A guide to Sudan’s electoral system – one of the most complex in the world – and its effects on the distribution of power. The report analyses government documents to reveal errors and ambiguities in the demarcation of electoral districts, and warns of the challenge these pose to the conduct of elections in April 2010.
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This report asserts that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) emerged after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) with an unprecedented amount of revenue, derived from oil, for a young government after a 20 year civil war. GoSS faced the challenge associated with dependence on natural resource revenue/rents along with little financial management or service delivery experience. Download
This paper explores the role of traditional authorities – who play a key role in local governance – in post-2005 state-building processes in South Sudan. It argues that after 2005 administrative structures are not installed in a vacuum of power but rather, a variety of actors and strategic groups negotiate and compete for public authority, statehood and access to resources in local political arenas. Download
The findings presented in this report from 2010 are the result of an assessment that was conducted by an independent consultant on two DGTTF (Democratic Governance Thematic Trust Fund) funded projects in Southern Sudan in 2005 and 2008. The projects were part of UNDP’s broad efforts to support the development of decentralized democratic governance through the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed in January 2005.
Investigates civilian disarmament campaigns. Download
This article from 2010 focuses on how the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), and its political wing, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), have incorporated complex operations of foreigners into their strategies for fighting wars and gaining political power. Download
This report summarises the findings from a qualitative study of the situation of higher education in Southern Sudan, and takes a bottom up perspective on barriers women face in access to higher education and possible constraints they meet while undertaking higher education. Download
Based on research that Human Rights Watch carried out in Khartoum and Southern Sudan, this report documents numerous human rights abuses perpetrated before, during, and after April’s elections (2010) by the two main partners in the Government of National Unity (GNU): the ruling National Congress Party (NCP), and the former southern rebel movement, the Sudan’s People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
This report based on empirical data analyzes the current dynamics of justice at the local level, identifying priorities for reform according to the expressed needs and perceptions of local litigants.
This paper analyses the security situation and underlying causes of violence, medio 2009. Download
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