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…

The relationship between what would become South Sudan and China started with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005 between the old Sudan and Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Oil, a major trigger of the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), continued to fuel the violent conflict, which led to the partition of the largest country on the African continent. Driven by the opening-up policy as an important vehicle of the Chinese reform…

This article presents an investigation of the stunted peacekeeping economy in South Sudan in the period 2005–12, corresponding to the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) (2005–11) and the first years of its successor, the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). The article explores ways in which UNMIS and UNMISS have interacted with the national and local (Juba-based) economy, both on the institutional level and as a collective of individuals. Link to publication

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