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The Sudd Institute in 2015
Author: Jok Madut Jok
Date: 24 December 2015
In 2015 South Sudan has remained in serious turmoil. The civil war has defied the efforts of mediators, directly and indirectly killing thousands of people, with the rest of the population living on e...
Press Release: The Sudd Institute on the Situation of Insecurity in Juba
Author: Sudd Institute
Date: 17 December 2013
December 17, 2013 – Juba, South Sudan. This press statement is an attempt to make sense of the events of December 15 through 17Th in Juba, when members of the Tiger Battalion of the Sudan People’s...
Press Release: The Sudd Institute Announces New Executive Director
Author: Sudd Institute
Date: 7 September 2013
6th September 2013--Juba, South Sudan. The Sudd Institute board of directors appoints Professor Pauline Elaine Riak as the new Executive Director.Professor Riak succeeds former Executive Director Dr....
Cabinet needs improvement, says analyst
Author: Charlton Doki
Date: 6 August 2013
JUBA - An analyst in Juba says South Sudan’s new cabinet is neither regionally balanced nor does it meet the 25 percent quota allocated to women. In several decrees, issued under Article 112 (1) of...
South Sudan: 'independence is not as beautiful as we thought'
Author: Andrew Green | The Guardian
Date: 9 July 2013
In January 2011, Lorna Merekaje was an official observer at the referendum in which more than 98% of southern Sudanese voted to sever their ties with Sudan. She remembers the fireworks and parties tha...
Bashir’s Sudan: a test to the credibility of the AU
Author: Luka Biong Deng | Sudan Tribune
Date: 25 June 2013
June 25, 2013 - As Africa celebrates this year the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Organization of African Union (OAU) and almost a little more than a decade since the formation of the Africa...
South Sudan Citizens Have Say on New Constitution
Author: Manyang David Mayar | Voice of America
Date: 26 March 2013
BOR, SOUTH SUDAN — Residents in Jonglei state are having their say on what they think should be included in the new constitution of South Sudan, after the authorities extended the deadline for draft...
After a long fight for freedom, South Sudan cracks down on dissent
Author: Hereward Holland | Reuters
Date: 14 March 2013
(Reuters) - Three weeks after Christmas, a package wrapped in plastic appeared on John Penn de Ngong's bed. Unwrapping the parcel, the South Sudanese poet-cum-activist found a jawbone, a bullet and...
South Sudan: A Politics of Demise or a Vision for Progress?
Author: Jok Madut Jok | Sudan Tribune
Date: 12 March 2013
The Republic of South Sudan has made tremendous progress on several developmental fronts, including establishment of institutions of governance, reformation of the military, structuring of public serv...
Fear lingers in South Sudan despite independence
Author: Joseph Edward | The Niles
Date: 22 February 2013
A recent report by the Sudd Institute, an independent research organisation funded by the U.S. Institute of Peace, said the current situation recalls some of the most violent periods of the North-Sout...