Author: Amanda Hsiao

Expectations for what the January referendum will bring are tremendously high among residents of Unity state in South Sudan. While anticipation for the vote has placated a population that has grown increasingly discontent with its government, these grievances have not gone away. If South Sudan receives its independence, the southern ruling party will have to address its people’s expectations or risk popular violence ...
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In response to alarming developments in the Kalma camp in Darfur, home to an estimated 100,000 internally displaced persons, or IDPs, both Save Darfur Coalition and Physicians for Human Rights have issued strong statements of concern ...
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A Khartoum Monitor editorial last week pointedly titled “Where is the International Community?” is an expression of the mounting frustration over the lack of progress on the two referenda and the lack of international engagement to push the two Sudanese parties over the diplomatic stumbling blocks ...
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Tensions are rising over the contentious Abyei region as the two Sudanese ruling parties remain deadlocked over who will be eligible to vote in the region’s upcoming referendum in January, and southern leaders voice suspicion over the tactics of the North ...
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In just the last week violence has broken out three times in two IDP camps—allegedly between groups in support of and those opposed to the peace process ...
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Five months and 11 days until Sudan is set to hold critically important votes for both the South and Abyei, much remains to be done. Here’s a quick look at the status of some of the remaining, major provisions in the CPA ...
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One year after her own visit to eastern Congo, Secretary Clinton spoke out in favor of a new law to help regulate the trade in conflict minerals fueling violence there ...
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Sudanese actors and international guarantors remain ill-prepared for Sudan's referenda and the likely emergence of two new states, warned a new report ...
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Most international actors have weighed in—in predictable ways—on the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. President Obama's special envoy, on the other hand, veered off the script ...
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With the passing of the six-month mark before Sudan’s two referenda take place, some key international actors went on the record about their expectations and agendas as the countdown begins ...
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