This report documents and places into context an intensification of armed attacks on civilians in key areas of Sudan’s contested oil region in Western Upper Nile during 2000 and 2001. The attacks were carried out by Government of Sudan (GoS) forces and local pro-government militias and by rebel forces of, or aligned with, the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudan Peoples’ Democratic Front/Defence Force (SPDF). A significant new development in the period 2000-2001…
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CSRF Research Repository
The CSRF Research Repository aims to support greater contextual knowledge for policy makers, programme managers, and implementers by providing a searchable repository of research, analysis, and resources, and providing periodic updates on new research and analysis.
This report (2001) argues that the presence of international oil companies has ‘fuelled the war’. It investigates human rights violations by government forces and government supported militias that were done to support and develop the oil industry. Download
This paper from 2001 examines the role of NGOs in rebuilding socio-political order in Southern Sudan during the past civil war. The paper suggests that if INGOs and international agencies function predominately as public service providers (a classic function of a state), they might also develop a strong social position to behave as regulatory agencies and ultimately they act as the dominant socio-political referees.
This article contains the proceedings on a regional workshop of wild indigenous foods held in Kenya in 2001 to extend lessons and information on South Sudan while examining similar work in the region. It is an outgrowth of a USAID funded study on indigenous wild food plants in South Sudan to provide better information on the tremendous resource base in southern Sudan in attaining food security that was meant to provide donors with a better…
The purpose of this document is to help relief and development organizations hold themselves responsible for the overall impact of their programs. It offers a set of streamlined tools, designed for flexible use by programmers with different needs, resources, time and experience. The handbook is the output of CARE staff in Sudan, South Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia, who have been involved in testing and developing the approach and the tools during three…
This report (2000) focusses on people to people peace processes led by the council of churches during the past civil war. This case study is one of 26 cases developed as part of the Reflecting on Peace Practice Project (RPP). The RPP cases were not written as evaluations; rather, they were written to allow for the identification of cross-cutting issues and themes across the range of cases. Download
This Amnesty International report explores the link between massive human rights violations by the government forces and allied militias, and the oil operations by foreign companies in Sudan. The pattern of human rights violations includes atrocities and the forcible internal displacement of large populations of local people. The report calls upon oil companies to examine their responsibility to protect human rights, particularly with regard to their security arrangements. Download
This research deals with the wide range of (unintended) consequences of humanitarian aid in Sudan during the Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS). It investigates, among other things, the relationship between humanitarian aid and displacement. Found in the Sudan Open Archive. Visit here.
This document from 2000 reviews the literature on internally displaced, refugees and returnees from and in the Sudan. Download
This report offers an independent analysis of the ‘Ground Rules’ agreed between the UN’s Operation Lifeline Sudan and SPLM/A leader John Garang in July 1995. It argues that the influence of the Ground Rules is evident in five areas: in the regulation and coordination of the humanitarian programme in southern Sudan; in the system of security; in the management of assistance; in protection activities; and in capacity-building and good governance.
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