Publications
The Revitalization of the ARCSS and the Prospects for Peace in South Sudan
Authors: Abraham Awolich, Jok Madut Jok, Nhial Tiitmamer, Augustino Ting Mayai
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 21/11/2017
This policy paper evaluates the prospects of peace in South Sudan within the context of the recently proposed revitalization process of the 2015 political pact. The paper broadly argues that the revitalization process is important, but it must contend with factors that led to the collapse of the original agreement.
President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s Visit to Khartoum: Goals and Outcomes
Author: Jok Madut Jok
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 14/11/2017
People who study the relationship between north and south of the old Sudan do recognize that the memories of the Sudanese state violence, racial and religious bigotry of many northern Sudanese leaders and the anti-north sentiments they have engendered in the south, all of which fueled the drive for the...
The Significance of US Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley’s Visits to South Sudan
Author: The Sudd Institute
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 31/10/2017
Food Security and Nutrition Vulnerability and Risk Analysis in Former Warrap and Northern Bahr el Ghazal States
Authors: Samuel Garang Akau, Augustino Ting Mayai
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 20/09/2017
Despite no direct politically driven armed conflict in former Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap States, assessments have shown deteriorating food security and nutritional conditions. More generally, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) shows a growing food security problem in South Sudan, with a large proportion of people sliding...
Negotiations in a Cultural Context
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Dialogue briefs
Date: 18/09/2017
This article was initially prepared for a seminar on Negotiations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of John's Hopkins University in Washington, DC., which was conducted by Professor I. William Zartman. The principles, as referred to then, were subsequently presented at the peace negotiations in Naivasha, Kenya, that...
Negotiations in a Cultural Context
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Dialogue briefs
Date: 14/09/2017
This article was initially prepared for a seminar on Negotiations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of John's Hopkins University in Washington, DC., which was conducted by Professor I. William Zartman. The principles, as referred to then, were subsequently presented at the peace negotiations in Naivasha, Kenya, that...
National Dialoque: A Critical Perspective
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Dialogue briefs
Date: 15/08/2017
Is the National Dialogue in South Sudan turning out to be a nice surprise to those who wanted it but feared that it would not succeed or a disappointment to those who opposed it or predicted its failure?
South Sudan: A Framework for International Cooperation
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Type: Dialogue briefs
Date: 14/07/2017
It is now widely recognized that there is an increasing call for regional and international action to end the current crisis in South Sudan. This is a crisis that has inflicted and continues to inflict on the people untold suffering, death, and destruction.
Abyei Dialogue: Bottom Up and Top Down
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Type: Dialogue briefs
Date: 14/07/2017
This report on the case of the Ngok Dinka of Abyei provides a model for the National Dialogue that substantiates the Bottom-Up-Top-Down approach, which the President has stipulated in his various statements, and in his Concept Note.
The National Dialogue Strategy
Author: Francis Mading Deng
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Dialogue briefs
Date: 05/07/2017
This concept paper outlines some of the principal elements involved in promoting peace, unity, reconciliation and a shared sense of national identity, the overriding goals of the National Dialogue. The National Dialogue is an opportunity to address the complex web of conflicts afflicting South Sudan through a top-down-bottom-up process that...