South Sudan
Women’s rights

Partnering with women’s groups can curb gender violence

Local women’s rights groups are often overlooked when global aid organisations plan responses to humanitarian crises. This should change

Information technology

Tech training at Rhino Camp

A South Sudanese exile has become the go-to IT expert for his neighbours at a refugee settlement in northern Uganda

Land rights

Taking possession

A spate of land-grabbing and lack of clarity on land tenure rules are exacerbating conflict in South Sudan

Refugees

Uganda’s open doors

Many South Sudanese escape the violence in their country by fleeing to Uganda

Emergency relief

“One of the greatest tragedies of our time”

Years of civil war have left South Sudan’s citizens with hunger and displacement

Civil war

Children of war as breadwinners

In South Sudan, many orphaned children have to care for their younger siblings

Famine

Political solutions needed

Disaster relief addresses symptoms such as hunger but cannot tackle the causes of crises

South Sudan is sliding into violence once more

Real power does not grow out of gun barrels

Gender relations

Risking one’s life to be able to marry

Bride-price tradition is destructive, but strong, in strife-torn South Sudan

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