South Sudan today: An update on world’s youngest country
South Sudan is the world’s youngest country, made up of 10 states, and home to over 60 different major ethnic…
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Category: South Sudan
South Sudan’s youth: perpetrators or peacebuilders?
Below is an excerpt from an op-ed by Mike Brand just published by IRIN: “There are no opportunities for youth…
Advocacy Success: Resolution on South Sudan Passes
If you ever wonder whether or not our advocacy makes a difference, here’s your answer: it does! Thanks to the grassroots advocacy…
A Passover without sustenance in South Sudan
The excerpt below is from a recent Op-Ed piece in the Jewish Journal by Susan Freudenheim: Each year, we gather…
Taking Stock After Three Years of Conflict in South Sudan
What do South Sudanese See as the Way Forward? It has now been three years since violence first broke out…
South Sudan: Will Calling it Genocide Make a Difference?
Last year, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly established December 9th as the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the…
Risk of Genocide Very Real in South Sudan
The situation in South Sudan is rapidly deteriorating. While mass atrocities in the form of war crimes, crimes against humanity…
Where would you go? What would you bring?
*Brooke Cichosz, a 2016 Schulweis Fellow contributed to this post. Imagine if you were forced to flee your home. What would…
JWW Joins with South Sudanese for a Conference on Unity and Peace
This weekend, our Director of Advocacy and Programs, Mike Brand, will be traveling to Washington, DC for the Coalition of…
Renewed Violence in South Sudan: New Leadership Necessary for Peace
Last weekend, heavy fighting broke out between government and opposition soldiers in Juba, South Sudan, killing approximately 300 and displacing…