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This report aims to document the process of nomadic pastoralism across the Sudan-South Sudan border through the dry season 2011-2012 and identify some key factors that affected the nature of this migration. Download

This briefing looks ahead to the final round of peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan (2012), focussing on the outstanding issues of Abyei, border disputes and demarcation, security arrangements along the border, and citizenship. Download

Argues forcefully that the birth of the independent state of Southern Sudan and the threat of further dismemberment of a rump northern Sudan are due to the failure of the approaches and ideologies of the main Sudanese parties, as well as a deeply flawed US-backed peace process that excludes civil society and other rebel groups. Link to publication

Since Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, its border with Uganda has become a hub of activity. Contrasting developments on the Ugandan side of the border with those on the South Sudanese side, the paper draws on empirical fieldwork to argue that the CPA has created new centres of power in the margins of both states. However, in day-to-day dealings on either side of the border, South Sudanese military actors have become dominant. In…

This article provides (historical) information on the contested border-town Panthou/Heglig. Download

Report from four seminars on challenges and opportunities for peacebuilding in Sudan, held in March and April 2012 in Uppsala and Stockholm, Sweden. Each of the seminars focused on a special theme, namely: environmental factors, border issues, civil society, peace building. Download

This research from 2012 investigates the relationship between proliferation of illicit SALW and fragile situations in South Sudan, and their impacts on development and livelihoods. Download

This Issue Brief reviews arms flows and holdings among both state and non-state armed forces as of early 2012 thereby situating recent developments against historical trends and patterns of supply. Download

This paper from 2011 discusses some of the state-building challenges faced by the newly found state of South Sudan. Download

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