***Online News (See below)
- ACCORD--African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (Durban, South Africa)
- African Development Bank Group on South Sudan (Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire)
- African Union on South Sudan (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
- AU Peace and Security Council's Communique on the Status of the Revitalization Process for the Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict of the Republic of South Sudan," February 8, 2018
----See also: IGAD below for September 2018 Revitalised Agreement & Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission
- AU Peace and Security Council's Communique on the Situation in South Sudan, July 12, 2016
- AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan--press release and reports, October 27, 2015
-- See especially: Final Report of the AUCISS, October 15, 2015 315 pages in PDF format; plus:
A Separate Opinion. By Mahmood Mamdani, Commissioner, Member of the AUCISS, October 20, 2015
- Amnesty International on South Sudan (New York)
- Blogs and Other Fora on South Sudan: Scholarly analysis and opinions
- African Arguments (Royal African Society, London, UK)
--"South Sudan needs elections. Here's a clear plan for how they can happen," February 23, 2022. By Peter Biar Ajak.
--South Sudan’s other (more hopeful) peace process," by David Deng (June 14, 2021)
--"South Sudan: How warring parties play international donors," by Daniel Akech Thiong (March 20, 2019)
--"South Sudan: Buying off elites to stop fighting won't work: here's what might." By Daniel Akech Thiong. (March 20, 2018)
--"South Sudan: Will local concerns sink the National Dialogue." (June 18, 2017)
--"Who's behind South Sudan's return to fighting?" (July 11, 2016)
--"South Sudan's man-made hunger crisis," by Lama Fakih (February 24, 2016)
--"South Sudan: Why a political crackdown accompanies a peace agreement." by Alex de Waal (September 11, 2015)
--"South Sudan's unwanted peace agreement," by James Copnall (August 27, 2015)
--"John Garang Remembered 10 Years On," by Mawan Muortat (August 17, 2015)
--South Sudan talks must make provision for Justice and Reconciliation (January 8, 2014)
--South Sudan: attempted coup or politics as usual (December 18, 2013)
- Boston Review. (Boston, Massachusetts)
--"Who's to Blame in South Sudan," by Mahmood Mamdani, June 28, 2016
- Center for Strategic and International Studies--"Southern Sudan's Referendum" (Washington, DC)
--See also: "A Coup in South Sudan?" (December 2013)
- Enough Project--"South Sudan" (USA)
--See also: The Sentry on South Sudan below
- International Crisis Group--"The Horn" Podcast: "Will South Sudan's Peace Hold?" February 2020. (Brussels, Belgium; Wasihington, DC and New York, USA)
- The Sudd Institute (Juba, South Sudan)
- See also: The Zambakari Advisory (below)
- Center for Conflict Resolution (Cape Town, South Africa)
"Building Peace in South Sudan--Progress, Problems, and Prospects," CCR Seminar (December 14-15, 2016)
58 pages in PDF format
- Chatham House on South Sudan (The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, UK)
- CEPO--Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (Juba, South Sudan)
The web site features project information and recent human rights and civil society news; plus reports for members only. "...since November 2010...formed to engage University students and fresh South Sudanese University graduates...the organization was initially formed in Khartoum in 1999 and consisted of mostly University students, but its scope broadened after it was established in Juba, Southern Sudan as separate entity."
- Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan (2011) -- via South Sudan, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Juba.
- Elections and Referendum in Sudan / Southern Sudan, 2010-2011 (See below)
- Enough Project on South Sudan (Center for American Progress, Washington, DC)
- Food and Agriculture Organization on South Sudan (Rome, Italy)
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Kampala, Uganda)
"Do Local Peace Deals Work? Evidence from South Sudan's Civil War." (2019) By Alan Boswell.
74 pages in PDF format
- Government of the Republic of South Sudan (See below)
- Human Rights Watch on South Sudan (New York)
- HRW on South Sudan: current press releases, reports, related links, etc.
- "'What Crime Was I Paying For?': Abuses by South Sudan's National Security Service." December 14, 2020. -- New York: HRW, 2020. 98 pages in PDF format
- "'Soldiers Assume We Are Rebels': Escalating Violence and Abuses in South Sudan's Equatorias." (August 1, 2017) -- New York: HRW, 2017. 61 pages in PDF format
- HRW News Release: "South Sudan: Killings, Rapes, Looting in Juba," August 15, 2016
- "'They burned it all': destruction of villages, killings, and sexual violence in Unity State, South Sudan." (July 22, 2015) -- New York: HRW, 2015. 25 pages in PDF format
- "Ending the Era of Injustice: Advancing Prosecutions for Serious Crimes Committed in South Sudan's New War." (December 2014) -- New York: HRW, 2015. 44 pages in PDF format
- South Sudan's new war: abuses by government and opposition forces. (August 2014) -- New York: HRW, 2014. 100 pages in PDF format
- "They are killing us": abuses against civilians in South Sudan's Pibor County. (September 2013) -- New York: HRW, 2013. 53 pages in PDF format
- Human Security Baseline Assessment for Sudan and South Sudan. Small Arms Survey (Geneva, Switzerland)
- Institute for Security Studies on South Sudan (Pretoria, South Africa)
- "Time for sanctions against South Sudan." (February 7, 2018) Peace and Security Council report.
- "The regionalisation of the South Sudanese crisis," (June 10, 2015) by Berouk Mesfin. East Africa report ; no. 4. -- Pretoria, South Africa: ISS, 2015. (12 pages in PDF format)
- "Reviewing options for peace in South Sudan," (March 19, 2015) by Emmanuel Kisiangani. East Africa report ; no. 1. -- Pretoria, South Africa: ISS, 2015. (12 pages in PDF format)
- "International law and the self-determination of South Sudan" (February 2012) by Soloman Dersso. ISS paper no. 231 -- Pretoria, South Africa: ISS, 2012. (12 pages in PDF format)
- IGAD--Intergovernmental Authority on Development on South Sudan (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Juba, South Sudan)
- International Crisis Group on South Sudan (Brussels, Belgium; New York and Washington, DC, USA)
- "South Sudan's Splintered Opposition: Preventing More Conflict," February 25, 2022. Crisis Group Africa Briefing no. 179. 16 pages.
- "Toward a Viable Future for South Sudan," February 10, 2021. Africa report no. 300. 37 pages.
- "Deja-vu: preventing another collapse in South Sudan," November 4, 2019. Africa Briefing no. 147. ; "Salvaging South Sudan's fragile peace deal," March 13, 2019. Africa report no. 270.
- "Instruments of Pain (II): Conflict and Famine in South Sudan," April 26, 2017
- "South Sudan: Rearranging the Chess Board," December 20, 2016 ; "South Sudan's South: Conflict in the Equatorias," May 25, 2016
- "South Sudan: Keeping Faith with the IGAD Peace Process," July 27, 2015 ; "Sudan's and South Sudan's merging conflicts," January 29, 2015
- "South Sudan: Jonglei--'We Have Always Been at War'," December 22, 2014 ; "South Sudan: a civil war by any other name," April 10, 2014
- "China's New Courtship in South Sudan," April 4, 2012
- "South Sudan: Compounding Instability in a Unity State," October 17, 2011 ; "Politics and transition in the new South Sudan," April 4, 2011
- International Organization for Migration--South Sudan (Juba)
- International Peace Institute on South Sudan (New York)
- Justice Africa on South Sudan (London, UK)
- Land Investment Deals in Africa--Reports on South Sudan from The Oakland Institute
- Leiden University, African Studies Centre Library: "Southern Sudan at a Crossroads" Web Dossier (2011): a bibliography of print & web resources. (Leiden, The Netherlands)
- London School of Economics and Political Science: Southern Sudan at odds with itself: dynamics of conflict and predicaments of peace (2010) by Marieke Schomerus and Tim Allen. -- London: London School of Economics and Political Science, Development Studies Institute (DESTIN), 2010. 64 pages in PDF format
- Makerere University, School of Law, Refugee Law Project (Kampala, Uganda)
Report on Rapid Assessment of South Sudanese Refugee Influx into Northern Uganda (Feb. 2015) 14 pages in PDF format
- National Bureau of Statistics (Juba, South Sudan)
- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs -- Reports on South Sudan / Southern Sudan (2014) (Washington, DC)
- Building a nation: South Sudanese share their thoughts on the creation of a successful state (November 2011) Findings from focus groups with men and women, March 16-April 6, 2011.
By Traci D. Cook. -- Washington, DC: NDI, 2011. 135 pages in PDF format
- Southern Sudan at the crossroads: citizen expectations, aspirations and concerns about the referendum and beyond. (September 30, 2010) By Andrea L. Levy (contributing, Trace D. Cook).
-- Washington, DC: NDI, 2010. 93 pages in PDF format
- A place to call their own: Southern Sudanese comment on the hard work & struggles of self-governance. (September 2007) By Traci D. Cook. -- Washington, DC: NDI, 2007. 56 pages in PDF format
- Oakland Institute--Special Investigations: Land Investment Deals in Africa: South Sudan--News and Reports (Oakland, California)
- Online News
- Al Jazeera.Com -- South Sudan Al Jazeera English "Spotlight" (Doha, Qatar)
- "South Sudan postpones December election by two years," September 14, 2024
- "UN reports 35 percent increase in people affected by South Sudan violence," March 19, 2024
- "South Sudan President Kiir intergrates rival's officers into army," April 13, 2022
- "South Sudan dismisses UN report on corruption," September 27, 2021
- "South Sudan president: Delay government of unity formation by a year," May 9, 2019
- "South Sudan rebel leader Machar back in Juba after two years," October 31, 2018
- "South Sudan close to another famine," February 26, 2018 ; "South Sudan officials may be guilty of war crimes," February 23, 2018
- "South Sudan crisis: renewed fighting in Juba," July 11, 2016
- Al Jazeera Opinion: "South Sudan is becoming a failed state" by Antony Loewenstein (July 9, 2015) ;
"The way forward for South Sudan" by Mahmood Mamdani (January 6, 2014) ;
"Why do Western media get Africa wrong?" by Nanjala Nyabola (January 2, 2014)
- All Africa.Com on South Sudan (AllAfrica Global Media, Washington, DC)
Recent news summaries in English and French are based mostly on reports from South Sudan media sources, the Pan African News Agency (PANA) and other East African regional sources. Warning: all articles more than 30 days old are accessible only through a subscription.
- BBC News on South Sudan (British Broadcasting Corporation, London, UK)
- South Sudan Profile (2023)
- Uganda receives one million South Sudan refugees, August 17, 2017
- "South Sudan conflict: African Union approves regional force," July 19, 2016 ; "South Sudan: Clashes erupt in Juba hours after UN plea," July 11, 2016 ; "South Sudan rebel chief Riek Machar sworn in as vice-president," April 26, 2016
- "South Sudan's men of dishonour," (Sept. 28, 2015) ; "South Sudan troops break ceasefire--Riek Machar" (August 31, 2015) ; "South Sudan: Obstacles to a Lasting Peace" (August 26, 2015)
- "US authorises South Sudan conflict sanctions" (April 4, 2014) ; "South Sudan fighting continues ahead of Ethiopia talks" (January 2, 2014) ; "Atmosphere of Fear in South Sudan town of Bor" (December 22, 2013) ; "South Sudan rebels take Bor Town (December 19, 2013) ; Q&A: South Sudan army clashes (December 18, 2013)
- South Sudan: New Nation (July 2012)
- Committee to Protect Journalists on South Sudan (New York)
- Eye Radio (Korok, Juba, South Sudan)
Since 2010: "Eye Radio broadcasts in English, Arabic, and in seven local languages. Eye Radio began as a project of Education Development Center, an international NGO based in the US, with support from the United States Agency for International Development. SRS’s first broadcast was on July 30, 2003...Formerly operating as Sudan Radio Service on shortwave and later on 98.6 SRS FM, Eye Radio is South Sudan’s first independent broadcast provider of news and information. Today, Eye Radio is managed as a partnership between Internews and Eye Media."
- Juba Echo (Juba, South Sudan)
"Juba Echo is an independent news website founded in 2015...an indigenous online news outlet in South Sudan that offers an original take on the latest information; politics, business, youth, women, arts and entertainment across the country, as well as providing updates from the East African Region."
- The New Sudan Vision, Archive (2019) (Canada and USA)
A news and commentary site produced by Sudanese in the diaspora. "Founded in 2006 by Sudanese college and university students who became motivated after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement put an end to the civil war, the website aspires to leverage the role of media as one of the fundamental tenets of a democratic, free, peaceful, prosperous, and well governed society."
- The Niles (via Berlin, Germany)
"‘...a project initiated by Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) to promote independent, balanced and accurate coverage of Sudanese and South Sudanese affairs."
- Radio France Internationale sur le Soudan du Sud (Paris, France)
- Radio Miraya News (UN Mission in South Sudan, in partnership with Fondation Hironelle, Juba, South Sudan)
The web site features live audio streaming, news bulletins and other selected programmes. "a 24 hour, 7 day a week radio...programmes are broadcast on 26 FM relays from Juba, capital of South Sudan, in English and simple Arabic."
- Radio Tamazuj (South Sudan)
In English or in Arabic: "Radio Tamazuj is a daily news service and current affairs broadcaster covering South Sudan, the southern states of Sudan, and the borderlands between the two countries."
- ReliefWeb News on South Sudan (UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland)
- South Sudan News Agency (Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA)
- Sudan Tribune (SudanTribune.com, Ltd., via Agence des Médias Numérique, Paris, France)
A current, daily news portal in English on South Sudan, The Sudan, and Africa based on a variety of news sources, mostly from outside Africa; plus commentary...with articles since July 2003.
- United Nations News Centre on South Sudan (New York)
- PeaceRep--The Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh, UK)
- RJMEC--Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (Juba, South Sudan)
- Republic of South Sudan
- Rift Valley Institute (London, UK; Nairobi, Kenya)
- "...an independent association based in Kenya and the United Kingdom. The Institute was established in 2001 to support research, publishing and educational initiatives in the African Rift Valley region. Fellows of the Institute include academic specialists from Africa, Europe and the Americas and local and international practitioners in the fields of aid, development, environmental conservation and human rights."
- Child labour, education and commodification in South Sudan. (2022) By Luga Aquila. (March 2022) 55 pages in PDF format
- South Sudan: youth, violence and livelihoods. (2021) 60 pages in PDF format
- The role of transnational networks and mobile citizens in South Sudan’s global community: a pilot study focused on Melbourne and Juba. (March 2018). By Cedric Barnes ...[et al.] Submitted to the Australian Embassay in Addis Ababa ; 26 pages in PDF format
- Now we are zero: South Sudanese chiefs and elders discuss their roles in peace and conflict. (2016) South Sudan Customary Authorities Project ; 36 pages in PDF format.
- Stabilization in eastern and central Africa: insights from Somalia, South Sudan, and the DRC. (2016) Edited by Ben Parker and Robin Odette Surrat. Report on conference held at Kenya School of Government, Nairobi, March 2014; 58 pages in PDF format. -- London: The Institute, 2016.
- Dividing communities in South Sudan and northern Uganda: boundary disputes and land governance. (2016)
By Cherry Leonardi and Martini Santschi. 161 pages in PDF format -- London: The Institute, 2016.
- My mother will not come to Juba: South Sudanese debate the making of the constitution. (2013) 45 pages in PDF format
- The Sudan Handbook (2011) Edited by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Sulaiman Baldo, & Jok Madut Jok. 347 pages in PDF format
- Race against time: the countdown to the referenda in Southern Sudan and Abyei. (October 30, 2010) By Aly Verjee. -- London: The Institute, 2010. 65 pages in PDF format
- When boundaries become borders. (2010) By Douglas H. Johnson. -- London: The Institute, 2010. 137 pages in PDF format
- Kafia Kingi enclave: people, politics and history in the north-south boundary zone of western Sudan. (2010) By Edward Thomas. -- London: The Institute, 2010. 171 pages in PDF format
- Local justice in southern Sudan. (October 2010) By Cherry Leonardi ...[et al.] "A joint project of the United States Institute of Peace and the Rift Valley Institute." -- Washington, DC: USIP, 2010.
100 pages in PDF format
- Elections in Sudan: learning from experience. (May 2009) By Justin Willis, Atta el-Battahani, & Peter Woodward. -- London: The Institute; Commissioned by the UK Department for International Development, 2009. 71 pages in PDF format
- Sudan Abduction & Slavery Project, 1983-2003
- Sudan Open Archive--Southern Sudan/Sudan: archive of documents, e-books, and web links
- Saferworld (London, UK)
- Satellite Sentinel Project (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
In collaboration with Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Google, Trellon, Enough Project, Not on Our Watch, Sudan Now, & DigitalGlobe.
"George Clooney initiated the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) while on an October 2010 trip to Southern Sudan with Enough Project Co-founder John Prendergast. SSP combines satellite imagery analysis and field reports with Google's Map Maker technology to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan."
- The Sentry: The Taking of South Sudan (Enough Project, Washington, DC)
"...a team of policy analysts, regional experts, and financial forensic investigators that follows the money in order to create consequences for those funding and profiting from genocide or other mass atrocities in Africa, and to build leverage for peace."
- South Sudan Civil Society Forum (Juba, South Sudan)
"[Launched in December 2017]...The South Sudan Civil Society Forum is a 'coalition of coalitions' of South Sudanese civil society organizations, networks, and community based organizations...there are over 200 Civil Society groups in the SSCSF."
--See especially:
Citizen Perspectives on the National Dialogue in South Sudan. (May 2021). By David Deng and Rajab Mohandis.
44 pages in PDF format.
- South Sudan Women's Empowerment Network...on Facebook (Phoenix, Arizona)
A Sudanese diaspora NGO organized "...to empower Sudanese women through programs that support and encourage women's rights, education, policy advocacy, and organizational development." The site includes information about the South Sudan Referendum Act of 2009 and their referendum awareness campaign.
- The Sudd Institute (Juba, South Sudan)
- [Founded in 2012]...an independent research organization that conducts and facilitates research and training to inform public policy and practice, to create opportunities for discussion and debate, and to improve analytical capacity in South Sudan...a proud partner of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent, nonpartisan conflict management center created by the United States Congress."
- Publications (All)
- Weekly Reviews (All)
- "The Nature and Magnitude of the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Sudan," May 27, 2020.
- "COVID-19 Pandemic Vulnerability Factors in South Sudan," May 15, 2020.
- "The Economic Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in South Sudan," May 10, 2020.
- "Food security and nutrition vulnerability and risk analysis in former Warrap and Northern Bahr el Ghazal states." (April 17, 2018). By Augustino T. Mayai ...[et al.]
32 pages in PDF format
- "The call for merger of the national dialogue and the HLRF processes," (February 27, 2018). By Abraham Awolich.
- "Understanding the cessation of hostilities agreements violations in South Sudan," (January 9, 2018) By Jok Madut Jok ...[et al.]
- "The importance of judicial independence to the administration of justice: the case of South Sudan," (May 7, 2016). By Mark A. Wek Deng
- "National security versus basic liberties: human rights challenges in South Sudan," by Jok Madut Jok (April 11, 2016)
- "Political Parties and the Push for Political Consensus," by Abraham Awolich (December 2, 2015)
- "The Role of Women in Peace-Buiilding in South Sudan," by Nyathon James Hoth Mai (December 1, 2015)
- "A Search for Lasting Peace: Ending South Sudan's Devastating Conflict," by Nhial Tiitmamer & Abraham Awolich (February 24, 2014)
- "South Sudan and the Prospects for Peace Amidst Violent Political Wrangling" by Jok Madut Jok (January 4, 2014)
- United Nations on South Sudan
- UN News Centre on South Sudan--Current (2021) (See above)
- UN Secretary General Report on South Sudan, February 23, 2021
- UN Human Rights Council--Press Release: "Deliberate Starvation and Corruption: Hallmarks of Conflict, Say UN Human Rights Experts," February 20, 2020. (Geneva, Switzerland)
--See also: Report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, January 31, 2020. 58 pages in Word format
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on South Sudan, 2012-2021
- UN General Assembly. Report of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, February 23, 2018. 20 pages in Word format
- UNMISS--UN Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (Juba; New York, USA)
- UN in South Sudan (June 2016)
- UNMAS-UN Mine Action Service in South Sudan, 2012--
- UN Development Programme on South Sudan (New York)
- UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on South Sudan
- United States Agencies on South Sudan (Washington, DC)
- University of Juba, South Sudan Founded in 1977
- War and genocide in South Sudan. By Clémence Pinaud. -- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021. --via Directory of Open Access Books
"This book explores the relationship between predatory wealth accumulation, state formation, and extreme ethnic group entitlement with genocidal potential in South Sudan. It traces the rise of a predatory state during the second civil war (1983-2005) and its transformation into a violent Dinka ethnocracy after independence that waged genocide against non-Dinka civilians in the third civil war (2013--)."
- The World Bank on South Sudan (Washington, DC)
- The Zambakari Advisory: "South Sudan Peace Agreement & Peacemaking." (Spring 2019) (Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
- Elections & Referendum in Sudan / Southern Sudan, 2010-2011