Conflict Sensitivity

January 2026 CSF Research Update.
February 01, 2026
Research Update No. 19

The January CSF Research Update brings together recent open-source analysis examining how Sudan’s war is reshaping security dynamics, governance, livelihoods,…

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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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November 20, 2023 | Emma Beals
Towards better access in Sudan: lessons from Myanmar, Ethiopia and Syria

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

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February 23, 2023 | CSF Team
Localisation: beyond the jargon

Part 1:  When aid instrumentalizes national actors, it undermines Sudan’s transition to durable peace Local groups, including national NGOs, community-based…

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April 11, 2021 | CSF Team
Windows of Opportunity: 4 Ways that Aid can either Help or Hinder Sudan’s Transition

In addition to the daily challenges that all aid actors in Sudan must navigate, there are a number of deeper…

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Food aid and power in Sudan – time for continuity or change?

For the first time in decades, Sudan has a real opportunity for political and economic change.  The 2019 revolution resulted…

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February 22, 2021 | CSF Team
Designing Conflict Sensitivity into New Programs

In the aid sector, most good ideas are met with a series of questions: Is it in the budget?  Is…

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