3 May 2021 ELF community and working group on pastoralists and conflict in Equatoria is deliberating on the raging conflict between cattle keepers and the local communities in Equatoria. ELF is assessing the factors, causes, consequences and its implications to present findings and recommendations to actively address the underlaying factors to the conflict. The South Read More …

Public Health and wellbeing; There are many different factors that impact on people’s health and wellbeing, therefore the strategies that are used to improve health and wellbeing need to be diverse and to address a number of different influences. Recognising this, the Health and Wellbeing Strategy should identify some key themes: • protecting the health Read More …

Moving away from the current forms of military leadership that has been built on personal allegiance of soldiers with underlying ethnic loyalties, the interests of loosely incorporated local militias. One of the leading Security Sector Reform issues is the need to reduce the oversized SPLA. 1. The challenges and lessons learned in supporting security sector reform. Security sector reform is Read More …

Building capacities for public administration and governance is a long-term endeavour with a diversity of tasks. The objective is to acquire practical insights into policy implementation. How can Greater Equatoria States strengthen capacity and find a path from fragility to socio-economic progress? This section offers some answers. Including stressing the need to set capacity targets and defining the role of both state and non-state organisation.  The lack of capacity is Read More …

It has been argued that South Sudan’s designed permanent constitution making process is unrealistic and could result in either authoritarian or unworkable constitution. Haste process coupled with personal rivalries make the process susceptible to elite capture thereby limiting genuine public participation, exacerbating ethnic tensions and producing unworkable constitution. ELF is deliberating on a roadmap for Read More …

Rebuilding the country starting from post-conflict repatriation, relief, resettlement, rehabilitation, and reconstruction (5Rs) Program and engagement in productive work. Revitalising agriculture and creating sustainable rural livelihoods by directing oil and national revenues to rural infrastructure and agricultural development. Building key institutions and capacities to proactively mitigating external shocks to systems of production, distribution, and consumption. Read More …