The Upper Nile refugee crisis – a view from the ground
Saturday, April 6th, 2013 Posted in Aid, Refugees/IDPs, South Sudan, Sudan | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_6098" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A refugee woman sheltering in Jamam camp"][/caption] For its size, the humanitarian response to the Upper Nile State refugee crisis was one of the most expensive in the world, but what ...
South Sudan: Helping citizens hold politicians to account
Monday, March 25th, 2013 Posted in Governance, South Sudan | 1 Comment »[caption id="attachment_6006" align="alignright" width="300" caption="An MP-public dialogue in Abiriu"][/caption] It’s a common complaint among South Sudan citizens that their politicians have not visited them since their election, have not delivered on campaign promises, and don't inform them how public money is ...
Actor Djimon Hounsou visits South Sudan – joins growing chorus in support of an Arms Trade Treaty
Friday, March 15th, 2013 Posted in Arms Trade, Conflict, Pan Africa, South Sudan | No Comments »As the United Nations gears up for a final round of negotiations on the international Arms Trade Treaty, Oscar-nominated actor and Oxfam Ambassador Djimon Hounsou visited South Sudan, where he saw first-hand the devastation that the poorly ...
South Sudan: Finding local partners when civil society has been weakened by war
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 Posted in Governance, South Sudan | No Comments »After a difficult start, Oxfam's fragile states project Within and Without the State has been making significant and exciting progress in South Sudan over the last few months. The team are now at the stage of selecting civil society organisation ...
2012- Our year in pictures
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 Posted in DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Photos, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania | No Comments »As 2012 ends, a look back at some of the events that have shaped our work in the region over the past 12 months - from ongoing emergencies in South Sudan and DRC, to working with amazing women food producers ...
What would you like your country to be famous for?
Thursday, December 27th, 2012 Posted in Pan Africa, South Sudan | 1 Comment »Developing countries worldwide - and African countries in particular - are too often connected with hunger and famine. As part of Oxfam's new campaign we asked people across Africa what they think their country should be known for:
Opportunities for change in South Sudan
Monday, November 5th, 2012 Posted in Governance, South Sudan | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5413" align="alignright" width="300" caption="A basic school for refugee children"][/caption] South Sudan may be Africa's newest democracy, but there are many challenges here. Not least among these are concerns about the country's governance and the management of its resources. There ...
Global Handwashing Day in South Sudan
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 Posted in Health, South Sudan, Water/sanitation | No Comments »For many people around the world, Global Handwashing Day barely registers and certainly isn't scribed into the calendar like Christmas, Independence Day or Eid al-Adha. But for millions of others (this year an estimated 250 million in more ...
New sites for South Sudan refugee camps must be found, as Blue Nile conflict enters second year
Friday, September 21st, 2012 Posted in Press release, Refugees/IDPs, South Sudan, Sudan | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_5099" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Heavy rains have flooded camps"][/caption] Camps sheltering more than 100,000 Sudanese refugees in South Sudan’s Maban county are ticking timebombs, on the brink of a major outbreak of disease, international agency Oxfam said today. At least 16 refugees ...
Strengthening South Sudanese civil society
Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 Posted in Aid, Governance, South Sudan | No Comments »South Sudan needs a stronger civil society to ensure the benefits of independence are felt by all of the nation’s citizens. That was the key theme at this week's launch of a new initiative to build better links between ...