The CSF Blog

February 03, 2026
Why community interdependence matters: how international aid can support local resilience and co-existence in Sudan 

Since gaining independence, Sudan has endured significant and persistent social, economic, and political conflict. In the 70 years since Sudan’s…

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September 01, 2025 | Mazin Abdallah
The Role of Nafeer and Social Networks in Sudan’s Humanitarian Response: Challenges for International Humanitarian Actors in Adapting to Local Mechanisms

Introduction   As the Sudan war enters its third year, the humanitarian situation is dire. Over half of the population now…

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May 28, 2025 | Wala Mohamed
Hate Speech in Sudan: A Driver of Conflict and Displacement

A critical dynamic of the ongoing war in Sudan is the use of digital platforms by warring parties to manipulate…

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December 19, 2024 | Audrey Bottjen
The Joint Operating Principles (JOPs) – How can they help prevent the weaponisation of aid?

Humanitarian aid is being used as a weapon of war by both main parties to the conflict in Sudan, much…

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July 30, 2024 | Dr. Gerrit Kurtz
Navigating shifting power relations in Sudan – implications for the aid response

This blog is the seventh blog of the series ‘Humanitarian access, local action and conflict sensitivity dilemmas in Sudan since…

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May 15, 2024 | Hassan Alattar Satti
Towards a conflict-sensitive role for grassroot organisations in social protection in Sudan

This blog is the sixth blog of the series ‘Humanitarian access, local action and conflict sensitivity dilemmas in Sudan since…

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Sudan’s conflict one year on – four priority areas where conflict sensitivity is needed most

Donors and aid workers increasingly understand the need to be conflict sensitive in order to avoid entrenching and sustaining the…

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March 25, 2024 | Audrey Bottjen
What can Sudan’s past teach us? – Part 2: recommendations for aid’s approach to access today

Humanitarian access challenges in Sudan are not new. The control or denial of access by conflict actors to further political,…

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Business and aid: a role for the private sector in Sudan’s humanitarian response

As international aid actors struggle to reach those in need and local volunteers come under attack, some businesses are offering…

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February 06, 2024 | Audrey Bottjen
What can Sudan’s past teach us? – humanitarian access lessons from OLS and NMPACT

By Audrey Bottjen “One of the most bitter tragedies of Sudan is that the dilemmas facing humanitarian organisations today are…

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