This report investigates the changing role of traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution (mediation, compensation and restitution) as the result of the prolonged civil war. Download
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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 briefing explores the roots of Sudan’s national identity crisis and addresses its stratifying implications. Download
This document reports findings from focus group discussions with citizens living in the Three Areas on the implementation of the CPA. Download
This article (2007) reviews the implementation of the CPA and the contextual factors that influenced the implementation. Download
Beyond a major political agreement, any enduring transformation of Sudan’s conflict will entail difficult and lengthy processes of compromise and reconciliation. Grassroots peacebuilding efforts have been taking place in southern Sudan since church-led efforts to address worsening inter-communal conflict re-emerged in the 1990s. Paul Murphy describes how the Pact-led Sudan Peace Fund sought to support these people-to-people peace processes between 2002 and 2005. He explains the design of the programme and how it was adapted,…
As part of the HSBA’s ongoing review of Sudan’s numerous armed groups, this Issue Brief (2006) examines the role played by the South Sudan Defence Forces in Sudan’s intra-South conflicts, highlighting its origins, leadership, areas of operation, and recent change of fortune. Download
This report summarizes a two-day policy advisory group seminar on 20 and 21 April 2006 in Franschhoek, South Africa. The objective of this meeting was to assess the signing of the CPA. The seminar sought to devise policy recommendations on how South Sudan can use the opportunity of the signing of the CPA to promote peace. Download
As the one-year anniversary of the CPA approached, NDI and the SSCCSE undertook this research to better understand the response of ordinary men and women to the events they have witnessed over the past year. This report is based on a series of 32 focus groups conducted in 14 locations across Southern Sudan and the Three Areas in 2006. Download
This report (2006) reviews the first six months of the National Unity Government that resulted from the CPA. It concludes the National Unity government has not yet provided the anticipated power sharing mechanisms and reform of legislation. Visit here.
This report is a review of the literature on local peace processes in Sudan, from the 1980s to 2006. It presents such processes by a series of case studies of particularly significant local peace processes.
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