Making Sense of Sudan

The tactical calculations in the conflict between North and South Sudan are staggeringly complex but they have one thing in common: neither party has the slightest consideration for the wellbeing of the population. I tend to feel that there is

Read the rest of Stalemate in Sudan as neither North nor South can make decisive move – By Nanne op’t Ende »

In recent weeks, antagonism between Sudan and its recently independent neighbour, South Sudan, have reached new lows. The south’s occupation of oilfields in the north, and the north’s aerial bombardment of Unity state in the south are but two reasons

Read the rest of Diary: Review of Chatham House Meeting with Pa’gan Amum, Chief Negotiator for South Sudan — By William Townsend »

Sudan has been described as ‘Africa in microcosm.’ Formerly a single country, political conflict between North and South spawned its ongoing civil war through the second half of the 20th century which eventually culminated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)

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The RAS relaunches its Africa Asia Centre programme this Spring with a new seminar series exploring different aspects of Africa-Asia relations. Our first seminar will be delivered by Zach Vertin, Senior Analyst on Sudan & South Sudan at the International

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Deep in Warrap State’s wetlands, land that is used for grazing even in the driest season, the thickly wooded higher land, surrounded by rich marshes, once supported the homes of many families.  Just twenty years ago, there had been homesteads

Read the rest of A letter from South Sudan: rearmament in Warrap State – By Naomi Pendle »

Pastoralism is the dominant economic activity of South Sudan’s conflict-prone Jonglei State. It is so critical to livelihoods that it has shaped cultural practices throughout much of South Sudan. Though violence is not new to these areas, a striking feature

Read the rest of Intercommunal violence in Jonglei State: from restitution to revenge – By Adam Hyde »

India’s trade and investment in Africa has soared to amazing heights in recent years with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledging $5 billion for development initiatives at last year’s India-Africa Summit. Today, there is no better place to take India’s African

Read the rest of For oil and peace, India must stand up in the two Sudans – Luke A. Patey »

Kenya has, over the past few years, enjoyed cordial relations with Sudan: taking in countless refugees both from what is now South Sudan and from Darfur, including tens of thousands of Sudanese migrants in the vast Kakuma Refugee camp in

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Across South Sudan demonstrations have been held in support of President Salva Kiir’s decision to shutdown its 350,000-barrel daily oil production. This came after Sudan’s confiscation of several shipments through the only existing pipeline out of the landlocked country, and

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The below op-ed contribution was published online by the International Herald Tribune–Global Opinion, on January 24, 2012. South Sudan was born as an independent nation on July 9, 2011, with good will and a bounty. Three hundred and fifty thousand

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