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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...