Sudan is a nation with enormous potential, but where the poverty and living standards of many of the people are among the worst in the world. The level of public services and investment has been eroded over the decades of…
The wealth-sharing agreement signed between the GoS and the SPLM in January 2004[1] highlights the transitional nature of land tenure arrangements. By focusing on usage rights it explicitly avoids addressing the issue of land ownership. There is a risk that…
The primary aim of the conference hosted by the Norwegian government was to solicit donor support for Sudan up to the end of 2007. Two types of support were sought. Firstly, $2.6 bn was sought as the international community’s contribution…
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) emerged from an immensely complex national crisis. Civil war had erupted even before independence in 1956; war-related mortality figures were reportedly as high as two million; the main protagonists represented two distinct ideologies – Islamism…
Like most negotiated agreements, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) included something for everyone but left all parties short of their full goals. The deal was predicated on extensive sharing of power, wealth and security arrangements and established an asymmetrical federal…
The NGO Forum was started in 1996 to bring together international NGOs (INGOs) associated with Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) – the umbrella operation for UN agencies and NGOs working in southern Sudan established in 1989. The Forum was created to…
The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) signed between the Government of the Republic of the Sudan (GoS) and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLM/SPLA) on 9 January 2005 represents a major opportunity for restoring the social contract between…
The Livelihoods and Social Protection cluster[1] of the Joint Assessment Mission (JAM) forms the basis of the plan for the return and reintegration of some 6.7 million people by 2011. Success will depend on commitment to the Comprehensive Peace Process…
Since it occupied the OPT in 1967 – and regardless of the Oslo process – Israel has reserved exclusive power of civil registration and issuing of IDs for Palestinians. It unilaterally administers entry visas and work permits for the tens…
After victory in the 1967 Six Day war, Israel annexed East Jerusalem – that part of the city that had been under Jordanian rule since the end of the British Mandate in 1948 – together with an additional 64 square…