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[Project] 9th International South Sudan and Sudan Studies Conference

• The International Sudan Studies Conference, a regular academic exchange opportunity provided by the Sudan Studies Association USA and the Sudan Studies Society UK, has been convened at changing venues every three years for nearly three decades. In 2012, Bonn was chosen as the venue, and it was the first time that this conference took place in Germany, organized by the Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC). To bring together scholars from South Sudan and Sudan for the first time after t...

[Event] Virtual meeting on the concept development for a West African Regional Work Plan for practical small arms control

• On 20 May 2020, ECOWAS and BICC co-chaired a virtual meeting of West African experts on small arms control, representatives of the ECOWAS Small Arms Division, and BICC contributors.
• This meeting convened regional experts to contribute to the development of a concept document for a regional work plan for practical arms control. The meeting was conducted in seven countries over four time zones. Funded by the German government, this meeting was part of BICC’s ongoing engagement to support ECOWAS within its current “Small arms&nbs...

[Project] Capacity development and advice on SALW control in Africa

• This project continues the work undertaken in two previous projects: Physical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in West AfricaPhysical security and stockpile management (PSSM), capacity development and technical advice in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa. The project’s focus lies on supporting national and regional bodies in the Sahel, the Horn of Africa and West Africa in the field of small arms and light weapons control (SALW) and physical secu...

[Publication] Forging Two Nations Insights on Sudan and South Sudan

One nation becoming two- looking into an arduous process ridden with violence, and sketching out the struggles with the legacies of an already troubled history, are the motivations for this publication on the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. The governments and societies of the two countries are facing challenges of internal disunity and deepening social and economic cleavages. Armed fighting for inclusion in positions of power, for access to resources and economic development,...

[Project] Training in small arms control in South Sudan

• Sudan has suffered from conflict and war for more than 50 years. In January 2005, a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed, formally putting to an end the civil war between the North (Government of Sudan-GOS) and the South (Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement-SPLA/M). While the CPA aims at establishing peace and stability in Sudan, the security situation in the South remains fragile. One reason is the presence of small arms and light weapons (SALW) which are widespread in the region....

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[Event] Webinar Series on “Exchange on DDR (-related) Processes Among National-level Practitioners: Fostering Peer Support and South–South Cooperation and Learning”

• Since October 2022, BICC, together with the African Union, the UN Department of Peace Operations (DPO) and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has been organising a webinar series on “Exchange on Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) (-related) Processes Among National-level Practitioners: Fostering Peer Support and South–South Cooperation and Learning”, in which national DDR commissions and focal points meet every two months to exchange ideas on DDR-...

[Project] How African NSAGs use drones

• The project asks how the military use of drones changes the way how non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Africa, like al-Shabaab or ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) fight. In particular, the project examines whether the availability of drones makes the warfare of selected African NSAGs more “liquid” (focused on the destruction of enemy networks), or more “solid” (focused on the control of territory).  Given the aspirations of many NSAGs for political domination and thus territorial c...

[Project] How African NSAGs use drones

• The project asks how the military use of drones changes the way how non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in Africa, like al-Shabaab or ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) fight. In particular, the project examines whether the availability of drones makes the warfare of selected African NSAGs more “liquid” (focused on the destruction of enemy networks), or more “solid” (focused on the control of territory).  Given the aspirations of many NSAGs for political domination and thus territorial c...