South Kordofan

This paper addresses the challenge of security sector reform (SSR) in democratizing Sudan. The former regime developed a sprawling, expensive,…

This Crisis Briefing assesses the challenges and opportunities of the October peace agreement. Specifically, the review explores how the agreement…

This review draws on several hundred sources to synthesize the major points of consensus and divergence in the existing literature and identify relevant research gaps. This anal-ysis presents data from across Sudano-Sahelian West and Central Africa, to link comparable findings that are often presented in isolation.

The emergence of a national border into a complex environment containing many groups with different histories and narratives—especially during the…

This is the first in a series of three analysis features covering unrest in Sudan, and the repercussions of this…

This Working Paper describes the first year of renewed war (June 2011– July 2012) based on field research in South…

This Working Paper analyses the last two years of conflict in the Two Areas, based on fieldwork in late 2014…

This Issue Brief examines the history of Sudan’s militia strategy and the role of militias in the country’s armed conflicts,…

This Issue Brief draws on fieldwork conducted in 2011–12 in Darfur, South Sudan, and South Kordofan, and on reports to…

Insurgents and other armed groups are often seen as inherently predatory and hostile to aid workers, attacking staff, extorting money…