Tag: traditional authority

In early September 2021, a group of men sat in the shade of a tree in Nyang, the capital of Yirol East County. The men – some of them former …

This article argues for a reflexive perspective on the ‘local’ in peacebuilding. Through case studies from Burundi and South Sudan, the authors show that representations of the local are conflictingly …

This study examines the role of traditional leadership during the upsurge of civil war in Southern Sudan. Download

This article explores specific oral histories and chiefship debates in the aftermath of the SPLA war in two Southern Sudanese chiefdoms. It argues that these local histories reveal much about …

This report investigates the changing role of traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution (mediation, compensation and restitution) as the result of the prolonged civil war. Download

This report is based on fieldwork conducted in counties inhabited by Nuer speakers in the counties of Payinjar and Leer in western Upper Nile, and Akobo in the central Upper …