggestions on how conservation interventions can apply conflict sensitive conservation approaches. South Sudan is rich in biodiversity. Despite years of conflict that has led to the reduction of the number of Africa’s Big…
This blog by Sean McGovern and Abraham Diing Akoi, is based on a recently published research report on social media and violence. The blog explores the intersection between the use of social media, including WhatsApp, in times of conflict and violence. Using the case of South Sudan, the blog identifies how communities have used WhatsApp in both positive and negative ways during conflict. The blog provides some recommendations on how to mitigate the detrimental effects…
In this blog, Philip Winter explores the history and development of conservation in South Sudan from 1970s. The blog discusses how the prolonged conflicts, as well as other factors such as illegal game hunting, have contributed to the reduction in wildlife populations, which a few national and international conservation organisations are trying to reverse. To protect and develop the wildlife resource potential, considering that South Sudan has the largest animal migration in Africa, the blog…
In this blog, Lona Elia Morgan and Livia Oliver discuss the concept of gender and conflicting perceptions of the concept among South Sudanese communities. Based on their extensive gender work, they explore different perceptions around gender and the related impact on conflict dynamics, as well as on aid programming, providing insights on how aid actors can change these perceptions and mitigate risks on aid interventions. In South Sudan, gender sensitivity is increasingly being integrated…
The ‘Triple Nexus’: Where the humanitarian, development and peace sectors work together to make the most of their comparative advantages to enable a more coherent, efficient and collective response to global challenges. This is an attractive prospect in South Sudan, which continues to experience a range of interconnected crises and shocks that cannot be addressed in isolation. Donors and organisations at all levels therefore proactively engage each other to share information and knowledge, ensure better…
Introduction Murle society is non-hierarchical and political power is diffused to the extent that there are no institutional leadership roles. It is thus often represented as lacking credible and legitimate governance structures. While Murle society is acephalous and egalitarian, in that there is no single leader like a king and decisions are instead taken collectively, there are clear authority structures that should be understood.[1] The above representations are, quite significantly, part of the narrative that…