In Presidential Nominations, South Sudan Ruling Party Signals (Secessionist) Priorities
Late last night, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement—the ruling party in southern Sudan and the southern partner in Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement—announced its candidates for the two presidential contests set to take place in the country's April elections ...
As New Year Arrives, “Fragile Calm” or “Forgotten War” in Darfur?
Two recent articles – one by the New York Times' Jeffrey Gettleman and the other by the sharp-tongued and insightful Sudan observer Rob Crilly – shed light on the current situation in Darfur but paint starkly different portraits of the status quo ...
Kony’s Shadow Looms Large in Congolese Refugee Camp
“When I was abducted, I wasn’t married,” 18-year-old Monique said without emotion. “But the tonton [LRA] made me take a soldier as my husband.” ...
A Growing Chorus in South Sudan: “Unity Has Not Been Made Attractive”
A powerful statement issued a couple of weeks ago by the Episcopal Church of Sudan is worth highlighting for the palpable frustration it conveys ...
Field Dispatch: Jonglei, Southern Sudan
In recent months, Duk County and other neighboring, largely Dinka counties in western Jonglei state, have been afflicted by several violent attacks by armed, organized, and well-trained militia ...
Daily Bread In Malakal
This photo essay tells the story of a morning in a bakery in Malakal, the capital of Upper Nile state in southern Sudan ...
Displaced And Ignored: Sudanese Seeking Shelter From The LRA
As my colleague and I drove through the outskirts of Yambio, the capital of Western Equatoria state, we passed a large construction site where a tall brick wall formed a periphery around what appeared to be bleachers and a grandstand under construction ...
On the Road in Southern Sudan, Reminders of War
Driving southwest from Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, to the town of Yei, near the Congolese border, it’s hard to miss the clear signs—literal and otherwise—of the impact of decades of war and insecurity on this region ...
Preparing For The 2011 Post-Secession Reality In Sudan: Is Anyone Doing It?
An insightful post recently appeared in the Making Sense of Darfur blog’s “Scenarios for 2011” series. Giorgio Musso, writing from Khartoum, posed a crucial question that is strangely absent from many of the concurrent debates occurring today on Sudan--what will happen post-secession? ...
This Is What “Awash In Arms” Looks Like
This is my first time working and living in a “post-conflict setting,” but sadly, southern Sudan also has the feeling of being in a period of potential “pre-conflict,” threatening to return to widespread violence ...
