DOCSLIB.ORG

Retaining Skilled Workers in a Conflict Setting

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Retaining Skilled Workers in a Conflict Setting RETAINING SKILLED WORKERS IN A CONFLICT SETTING: A STUDY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES IN INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS IN SOUTH SUDAN A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By Akim Ajieth Bunny M.P.A., Public Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 2009 B.S., Business Management, Point Park University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 2006 School of Management College of Business RMIT University January 2017 Akim Ajieth Bunny, 2017 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University ii DECLARATION OF AUTHENTICITY I certify that except where due acknowledgement has been made, the work is that of the author alone; the work has not been submitted previously, in whole or in part, to qualify for any other academic award; the content of the thesis is the result of work which has been carried out since the official commencement date of the approved research program; any editorial work, paid or unpaid, carried out by a third party is acknowledged; and, ethics procedures and guidelines have been followed. In addition, I acknowledge the support I have received for my research through the provision of an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. Akim Ajieth Bunny January 2017 iii DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this thesis to my closest friend and Pastor, Rt. Rev. John E. Santor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania, USA, who pushed the author along in this project, with hope, prayers, spiritual growth, enthusiasm and prudent advice, and for helping me conquer the many distractions. Since meeting him 16 years ago, Father John expected me to succeed and his unwavering high expectations made me believe that it was possible. This thesis is also dedicated to Anne Matuszewski, a then popular teacher of English and Literature at Duquesne University and St. Bernard School in Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a friend of mine and a mum who acquainted the author with the American custom, including how to make a speech in public, and how to drive safely on the road. She sadly died of brain tumors on December 9, 2006 while the author was on a holiday visit to Australia. Growing up as Anne Cunningham in Mt. Washington and East Hills of Pittsburgh, she was the youngest child (the last born) in her family, proud of her Irish Catholic Heritage, which the author later became part of after spending some years with her and her family as a whole in Pittsburgh. Besides inducting hundreds of middle school-aged children into the mysteries of good writing and how to make a speech in public, Katherine Anne Matuszewski, was also active in helping several African immigrants, known as the “Lost Boys of Sudan”, (the author included), and who arrived in America in 2001 under the auspices of the Catholic Charities in collaboration with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Washington, D.C. She was affectionately known to several people as ‘Mama Anne’, referring to the fact that she was doing the role of a mother to everyone irrespective of their nationality, color or gender. She showed me the path of least resistance and shared her knowledge, wisdom, and sense of humor. I would have struggled to complete this doctoral degree without her help and to her I dedicate the finished product. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS “Research is a passion and desire to learn new things, challenge old ideas, dramatically invigorate the thinking of others and enable the training of new researchers.” – Professor Brian Corbitt, RMIT University First and foremost, Glory and great thanks to the Almighty God, the father of our Lord Jesus Christ and of all mankind, for giving me the health, patience, strength, courage and determination to complete this study. Next, a whole variety of people have given me their time and support while I have been working on this research. The completion of this thesis would not have been possible without the cooperation, trust and support provided by a significant number of people that I wish to recognize. First, I am most grateful and permanently indebted to my supervisors, Associate Professor Rosalie Holian, Dr Darryn Snell, and Dr Victor Gekara, who guided me from the very beginning of this PhD all through its completion, and for their insightful suggestions and extraordinary efforts to get this thesis in its current form and context. They were my source of proud and truly inspirational. I would like to take this opportunity to wish them great health and happiness as they continue to supervise other doctoral students. I also wish to acknowledge the assistance of the Australian Government and the RMIT University, in providing scholarships which contributed substantial funding enabling me to conduct this research and complete my doctoral studies. Special thanks go to a number of people in the RMIT College of Business, especially Sherrin Trautmann, Dr Larissa Bamberry, and Dr Nthati Rametse for being such a wonderful mentors and champions throughout my doctoral journey. I can never hope to thank you adequately for the countless hours you spent with me, but I am permanently in your debts. You made me feel like a friend and an equal person and taught me more lessons than I cannot even count. Next, I want to thank people at those organizations whom I have interviewed their managers and employees across South Sudan, and for their willingness to discuss the topic with me. I would also like to thank those academic staff and government officials who participated in this study as expert practitioners. Though I respect their wish to remain anonymous, they know who they are, and I am immensely grateful for the time and intellectual energy they gave to this research. These organizations have a lot to be proud of including their willingness to look at their critical challenges and retention issues as multinational v organizations. Without the home team, I could not have created the time or summoned the energy to write this thesis so my thanks flow once again to my wife, Asunta Agot Majur Nhial, for her undivided support, to my adorable daughter Yom, and my sons Gai, Nhial, and Wel, also known as “Welpiath,” “Mr. Good News” as his Granma Rev. Monica nicknamed him. Special thanks also go to my father-in-law Lt. Gen. Majur Nhial Makol, my mother-in- law Rev. Monica Ayak Kuol Dut, brother-in-law Nhial Majur Nhial, and sisters-in-law Anna Awuok and Anyieth Majur Nhial for their supports and encouragement. My special thanks also go to Prof. Aggrey Ayuen Majok, the former Vice-Chancellor of John Garang University and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rumbek, for allowing me to take up four years of leave of absence from the University in order to further my studies at RMIT. To all the friends that I basically put on hold for four years, I thank you for standing by our friendship and look forward to spending time doing the things we enjoy. To the new friends I have made along the way, especially the ones in my doctoral cohort such as Dr Asmare Emerie Kassahun, Dr Rodney Castricum, and Don Tennakoon you were a wonderful resource during the program and one that I look forward to working with in the future. I also thank my Christian friends across the different denominations, in particular, Rev. John Riak Ayiei, Rev. Stephen Achieu Magot Majok, Rev. Daniel Kuol Amol, Rev. Peter Ayor Alier, Rev. David Mabior Lual, Rev. Pastor Wang Wang, and Rev. Pastor Komi Bana for their encouragements and prayers throughout this journey. Also, the following names are worth mentioning, specifically, for their notable support and assistance in varies ways: Beer Manyok Manyiel, Atem James Wal Garang, Peter Mamer Aguto Anyang, and Panther Garang Bior. To my relatives, I would like to recognize the constant support of my cousins Abraham Chol Gai and his wife Martha Anyieth Achiek Kech, Philip Malueth Gai, and Andrew Chol Gai, who is also an alumnus of RMIT. I appreciate all the years you put up with me saying “I have research to do” and look forward to spending time doing things that you are interested in. Your love, support and understanding helped keep me pointed in the right direction. Also, I would like to thank my parents who taught me many lessons about Christian faith and life theories over the years, especially ideas about sacrificing so your children can attend pinnacle schools to enhance their intellectual capital and ‘emotional intelligence’. Finally, my special gratitude goes to my brother David Manyok Ajieth Buny for assuming and shouldering all the responsibilities related to family matters while I was working on this thesis. vi RESEARCH SUMMARY This study is about skills retention in a conflict setting. While a number of studies have been conducted on staff turnover and staff retention (Bakuwa et al. 2013; Malunga 2009; Loquercio et al. 2006), there is as yet no clear agreement on the most appropriate Human Resource Management (HRM) approaches for retaining skilled workers in war and conflict zones. To date there are only a handful of studies which have studied the skill retention challenges that conflict settings present for HR managers and their responses to this situation (Tessema & Ng'oma 2009; Tessema et al. 2005; Ehrenreich & Elliott 2004). The overwhelming focus of research on skills retention has been conducted in non-conflict settings where the organizational environment is largely taken for granted. What is known from the literature is that management has sought to address retention challenges through a range of employee retention approaches such as providing satisfying working conditions, higher salaries and better benefits (Loquercio et al.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • In Search for an Identity
    In search for an identity The processes of identity formation of South Sudanese in two post- independence internal conflicts analyzed via electronic sources ResMA Area Studies: Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University Supervisors: dr. B. Soares, prof. dr. P. Sijpesteijn Kevin Klerx (1091174) August 7, 2016 1 Preface Writing a thesis for your research master should be a satiating project. It combines everything you have learned in your area of discipline, all the theories and skills that you have gained through the years of the study and gives you one masterpiece which you can be proud off. It has to be like this, but things never go the way you planned. My thesis was an ambitious project in which I put a lot of work. The original idea, to conduct fieldwork on the topic of national identity in South Sudan was something that was not done before in this context. Months of research and preparation for this fieldwork were almost literally flushed away when the civil war broke out in Juba on December 15, 2013. My ticket to Juba was scheduled on December 22, only one week later. While the civil war could have motivated me to go on with my thesis because it more or less confirmed the relevance of my subject, it did not. It was a struggle to redefine my research and to regain the motivation and ambition that I had before. While ending this thesis I felt relieved that this project had come to an end. At a certain point, it was hard for me to find motivation and the see the light at the end of the tunnel.
    [Show full text]
  • Some Aspects of Bari History
    SOME ASPECTS OF BARI HISTORY A Comparative linguistic and Oral Tradition Reconstruction Bureng G.V. Nyombe ~~\IIIlrn1 f.':~NA.JJJ.fJllll!M.Q>1lOOJiiJIif'ir." ~/ ,,~.hx lltii.ow ---__.J University of Nairobi Press Contents List of Tables, Figures and Diagrams ix Foreword xi Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 1. TheBari:GeographicalDistribution 5 Socio-economic organization 5 Pastoral life 7 Agriculture 11 Ownership of gardens and allocation of produce 12 2. languageFamily 15 Genetic classification 19 Typological classification 19 Areal classification 20 Diffusion and migration 20 J. languageandRace 2J Formation of the plural from the singular.. 28 Formation of the singular from the plural.; 29 The article 29 Numerals 30 The copula 3 1 Hamites: myth or reality 34 Current status of Nil otic languages 37 VI 4. Bariin Pre-History J9 Migration vs diffusion 44 Migration of Nilotes 47 5. Bsri Migration 51 Migration from the East.. 53 The Bari migrated from the North 55 The Bari-speakers: myth or reality 61 Cultural difference 69 o. TheBsri Before the Invasion (1500-1840) 71 Early settlement 71 'Yoyok (about 1565-1585) 74 The expulsion of the Pari from Liria 75 Lomijikotet (about 1585-1605) 76 Lokoro (about 1605-1625) 77 Kuwuba (about 1625-1645) 77 Pintong (about 1645-1665) .......................•........................... 77 Pitnong and Lokuryeje 77 Tombe Lokureje (about 1665-1685): The golden age in Bariland 80 Modi Lokuryeje (about 1685-1705) 81 Tome Modi (1705-1725) 82 Modi (1725-1745) 82 The split of Sindiru (c.1745-l815) 82 Split of Sindiru and the Bilinyang rain dynasty (1765-1785): Subek-lo-Jada 83 Sindiru about 1500 (an illustration) 85 Jangara (1785-1815) 85 Pitya-lo-Jangara (1815-1845) 86 The decline ofSindiru (1845-1885) 88 Arabs in Sindiru (1885-1889) 90 Wani (1885-1897) 91 vii 7.
    [Show full text]
  • Land Tenure Issues in Southern Sudan: Key Findings and Recommendations for Southern Sudan Land Policy
    LAND TENURE ISSUES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN: KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN LAND POLICY DECEMBER 2010 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Tetra Tech ARD. LAND TENURE ISSUES IN SOUTHERN SUDAN: KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SOUTHERN SUDAN LAND POLICY THE RESULTS OF A RESEARCH COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SUDAN PROPERTY RIGHTS PROGRAM AND THE NILE INSTITUTE OF STRATEGIC POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES DECEMBER 2010 DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. CONTENTS Acknowledgements Page i Scoping Paper Section A Sibrino Barnaba Forojalla and Kennedy Crispo Galla Jurisdiction of GOSS, State, County, and Customary Authorities over Land Section B Administration, Planning, and Allocation: Juba County, Central Equatoria State Lomoro Robert Bullen Land Tenure and Property Rights in Southern Sudan: A Case Study of Section C Informal Settlements in Juba Gabriella McMichael Customary Authority and Traditional Authority in Southern Sudan: A Case Study Section D of Juba County Wani Mathias Jumi Conflict Over Resources Among Rural Communities in Southern Sudan Section E Andrew Athiba Synthesis Paper Section F Sibrino Barnaba Forojalla and Kennedy Crispo Galla ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The USAID Sudan Property Rights Program has supported the Southern Sudan Land Commission in its efforts to undertake consultation and research on land tenure and property rights issues; the findings of these initiatives were used to draft a land policy that is meant to be both legitimate and relevant to the needs of Southern Sudanese citizens and legal rights-holders.
    [Show full text]
  • SS 080906 Peace and Reconciliation Conference in Kit
    General James most of that day, Lt. and delegates come back. For by the Eastern Equatoria State governors and aided arbitration between the two helped to Wani made consultative The said committee Peace and Rcconciliation. order Parliamentary Committee on day. This was done in of the meeting the following of prepare the ground for the start the dispute. At the end success of the settlement of to develop the framework for the Reconciliation took chargc and Committce for Peace and the day, the Asscmbly Standing day at 9.00 am. announced the adjournment of the conference ror the following SPEAKER OF CLOSING REMARKS BY HE. JAMES WANJ IGGA, THE 06.09.2008. SOUTHERN SUDAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ON Legislative Assembly At 6:00 pm, H.E.James Wani lgga, Speaker of the Southern Sudan two governors for made the closing remarks, conveying congratulatory messagcs to the drawn from the two their successful endeavor to mobilize such a huge mass of people as truly contesting counties of Juba and Magwi. He defined the nature of the dispute arbitration. interstate boarder conflict that required good atmosphere of negotiation and He said that any interstate boarder dispute in Southern Sudan is the direct responsibility of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly, which has in place a Specialized Committee headed by Honorable Mary Nyaulang. He went on to express that this Committee was comprised of members who were not a party to the conflict. He said Hon. Mary Nyaulang and Hon. Kundi were both from Western Bahr El Ghazal State; and Hon, Barakat Alfred from Western Equatoria State.
    [Show full text]
  • E4220v2 Republic of South Sudan Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry
    E4220v2 Republic of South Sudan Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Public Disclosure Authorized EMERGENCY FOOD CRISIS RESPONSE PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ASSESSMENT REPORT May 2013 Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS III EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT AND THE STUDY 5 2. AN OVERVIEW OF THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN SOUTH SUDAN 14 3. REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT POLICIES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS 19 4. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH 26 6. PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND DISCLOSURE 48 7. PEST MANAGEMENT 52 8. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES, IMPACTS AND MITIGATION 55 9. ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PLAN 60 10. SUMMARY OF THE STUDY 66 11. REFERENCES 69 ii LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AAHI Action Africa Help International CES Central Equatoria State CPA Comprehensive Peace Agreement EA Environmental Assessment EFCRP Emergency Food Crisis and Response Project ESA Environmental and Social Assessment ESAF Environment and Social Assessment Framework ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF Environment and Social Management Framework ESMP Environment and Social Management Plan FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GDP Gross Domestic Product GFRP Global Food Crisis Response Program GNI Gross National Income GoSS Government of Southern Sudan IPM Integrated Pest Management IPMF Integrated Pest Management Framework IPMP Integrated Peoples Management
    [Show full text]
  • 0.00 Download Free
    Kuel M. Jok nimism A of the Nilotics and Discourses of Islamic Fundamentalism in Sudan Animism of the Nilotics and Discourses of Islamic Fundamentalism in Sudan This book provides a comprehensive analysis of Animism as a religion and a culture of the Nilotic peoples of the Upper River Nile in modern ‘Southern Sudan’. It gives an account of how the Animistic ritual performances of the divine chief-priests are strategies in conflict management and resolution. For centuries, the Nilotic peoples have been resisting changes to new religious identities and conservatively remained Animists. Their current interactions with the external world, however, have transformed their religious identities. At present, the Nilotics are Animist-Christians or Animist-Muslims. This does not mean that the converted Nilotics relinquish Animism and become completely assimilated to the new religious prophetic dogmas, instead, they develop compatible religious practices of Animism, Christianity and Islam. New Islamic fundamentalism in Sudan which is sweeping Africa into Islamic religious orthodoxy, where Sharia (Islamic law) is the law of the land, rejects this compatibility and categorises the Nilotics as ‘heathens’ and ‘apostates’. Such characterisation engenders opposing religious categories, with one side urging Sharia and the other for what this study calls “gradable” culture. Kuel Jok is a researcher at the Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki. In Sudan, Jok obtained a degree in English Linguistics and Literature, and diplomas in Philosophy and Translation. He also studied International Law in Egypt. In Europe, Jok acquired an MA in Sociology from the University of Joensuu, Finland and a PhD in the same field from the University of Helsinki, Finland.
    [Show full text]
  • Juba Case Study
    hpghpg hpg HumanitarianHumanitarian Humanitarian PolicyPolicy Group Group Policy Group City limits: urbanisation and vulnerability in Sudan Juba case study Ellen Martin and Irina Mosel January 2011 About the authors Ellen Martin is a Research Officer at the Humanitarian Policy Group (HPG) at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Irina Mosel is a project coordinator at Saferworld, Juba, Southern Sudan. The research team Nixon Tongun James, Juba University Ladu Morris Emmanuel, South Sudan Law Society William Ongoro Peter, Independent Fidensia Poni Charles, CES Ministry of Gender John Taban Charles, UNDP Betty Namadi Christopher, NRC Vita Florence Choro, NRC Jojo Christine Lusos, NRC Roda Allison Dokolo, UNHCR Acknowledgements ODI would like to thank the wide range of individuals and organisations that assisted and supported this study. First and foremost our thanks extend to the many people who gave generously of their time to participate in focus group discussions in Juba. We would also like to thank all the key informants who gave their time to be interviewed. Special thanks are due to NRC, Monica Sanchez Bermudez (UNDP) and UNHCR for supporting the study through seconding staff members. We are particularly grateful to UNDP for the logistical support provided to the study. ODI would also like to extend its thanks to the many people who contributed in numerous ways to the study including through research support, the provision of documents and materials and comments on earlier drafts. Particular thanks are due to Sorcha O’Callaghan (British Red Cross), Cherry Leonardi (Durham University) and Mireille Girard (UNHCR). Finally, thanks to colleagues in the Humanitarian Policy Group at ODI who provided comments and support to the study, and particularly Matthew Foley for his expert editing of the paper.
    [Show full text]
  • Chapter 6 Community-Based Development
    CHAPTER 6 COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 6 COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT 6.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNITIES IN JUBA TOWN AREA 6.1.1 Current Community Structure in Juba Town Area Juba Town Area located within Juba County, headed by the Commissioner, consists of three town Payams named Juba Town Payam, Kator Payam, and Munuki Payam. These Payams are headed by executive directors. Under the Payam residential quarter having its chief is a community unit. All the leaders mentioned earlier possess arbitrator role or judicial function. This organizational structure and functions is a legacy of the British rule. Figure 6.1-1 shows the locations of residential areas. Juba Town Payam embraces old city center, GOSS’s and the Central Equatoria State’s governmental offices, and major part of riverside of the Nile in the area. As shown in Figure 6.1-1, the area is delineated by the road connecting the bridge crossing the Nile and the road passing in front of currently used Juba University plot going north to Telekeka. Northern delineation is difficult to be identified due to the same reason to the residential area defining. In its western end IDPs from other areas are allotted the land as temporary and permanent residents. Congonese refugees, who have lived four decades and have to go back to their own country, reside certain area within southeastern part of the Payam. Kator Payam occupies southern part of the area. The Catholic Cathedral which is the largest church in Southern Sudan is located in the center of the Payam. In the upper residential are of the Payam, the Konyokonyo Market is located.
    [Show full text]
  • Phd Thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL (2012) with References, with Summaries in Dutch and English
    Facing Frontiers Everyday practice of state-building in South Sudan Lotje Anne de Vries Thesis committee Thesis supervisor Prof. dr. ir. J.W.M. van Dijk Professor of Law and Governance in Africa Wageningen University Thesis co-supervisor Dr. T. Raeymaekers Lecturer Political Geography University of Zurich, Switserland Other members Prof. dr. ir. C. Leeuwis, Wageningen University Dr. D.C. Leonardi, University of Durham, United Kingdom Prof. dr. K. Vlassenroot, Ghent University, Belgium Prof. dr. G.C.A. Junne, University of Amsterdam Facing Frontiers Everyday practice of state-building in South Sudan Lotje Anne de Vries Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor at Wageningen University by the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. M.J. Kropff, in the presence of the Thesis Committee appointed by the Academic Board to be defended in public on Wednesday 7 November 2012 at 4 p.m. in the Aula. Lotje Anne de Vries Facing Frontiers, Everyday practice of state-building in South Sudan, 225 pages PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL (2012) With references, with summaries in Dutch and English ISBN 978-94-6173-395-5 'a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes' George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant (1936) i TABLE OF CONTENT Table of content...........................................................................................................i Acknowledgements...................................................................................................v
    [Show full text]
  • LIFE IS PRICKLY. NARRATING HISTORY, BELONGING, and COMMON PLACE in BOR, SOUTH SUDAN a Dissertation Submitted to the Temple
    LIFE IS PRICKLY. NARRATING HISTORY, BELONGING, AND COMMON PLACE IN BOR, SOUTH SUDAN A Dissertation Submitted to the Temple University Graduate Board In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY by Brendan R. Tuttle January 2014 Examining Committee Members: Dr. Paul Garrett, Advisory Chair, Anthropology Dr. Mindie Lazarus-Black, Department of Anthropology Dr. Marilyn Silberfein, Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University Dr. Heather Sharkey, External Member, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania i ABSTRACT An ethnography based on research carried out between 2009 and 2010 in the vicinity of Bor Town, the capital of Jonglei State, in what was then Southern Sudan, this dissertation is primarily concerned with people’s reflections on making agreements with one another during a period when the nature of belonging was being publically discussed and redefined. It examines historical narratives and discussions about how people ought to relate to the past and to each other in the changed circumstances following the formal cessation of hostilities between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in 2005. This dissertation departs from much of the literature on Southern Sudan by focusing on the common place, the nature of promises and ordinary talk, as opposed to state failure and armed conflict. After 21 years of multiple and overlapping conflicts in Sudan, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed in January of 2005. The agreement stipulated national elections during a six-year Interim Period, at the end of which, the people of Southern Sudan were to hold a referendum on self-determination to decide whether to remain united with Sudan or to secede.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Hosted at the Radboud Repository of the Radboud University Nijmegen
    PDF hosted at the Radboud Repository of the Radboud University Nijmegen The following full text is a publisher's version. For additional information about this publication click this link. http://hdl.handle.net/2066/121644 Please be advised that this information was generated on 2021-10-06 and may be subject to change. Facing Frontiers Everyday practice of state-building in South Sudan Lotje Anne de Vries Thesis committee Thesis supervisor Prof. dr. ir. J.W.M. van Dijk Professor of Law and Governance in Africa Wageningen University Thesis co-supervisor Dr. T. Raeymaekers Lecturer Political Geography University of Zurich, Switserland Other members Prof. dr. ir. C. Leeuwis, Wageningen University Dr. D.C. Leonardi, University of Durham, United Kingdom Prof. dr. K. Vlassenroot, Ghent University, Belgium Prof. dr. G.C.A. Junne, University of Amsterdam Facing Frontiers Everyday practice of state-building in South Sudan Lotje Anne de Vries Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor at Wageningen University by the authority of the Rector Magnificus Prof. dr. M.J. Kropff, in the presence of the Thesis Committee appointed by the Academic Board to be defended in public on Wednesday 7 November 2012 at 4 p.m. in the Aula. Lotje Anne de Vries Facing Frontiers, Everyday practice of state-building in South Sudan, 225 pages PhD thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL (2012) With references, with summaries in Dutch and English ISBN 978-94-6173-395-5 'a story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes' George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant (1936) i TABLE OF CONTENT Table of content...........................................................................................................i Acknowledgements...................................................................................................v Maps .........................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Final Project Pauline
    UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES ETHNICITY AND NATION BUILDING: SOUTH SUDAN MALOK PAULINE ADHONG REG NO: R51/62628/2011 Presented to; Supervisor: Dr. Anita Kiamba A Research Project Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Degree of Master of Arts at the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies in the University of Nairobi 2013 DECLARATION I declare that the research on Ethnicity and Nation Building: South Sudan is my own work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged by means of complete references. Student Signature ____________________________ Date _________________ Pauline Adhong Malok Reg. No: R51/68682/2011 Supervisor Signature ___________________________ Date ______________________ Dr. Anita Kiamba University of Nairobi ii DEDICATION To my husband Simon Akuei Deng and family who stood by me during the period that I was working on this project. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This project would not have been possible without the input of the following people to whom I am deeply indebted. First, I acknowledge my university supervisor Dr. Anita Kiamba who gave me the focus and direction on how to go on about the project. I also acknowledge the entire staff at Embassy of Republic of South Sudan in Nairobi, Juba University Library and Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library staff at the University of Nairobi for taking time out of their busy schedule to give me the information that I needed. Without their support, I would not have reached this far. I also thank my kids, friends and workmates who had to put up with my absence during the entire MA Diplomacy study and research project period.
    [Show full text]