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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThis week's window on the Middle East - November 20, 2013Arab Awakening's columnists offer their weekly perspective on what is happening on the ground in the Middle East....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe myth of peace in DarfurThe National Congress Party’s (NCP) peace agreements, like the DDPD, will never achieve peace as long as their...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSouth Sudan is missing justice in governance
Violators of the laws are freed without trial, war criminals are released without punishment, corrupt officials are...
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Published in: HomeLand of gold
The early months of 2013 have once again seen the severe deterioration of Darfur’s humanitarian situation. There may...
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Published in: openSecuritySplit of a soul: when politics shoots at culture
The 2011 referendum granting South Sudan independence served as a decisive verdict on the history of decades-long...
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Published in: 50.50South Kordofan: activism, resilience and sacrifice
Sudanese women's rights organisations that fled South Kordofan last year are rebuilding their networks, and women...
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Published in: openSecuritySudan and South Sudan: negotiating amidst brinkmanship and armed rebellions
The 22 September deadline approaches, with little sign of an agreement on outstanding issues. A piecemeal approach...
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Published in: openSecuritySeven years of shifting sands: South Sudan's government must make the change
In seven years of independent control, South Sudan has not diversified its economy. Now the domestic agricultural...
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Published in: 50.50Hope, pain and patience: HIV and sex workers
A year after the UN adopted a declaration in which member states committed to creating “enabling legal, social and...
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Published in: openSecuritySouth Sudan: a false start
For all the Government of South Sudan's rhetoric, real investment in the country's future has been slow to begin....
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Published in: openSecuritySouth Sudan: building the foundations of the world’s newest nation
Aggrey Tisa Sabuni, economic advisor to the President of the Republic of South Sudan, looks back on a tumultous year...
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Published in: openSecurityThe battle for Heglig and the elephant in the room
The hostility between South Sudan and Sudan over Heglig is symptom of the larger unresolved issues between the two...
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Published in: openSecurityPride and prejudice in Heglig
The South Sudanese People's Liberation Army has moved into an oil town on the South Sudan/ Sudan border. While...
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Published in: HomeDespite clashes, oil shutdown is bad for South Sudan
The South Sudanese government recently decided to stop oil production in retaliation against actions taken by the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe LRA: what's to be done?
Supporters of the Kony 2012 campaign have posed two questions to critics: 'what would you do?', and 'what's the...
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Published in: openSecurityAfter the storm, we need to keep talking about Kony
In the backlash against Kony 2012 a real discussion of what the international community can and should do has been...
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Published in: openSecurityDon't elevate Kony
What is Kony2012? The apologists for Invisible Children call it “raising awareness.” Alex de Waal calls it peddling...
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Published in: openSecurityWhat will it take to end the conflict with the LRA?Ending the violence and insecurity perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army is more about empowering civil society...
