Publications
President Salva Kiir’s Visit to Khartoum
Author: Adel Sandrai
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 13/09/2013
The Sudd Institute analyzes the net gain from the visit of President Salva Kiir Mayardit to Khartoum, the driving factors behind the move to hold the Presidential Summit and the potential political backlash resulting from changing national political landscapes in South Sudan.
Police Service and Law Enforcement in South Sudan
Author: Jok Madut Jok
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Special Reports
Date: 06/09/2013
South Sudan has been engaged in a daunting endeavor to build institutions of security, justice and national defense. In addition to decades of cataclysmic conflict with what is now the Republic of Sudan, the new state of South Sudan has had to face tensions within itself.
Restructuring the South Sudanese Federal Government: Political or Human Factor?
Author: Augustino Ting Mayai
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 10/08/2013
On July 23, 2013, President Salva Kiir Mayardit issued some of the most courageous political/administrative decrees of all time, relieving the nation’s longstanding vice president of his post, suspending the chief administrator, the Secretary General of the ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), dissolving the executive branch of...
SPLM Leadership Contest
Author: Abraham Awolich
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 23/07/2013
The days surrounding the 2nd anniversary of independence have ushered in a tense political climate in Juba causing public concern across the country and beyond. This anxious political situation showcases the cracks within the top leadership of the nation’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).
South Sudan’s Fight against Corruption: Are We Winning?
Author: Abraham Awolich
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 03/07/2013
In a decree, issued on June 18, 2013, the President of the Republic, Salva Kiir Mayardit, in a rare move, lifted the immunity of two senior ministers in the government, Deng Alor and Kosti Manibe, to answer questions regarding their role in the an un-procedural transfer of nearly eight million dollars.
Regional Conferences in South Sudan Are Imperative
Author: Lual A. Deng
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 25/06/2013
Justice Deng Biong has triggered an opportune and a healthy discourse on the relevance of regional conferences based on the colonial division of the South into three administrative provinces of Bahr el-Ghazal, Equatoria, and Upper Nile.
Peace and Reconciliation in South Sudan: A Conversation for Justice and Stability
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Special Reports
Date: 06/06/2013
Popular sentiment in South Sudan appears to favor a reconciliation process, but questions remain regarding what issues such a process would tackle, how it might be conducted, and who should carry it out. This special report addresses these concerns using information and opinions gathered from interviews with community leaders, youth,...
Recent Killing in Abyei: Its Implications on the Relations between the two Sudans
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Policy Briefs
Date: 04/06/2013
The shocking news of the killing of Abyei’s Paramount Chief, Kuol Deng Kuol in cold blood on Saturday, May 4, 2013 allegedly by the Misseirya militiamen confirms the daunting challenge that faces the normalization of relations between South Sudan and Sudan.
President Kiir and the International Criminal Court at the African Union Summit
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 03/06/2013
The question of whether the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been unjust to African leaders, singularly going after them, and probably driven by racism, has been an ongoing debate for about a decade now. These accusations against the ICC have never been based on a claim that the indicted African...
Understanding the Parameters of Lakes State Authorities' Extremism on Alcohol Production and Consumption
Author: Agook Mayek
Organization: The Sudd Institute
Type: Weekly Reviews
Date: 28/05/2013
The case of Lakes State's ban on both alcohol production and consumption is very corporeal and at the same time interesting, particularly, when one looks at its pros and cons. In the olden days of Khartoum regime, there were profound constrictions to alcohol production and consumption in the country, which...