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Women as Peacemakers in Sudan and South Sudan

February 12, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Princeton Lyman When Sudanese President Omar Bashir and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed a series of agreements on September 27 in Addis Ababa, they signaled their governments’ commitment to peace and cooperation between their two countries. However, since … read more »

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Evidence of Europe’s Positive Attitude on Sudan

February 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

At the beginning of 2013, some transformations in the European attitude occurred, resulting in positive symbols which appeared in the economic conference of Sudan and South Sudan under the auspices of Germany last month and the Sudan Invitation to participate … read more »

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South Sudan: Land grabbing may soon be of the past

February 10, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Jacob K. Lupai Recently land grabbing in and around Juba has hit news headlines. The Citizen newspaper of Friday, January 25, 2013 – Vol.7. Issue No. 356 had as a lead news headline ‘Interior Ministry Orders Arrest of Land … read more »

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Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration in South Sudan: feasible under current conditions?

February 7, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Jairo Munive Following decades of civil war South Sudan achieved independence from Sudan in mid-2011 as the culmination of a long peace process. Both the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) and international donors consider a successful Disarmament Demobilization and … read more »

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A Call for a Marshall plan for South Sudan (2-2)

January 31, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By John A. Akec “A pound improvement in governance leads to a tenfold increase in prosperity” – Author’s personal conviction BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION This is the second and final part of the article which I published recently under the same title. … read more »

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Against cash transfers in South Sudan

January 31, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Steven Wöndu MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Direct cash transfers from the government to individual citizens or households aims at poverty alleviation and reduction of vulnerability to economic shocks like floods, drought, crop failure, and veterinary diseases. I am an ardent crusader … read more »

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