Publications​

South Darfur has been the site of intense violence from April 15 through the fall of the city to the RSF in the city in late October. Drawing on interviews with those recently displaced from Nyala, this paper reflects on the dynamics driving the conflict, from ethnic tensions to political dynamics to war economics. Respondents also...

December 14, 2023 The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the expanding war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights, and justice lens, reflecting on the most important stories in Sudan. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Hub and the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker These are the top...

Photo above, people fleeing El Fasher (social media) This report is produced in collaboration with the Sudan Crisis Research Network (SCRN), an association set up by displaced scholars affiliated with STPT (November 12, 2023) In the last few weeks, as Rapid Support Forces (RSF) pressure on Nyala, Zalingei and El Geneina increased in late October...

Khartoum – November 8, 2023 Press release – for immediate release The Declaration of Principles Group (DOP Group) and the Coordination of the Civil Democratic Forces for Ending the War and Restoring Democracy (Taqaddum), – representing a broad coalition of a large number of civil society organizations, civil peace initiatives, and political blocks working to...

October 31, 2023 The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the expanding war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights, and justice lens, reflecting on the most important stories in Sudan. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Huband the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker These are the top stories in this issue:...

This report examines the performance of the Sudanese banking system. Building on STPT’s wartime analysis, “The Banking System During and After the War: Challenges and Policy Recommendations,” it offers a comprehensive analysis of the sector, including an overview of recent developments, an assessment of existing challenges and vulnerabilities, and a focus on critical areas such...

(13 September 2023) STPT’s Executive Director, Suliman Baldo, today joined 54 other heads of organizations in calling for stronger UN action on Sudan. A disaster isunfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing across the country, brutal sexual violence rising, widespread deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on civilians, and journalists and human rights defenders being silenced, the...

September 4, 2023 The Sudan Conflict Monitor is a rapid response to the expanding war in Sudan written through a peacebuilding, human rights, and justice lens. Bi-weekly, we try to capture the five most important stories in Sudan. Please share it widely. Powered by Ayin, Human Rights Hub and the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker...

Dr. Bakry Eljak Elmedni (August 30, 2023) In mid-April war erupted in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As we edge towards six months since the conflict began, five realities started to become clearer. First, the conflict is metastasizing in ways that may be difficult to contain, for the conflict...

Sudan’s Gold Curse, Briefing Paper No. 2 (August 29, 2023) Since April 15, 2023, the war in Sudan has further weakened the capacity and will of the government to control dangerous substances such as cyanide and thiourea which have already caused significant health and environmental damage and which has the potential to do more catastrophic...