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"This book examines the role of social process and routinised violence in the use of underaged soldiers in the country now known as South Sudan during the twenty-two-year civil war between Sudan's northern and southern regions. Drawing on accounts of South Sudanese who as children and teenagers were part of the Red Army-the youth wing of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA)- the book sheds light on the organised nature of the exploitation of children and youth by senior adult figures within the movement. The book also includes interviews with several of the original Red Army commanders, all of whom went on to hold senior positions within the military and government of South Sudan. The author chronicles the cultural transformation experienced by members of the Red Army and considers whether an analysis of the processes involved in what was then Africa's longest civil war can aid our understanding of South Sudan's more recent descent into ethnicised conflict. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and political science with interests in ethnography, conflict and the military exploitation of children"--

Eye-witness report on the mood of southern alienation as as-Sadiq al-Mahdi assumes power on Khartoum and as the war in southern Sudan continues unabated. Detailed description of the recent battle for the south-eastern town of Rumbek. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on the outcome of Sudan's general elections of April 1986, in which the Umma Party and the Democratic Unionist Party won most of the votes. The implications for Sudan's relations with Egypt and Libya are discussed against the background of a rising tide of anti-American feeling. (DÜI-Asd)

A report on the problems of integration and assimilation faced by the Ethiopian Jews, or Falashas, in Israel. Light is cast, in particular, on the problems of vocational braining as well as on the controversial issue of religious authenticity. (DÜI-Asd)

Are the Sudanese ready to stop repressing their opponents?

Bericht über die Aussichten einer vorgesehenen Friedenskonferenz in Khartoum zwischen der Regierung und den Vertretern des Südsudan zur Beendigung des dreijährigen Bürgerkrieges. (DÜI-Asd)

The responsibility to protect and the limits of international authority / Anne Orford -- Understanding the gap between the promise and the reality of "the responsibility to protect" / David Chandler -- The rise and fall (and supposed rise again) of the responsibility to protect (R2P) as a norm of international law : R2P in the human rights landscape / Jeremy Sarkin -- Africa : is there a state? Implications of statelessness for a state-centric human protection norm / Brett R. O'Bannon -- The responsibility to protect in the Congo : the failure of grassroots prevention / Séverine Autesserre -- United Nations action in Sri Lanka and the responsibility to protect / Alex J. Bellamy -- The unintended consequences of UN peacekeeping in post-war South Sudan : why everyone wants a uniform / Carol Berger -- Crying out for action : do the dead say anything about the responsibility to protect? / John K. Roth