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Nafeer and community networks drive much of Sudan’s humanitarian response. This blog looks at how international organisations can adapt to these local mechanisms.

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Revisiting the Joint Operating Principles: Insights from Over 300 Aid Stakeholders.
What’s working, and what’s not when it comes to principled humanitarian action in Sudan? This report explores key findings from nationwide consultations on the Joint Operating Principles (JOPs), offering practical lessons to improve coordination, access, and conflict sensitivity in a rapidly evolving war.

The Environment, Conflict and Peace in Sudan: From Response to Recovery

In Sudan, conflict and environmental pressures feed off each other.
Our latest research in collaboration with CEOBs explores how climate stress, weak governance, and competition over natural resources shape the dynamics of war and peace and calls for aid actors to place the environment at the heart of recovery and peacebuilding.

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The CSF collaborates with donors, aid agencies, and local responders across the aid sector to promote conflict-sensitive action that avoids harm and supports peace in Sudan.
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We believe that aid must not contribute to conflict in Sudan and should instead seek to find ways to contribute to peace.
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Our integrity and approach are underpinned by our values and principles that guide our work: - Supporting local agency - Inclusion - Empowerment - Solidarity - Respect - Transparency
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The CSF in Sudan, modeled after the Conflict Sensitivity Resource Facility in South Sudan, draws on decades of experience to support aid actors in understanding local contexts and promoting conflict-sensitive aid.
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