South Sudan Independence

As the frenetic excitement about southern Sudan's recent referendum wears off, the challenges of building up a new country from scratch loom. For some segments of southern Sudan’s society, the obstacles are even greater. “The women of southern Sudan are ‘the marginalized of the marginalized,’ as Dr. John Garang used to say,” said Anyieth D’Awol, founder of the ROOTS Project.  Read More »

Last week, while the rest of southern Sudan was celebrating the successful start of an independence referendum, this troubled border region was embroiled in bloody clashes between southern security forces and an Arab militia long used as a proxy by the North.  Read More »

Around Juba, the long lines and the frenetic mood have subsided, but young people and local officials are working hard to see that everyone in their communities vote.  Read More »

South Sudan’s independence vote was a segment on last night’s ‘Daily Show’ in which Stewart managed to highlight the magnitude of the long-awaited exercise while making all of us here at the Enough Project laugh out loud.  Read More »

U.S. messaging during this critical phase in Sudan has rightly not been limited to felicitations. It has also focused attention on the many political obstacles still to overcome – an encouraging sign that U.S. diplomatic engagement will remain at a high level in the coming months.  Read More »

In a new field dispatch, Enough’s Laura Heaton reports on the circumstances that have been bringing Sudanese to Kakuma since 1992, the conditions and challenges in the camp today, and what the referendum may mean for southerners who want to return home.  Read More »

The successful launch of South Sudan’s referendum is cause for celebration, but a lot of work remains, emphasized Senator John Kerry, actor George Clooney, and Enough Co-Founder John Prendergast at a press conference in Juba.  Read More »

This tense region wedged between North and South Sudan is a tinderbox. One spark could ignite renewed violence and plunge the whole border area back into war.  Read More »

It’s easy to see the South’s expected vote for separation as a wholesale rejection of the North. But in day-to-day life in southern Sudan’s Unity state capital, northerners and southerners work alongside each other and share common values and mutual respect.  Read More »

“I have been waiting a long time for this day,” said a young man named Carter, standing in the intense, early morning sun. “Everyone here has, and we’re going for separation,” he said, gesturing toward the long lines of people around him who turned out to this polling station to vote in the South Sudan referendum on independence.  Read More »