Social Science Research Council

Due to the Court of Arbitration decision in The Hague, around 1460 square kilometers which were inhabited by two clans of the Missiriya tribe (Mazaghna and Awlad Kamal), have become part of Abyei. This means if the people of Abyei decide in 2011 to be part of the south and vote in the referendum, [...]

‘Abyei beyond the decision of the International Court of Arbitration (ICA)’ was the theme for a meeting held in Justice Africa Sudan offices in Khartoum on 29 July to discuss the implication and ramification of the ICA’s decision. The ICA decision raised more questions than answers. The main question is who is [...]

Last week, the Abyei Arbitration Tribunal, sitting in The Hague, made a technical decision on the status of the findings of the Abyei Boundary Commission, which translates into defining the boundaries between Abyei district and the rest of Kordofan. The decision was awaited with much anticipation and some had feared that it would occasion a [...]

The Permanent Court of Arbitration is currently looking at determining the Ngok-Dinka chiefdom’s area in Abyei. One wonders if their decision will correspond with this analysis from 2004?
MEMORANDUM #3
FROM: Land Adviser
TO: GOVERNOR DENG ALOR, BAHR AL GHAZAL
RE: The Perimeter Boundary of the Nine Ngok Chiefdoms
DATE: 18 October 2004
This memo reports on our visit to Ngok between 13-17 December, [...]

Last week President Omar al Bashir and the cabinet visited South Kordofan State in the heart of the Nuba Mountains. While the residents welcomed this long overdue recognition of the importance of their state and its significance to the implementation of the CPA, the event also reminded them that the CPA was, for them, not [...]

The reshuffle of ministers and governors decreed by President al Bashir came as a surprise to most people and it is not immediately clear why a total number of eight positions were changed. The decision receiving most attention is the appointment of former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Ahmed Mohamed Haroun as Governor of South Kordofan [...]

On April 14, Abdel-Aziz Adam al Hilu was installed as Deputy Governor of South Kordofan for the SPLM, replacing Daniel Kodi who was dismissed two months earlier, by his own party’s Security Council. With the appointment of the popular al Hilu, perceived by most Nuba as a strong leader who will make no concessions to [...]

Speaking in a focus group discussion reported by the National Democratic Institute’s study of the “three areas” of South Kordofan, Abyei and Blue Nile, a Nuba man complained that “The peace is now three years and there is supposed to be tangible things. The government should have expressed its presence, but for us here there [...]

Northern Kordofan does not qualify for a war of liberation, now. But in light of the gravity and importance of the situation there, I would like to ink a few points to draw more attention to Northern Kordofan.
Kordofan is the strategic geographical center of Sudan. However, the JEM Commander-in-Chief (Khalil Ibrahim) did not choose to [...]

The implementation of the CPA in Southern Kordofan has been subject to numerous delays in many different areas. The most significant delays have been around the formation of the state government and the passing of the state constitution. The lack of genuine integration between the NCP and the SPLM in the state government is the [...]