Small Arms Survey updates: SPLM-N arms
UNAMID magazine Voices of Darfur: new issue
Sudan Studies Association Bulletin Spring 2013
Resources
Official websites:
African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID)
National Assembly (Sudan)
National Publications and Press Council (Sudan)
South Sudan Legislative Assembly
United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS)
Documents:
The Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan
Government of South Sudan, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Bill, 2008
Get different views from other media:
allAfrica (South Sudan)
allAfrica (Sudan)
BBC (South Sudan)
BBC (Sudan)
Global Voices (South Sudan)
Global Voices (Sudan)
IRIN (South Sudan)
IRIN (Sudan)
ReliefWeb (South Sudan)
ReliefWeb (Sudan)
Blogs:
Seasons of Migration To South Sudan…
Sudanese Returnee/SouthSudan4u
January 2011 Referendum Archive
SUDANVOTES had subscribed to the IDEA draft code on media and elections.
Check also the "Reporter's Guide to Election Coverage",
the "Reporting Elections Broadcast Guidelines"
and "The Media and the Election Process Reference Material",
all endorsed by the UNESCO,
and the "Miraya Referendum and Popular Consultations Charter"
Documents:
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (searchable version)
Comprehensive Peace Agreement (original scan)
Southern Sudan Referendum Act (searchable)
Southern Sudan Referendum Act (original)
For the constitutions, other peace treaties and laws relevant to the referenda click on the Electionnaire link.
Official websites:
African Union Referendum Observer Mission
Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) for the CPA
Carter Center Referendum Monitoring
EU Election Observation Mission to Sudan 2011
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Observation Mission
Japan International Peace Cooperation Assignment for Sudan Referendum Observation
Southern Sudan Referendum Bureau
Southern Sudan Referendum Commission
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) support to the referenda in Sudan
United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS
Pre-Referendum Analysis:
Aegis Trust et.al.: The Cost of Future Conflict in Sudan, November 2010
Bonn International Center for Conversion: Sudan before the referendum, December 2010
Brenthurst Foundation: 'Everything is at Zero' - beyond the referendum, November 2010
Brookings Institution: Sudan, After the Breakup - Can Violence be Prevented?, January 2011
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Sudan's Referendum - The Birth of a New Nation?, January 2011
Carter Center: Preliminary Statement on Voter Registration Process for the Southern Sudan Referendum, December 2010
Center for Global Development: Sudan Debt Dynamics - Status Quo, Southern Secession, Debt Division, and Oil, December 2010
Center for International Peace Operations / German Institute for International and Security Affairs: Countdown in Sudan, January 2010
Center for Strategic & International Studies: Sudanese Perspectives on the 2011 Referendum, November 2010
Chatham House: Decisions and Deadlines - A Critical Year for Sudan, January 2010
Chatham House: Sudan's Referendum - Prickly Interdependence, December 2010
Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI): Challenges facing Sudan after referendum day, 2010
CMI: Oil, peace and development - the Sudanese impasse, 2010
CMI: Sudan peace agreements - current challenges and future prospects, 2010
Clingendael Institute: Sudan 2012 - Scenarios for the future, September 2009
Council on Foreign Relations: Renewed Conflict in Sudan - CPA Contingency Planning, March 2010
Democracy Reporting International: Assessment of the Southern Sudan Referendum Act, July 2010
Economist: Country Report Sudan Outlook for 2010-11, September 2010
European Coalition on Oil in Sudan (ECOS): Sudan's Oil Industry on the Eve of the Referendum, December 2010
ECOS: Post-Referendum Arrangements for Sudan's Oil Industry, December 2010
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation: Sudan and Somalia - Linchpins on the Horn of Africa, September 2010
German Institute for International and Security Affairs: Sudan - Negotiating Southern Independence, September 2010
Global Witness: Crude Calculations, January 2011
Heinrich-Böll-Foundation: Sudan - No Easy Ways Ahead, April 2010
Institute for Security Studies: Sudan Scenarios to Strategies, January 2011
International Crisis Group (ICG): Sudan - Regional Perspectives on the Prospect of Southern Independence, May 2010
ICG: Negotiating Sudan's North-South Future, November 2010
Juba Briefing: Abyei Voices - Messages for the Future, December 2010
London School of Economics and Politics: Southern Sudan at Odds with Itself, July 2010
National Democratic Institute: Southern Sudan at the Crossroads, September 2010
Rift Valley Institute (RVI): Race Against Time - The Countdown to the Referenda in Southern Sudan and Abyei, October 2010
RVI: December Update to Race Against Time, December 2010
Royal African Society: Sudan Referendum 2011 - what next?, December 2010
Saferworld: Southern Sudan - Referenda and Beyond, November 2010
Small Arms Survey: Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment
Small Wars Journal: Southern Sudan - the Four Theses, October 2010
South African Institute of International Affairs: Thabo Mbeki and the 'Long Talk' to Southern Sudan's Referendum, November 2010
United States Institute of Peace (USIP): Scenarios for Sudan's Future - Revisited, July 2010
USIP: Why Sudan's Popular Consultation Matters, November 2010
USIP: Secession and Precedent in Sudan and Africa, November 2010
Post-Referendum Analysis
Aly Verjee: Unfinished Business - The May 2011 State Elections in Southern Kordofan, 31 March 2011
AEC: Press Statement, 25 January 2011
AEC: Preparations for Elections in Southern Kordofan State, 19 April 2011
AEC: Final Report, 7 July 2011
AU: Preliminary Statement, 16 January 2011
AU: Summit Statement on Sudan, 31 January 2011
Carter Center: Trip Report by Former US President Jimmy Carter to Sudan, 18 January 2011
Carter Center: Preliminary Statement, 17 January 2011
Carter Center: Statement on Counting and Tabulation Processes for the Southern Sudan Referendum, 14 February 2011
Carter Center urges inclusive transition process in Southern Sudan - Full Report, 17 March 2011
CMI: Nationality and citizenship questions in Sudan after the Southern Sudan referendum vote, February 2011
EU: Press Release, 17 January 2011
EU: Council conclusions on Sudan, 31 January 2011
EU: Final Report on Southern Sudan Referendum, June 2011
EU Institute for Security Studies: What next for South Sudan?, February 2011
Geopolicity: Freedom in Southern Sudan - Priorities for Post-Referendum State Building, January 2011
IGAD: Interim Statement, 16 January 2011
IGAD: Summit Communique on Sudan, 30 January 2011
IKV Pax Christi: The Nuba Mountains - Central to Sudan's Stability, January 2011
Infoasaid: Sudan media and telecoms landscape guide, 26 February 2011
Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: Sudan in Transition, 8 July 2011
Japan Referendum Observation Mission: Preliminary Assessment, 18 January 2011
Norwegian People's Aid: The New Frontier - a baseline survey of large-scale land-based investment in Southern Sudan, March 2011
Open Society Foundations: International Law and the Right to Nationality in Sudan, February 2011
Stimson Center: Considerations for a New Peacekeeping Operation in South Sudan, April / May 2011
Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections (SuNDE) / Sudanese Group for Democracy and Elections (SuGDE): Preliminary Statement, 20 January 2011
April 2010 Elections Archive
Civil Society Organisations:
Pre-Election Analysis:
Carter Center: Status of the Electoral Process in Sudan, August 2009
Chatham House: Decisions and Deadlines - A Critical Year for Sudan, January 2010
Conflict Dynamics International: National Elections and Political Accommodation in the Sudan, June 2009
Democracy Reporting International / University of Juba (ed.): Sudan - Assessment of the Electoral Framework, November 2009
Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation: Implementing the CPA - The 2009 elections in Sudan and possbile contributions by the EU, February 2009
Heinrich Böll Foundation: Sudan - No Easy Ways Ahead, April 2010
Institute for Security Studies: Sudan at the Crossroads - Elections, Abyei and the Darfur Conflict, August 2009
International Foundation for Electoral Systems: Electionguide Sudan
Medea Group: Sudan Elections Analysis, October 2009
National Democratic Institute for International Affairs: Imagining the Election, September 2009
National Endowment for Democracy: Towards Democratic Elections in Sudan, October 2009
Netherlands Institute for International Relations "Clingendael": Ticking the Box - Elections in Sudan, September 2009
Rift Valley Institute: Elections in Sudan - Learning from Experience, May 2009
Rift Valley Institute: Electoral Designs - Proportionality, representation and constituency boundaries in Sudan's 2010 elections, March 2010
Small Arms Survey: the Sudan Human Security Baseline Assessment (HSBA) Project
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik / Zentrum für Internationale Friedenseinsätze: Countdown in Sudan, January 2010
United States Agency for International Aid: An Assessment of USAID Election Support Options in Sudan, June 2008
United States Institute for Peace: Conducting Elections in Darfur, March 2009
Post-Election Analysis:
African Union (AU): Preliminary Statement of the AU observer mission, 18th April 2010
Carter Center: Election Observation Mission Preliminary Statement, 17th April 2010
Carter Center: Statement on Sudan's counting and tabulation phases, 10th May 2010
European Union (EU): EU Election Observation Mission Preliminary Statement, 17th April 2010
EU: Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton, 19th April 2010
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): Election Observer Mission Interim Statement, 19th April 2010
The Sudanese Group for Democracy and Elections (SuGDE) / The Sudanese Network for Democratic Elections (SuNDE): Election Statement, 24th April 2010
Sudan Media and Elections Consortium (SMEC): Media and Elections in Sudan - Final Report, July 2010