Introduction: Making Sense of South Sudan

Making Federalism Work in South Sudan

Framing the Issue The Republic of South Sudan is comprised of three provinces—Bahl el Ghazal, Equatoria and Greater Upper Nile, which are subdivided into 10 states: Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Warrap, Lakes (Bahr el Ghazal); Unity, Upper Nile, Jonglei (Greater Upper Nile); and Western Equatoria, Central Equatorial (which contains Juba, the national capital) and Eastern Equa...

Multidimensional Poverty in Sudan and South Sudan

This paper assesses multidimensional poverty in Sudan and South Sudan. We use the National Baseline Household Surveys (NBHS) of 2009 to measure poverty incidence in education, consumption, access to public assets and possession of private assets across these two countries. We differentiate between children/teenagers aged six to fourteen years and adults aged fifteen years or older. We apply a c...

Who South Sudan Report

Dracunculiasis in South Sudan

A Dinka-tribesman came to Marial Lou Hospital, South Sudan, in 2005. He experienced severe discomfort from a Dracunculus Medinensis (Guinea worm) emerging from his perineum (see Figures 1 and 2). The 80-cm-long parasite was successfully extracted. Persons get Dracunculiasis by drinking water containing water fleas harboring the larvae of the worm. The larvae are released into the water by the a...

The Creation of Necessity: Making Sense of Cartesian Modality

دکارت در نوشته‌های کلامی خود، دو فرضیه‌ی گیج‌کنندۀ به ‌هم ‌پیوسته را به ‌پیش می‌برد: فرضیۀ1) خداوند آزادانه حقایق ازلی را می‌آفریند (یعنی آموزۀ خلقت)؛ فرضیۀ2) حقایق ازلی بالضروره صادق­اند. بنا به فرضیۀ نخست، خداوند آزادانه برمی‌گزیند که کدام قضایا ضروری باشد، کدام محتمل و کدام ممکن. اما آموزۀ خلقت دکارت قبول فرضیۀ دوم را دشوار می‌سازد، زیرا مستلزم آن است که خداوند می‌توانسته است ‌ــ با ایجاد مج...