Peace Is the Name of Our Cattle-Camp

John Ryle and Machot Amuom

2018  •  371 words  •  Books

Summary Following the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the subsequent independence of South Sudan in 2011, many agro-pastoralist and pastoralist areas of the country have experienced an upsurge of livestock raiding, counter raiding and cycles of revenge killing. The increase in unregulated violence has been ascribed to a variety of inter- acting and overlapping… more»

Local peace processes in Sudan

2006  •  2,420 words  •  Research

This report is an analytical account of the growth of “people-to-people” peace meetings in Sudan and its borderlands. It includes a comprehensive bibliography and time-chart … more»

Prospects for relief and development operations in SPLA-controlled areas of Southern Sudan, May 1989

1989  •  465 words  •  Research

The SPLA are now the de facto rulers … more»

To conserve you must transform

15 April 2005  •  4,998 words  •  Research

Earlier today, in Leenco Lata’s absence, I read out on his behalf the paper he prepared for this conference. In doing so I took on the role of one who in the Dinka language—thong muonyjaang—would be called agamlong, or interpreter. … more»

Sudan: Unintended consequences of humanitarian assistance

April 2000  •  2,064 words  •  Research

Introduction The research team was asked to consider a wide range of consequences… more»

Slavery, abduction and forced servitude in Sudan

22 May 2002  •  4,443 words  •  Research

Our purpose on this mission was to find practical ways to advance peace in Sudan … more»

Refugees in their own country

10 July 1992  •  441 words  •  Research

Introduction and Summary The military government of Sudan has in recent months bulldozed and burned the homes of about 500,000 of its poorest citizens in… more»

Peoples and cultures of two Sudans

2011  •  5,592 words  •  Research

Whether Sudan is considered as one country or two, cultural diversity and ethnic complexity are among its most immediately striking features. Between them, the republics… more»

Abuses of the laws of war in Sudan

April 2002  •  3,460 words  •  Research

In April 2001 I arrived by small plane at a settlement named Buoth in South Sudan. Buoth is in the former province of Western Upper… more»

A war of words among the Agar Dinka of Sudan

1987  •  3,804 words  •  Research

Singing is a high art among the agro-pastoralist Dinka communities of rural Southern… more»