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Humanitarian Needs Overview: South Sudan 2022
This document is consolidated by OCHA on behalf of the Humanitarian Country Team and partners. It provides a shared understanding of the crisis in South Sudan in early 2022, including the most pressing humanitarian need and the estimated number of…
Journal Article
Conflict, epidemic and faith communities: church-state relations during the fight against Covid-19 in north-eastern DR Congo.
The present article seeks to go beyond such oft-documented instrumentalization of churches for public health purposes. It discusses a more fundamental and general dynamic: the relationship between religious denominations, the State, and health authorities in a fragile context marked by…
Journal Article
Becoming Secondary Survivors: Exploring the Effects of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence on the Health and Well-Being of Families in Northern Uganda
The enduring consequences of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) and its catastrophic effects on the health and well-being of survivors has been well documented. However, there is a dearth of evidence on the impact of CRSV on families of survivors who…
Policy Document
South Sudan United Nations Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) 2023-2025 Results and M&E framework
This document presents the results of a strategic prioritization workshop focused on aligning National Development priorities of South Sudan with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The resulting framework will be used to track and monitor the country’s SDG progress…
Journal Article
Researcher Effects in Survey-Based Research: Insights from Research in South Sudan
The article contributes to the literature that argues that researcher effects also occur in quantitative research. It shows that in policy-relevant research reflexivity is necessary to strengthen research results. Researchers working in conflict-affected, impoverished environments, and donors requesting evaluation and…
Journal Article
Hiding in plain sight: IDP’s protection strategies after closing Juba’s protection of civilian sites
When civil war broke out in South Sudan in 2013, people from the Nuer minority ethnic group became targeted by government forces and sought protection in United Nations peace-keeping bases which expanded and became known as Protection of Civilian sites…
Briefing
Sudan: Humanitarian access snapshot
This briefing note, published on 4 May 2023, a snapshot of the humanitarian access situation in Sudan following the start of fighting between the SAF and the RSF on 15 April 2023, focusing on conflict-affected areas. It also provides some…
Report
Sudan: Update on the humanitarian situation with a focus on the impact on healthcare
This Thematic Report, published on 27 April 2023, provides an update on the impact of conflict on Sudan’s healthcare system using a secondary data review of public sources. Operational constraints and political sensitivities hinder data and information gathering among humanitarian…
High food prices, flooding, and inter-communal clashes continue driving high needs
Sudan food security outlook update describing different drivers of food insecurity among a range of vulnerable population groups.
Briefing
Protection Analysis May 2022
This update, published in May 2022, analyses priority protection risks and provides a set of recommendations.
News Article
Egypt: Police Target Sudanese Refugee Activists
Describes political conditions and recent experiences of Sudanese refugees in Egypt which may shape how current Sudanese refugees are treated in the country.
Journal Article
Wartime Captivity and Homecoming: Culture, Stigma and Coping Strategies of Formerly Abducted Women in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
The women formerly abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda find that achieving meaningful reintegration into their communities is a distant prospect despite being the home culture they once shared. The stigmatisation of formerly abducted persons by…
