UNICEF conflict survey and analysis of grassroots conflicts in Sudan (including Southern Sudan). Download
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This article presents institutions of governance that are in the process of being established in the rebel-held areas of Southern Sudan. The development roles of the main governance actors—government, civil society and the private sector—are examined and capacity-building needs are described. Link to publication
This report from 2003 is about the human cost of the oil—and corporate complicity in the Sudanese government’s human rights abuses, including its policy of sponsored ethnic conflict and forced displacement to clear tens of thousands of southern Sudanese from their homes atop the oilfields.
This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report and reports on the access to, and quality of, primary education, with special attention to gender equality. Download
This article (2003) summarizes the effects of the Civil War on the Sudanese society, in general, and on youth and children, in particular. Download
This article from 2002 reviews the nature of “complex emergencies”, and briefly examines the motives for humanitarian aid responses in such conditions. It is written out of the authors’ experiences of living and working in Sudan and for aid agencies working in Sudan and in other countries experiencing complex emergencies. In particular, it draws on the programme known as “Operation Lifeline Sudan” (OLS) as a case study. Link to publication
Warring parties and international aid providers in Sudan have an historic opportunity to bring to an end what is perhaps the most extreme and long- running example in the world of using access to humanitarian aid as an instrument of war. A mid- December meeting between the UN and Sudan’s warring parties – the Technical Committee for Humanitarian Assistance (TCHA) – provides an unparalleled vehicle to build on recent short-term agreements and to once and…
This paper examines the assets management strategies adopted by households exposed to prolonged civil war. The paper is based on fieldwork conducted in Bahr el Ghazal region. The paper reviews and critiques risk management approaches in the context of the past civil war. Download
This study from 2002, commissioned by Save the Children UK, investigated whether or not there was justification for aid agencies operating in Bahr el Ghazal to continue providing free aid inputs, considering changes in the political situation. Found in the Sudan Open Archive.
This paper from 2002 attempts to survey the corrigendum present within the underlying OLS relief structure using both specific insights into the mistakes made in the 1998 Bahr el- Ghazal relief operation as well as a broader analysis of the inherent weaknesses within the triangular network of: relief agencies, donor governments, and political influences within the Sudan. The paper identifies key issues that are likely to be as relevant for conflict dynamics and the humanitarian…
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