This is a recording of David Bassiouni (Chairman & CEO of New York-based The Bassiouni Group; Former Senior UN Staff, South Sudan Regional Minister of Agriculture & Natural Resources) on Towards Nationhood: The Challenges and Opportunities for Achieving Unity and Nationhood in South Sudan. The recording also includes audience questions.

This presentation is one of several contributing to a one-day conference on the theme of ‘Ecological Impacts of Proposed Jonglei Canal, National Identity Crisis, Communal Conflicts and the Peace in South Sudan’. The conference was convened on Saturday 5th November 2022 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford and was organised by The Sudanese Programme in collaboration with the South Sudanese community (UK) and the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College.

Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi and Dr Richard Barltrop (Trustees of The Sudanese Programme) chaired the conference.

We are grateful to all conference participants (speakers and audience) who kindly gave their approval for their contributions to be included - everyone was given the option not to be included and to let the programme organisers know if they preferred to opt out.

The other presentations are available on The Sudanese Programme YouTube channel as edited videos.

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The Sudanese Programme Conference 2022 November: Ecological Impacts of Proposed Jonglei Canal; National Identity Crisis; Communal Conflicts and the Peace in South Sudan

Towards Nationhood: Challenges & Opportunities for Achieving Unity & Nationhood in South Sudan

This is a recording of a ZOOM webinar held on 25th November 2020 to discuss the implications of the governmental changes in Sudan and South Sudan. This webinar is part of The Sudanese Programme's events to promote knowledge and understanding of both the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan. The programme's remit is above politics, ethnicity and religion. The speakers of this webinar are: Dame Rosalind Marsden (former Ambassador to Sudan and South Sudan and E.U. Envoy to the two Sudans) discussing the changes in Sudan; Mr Elhag Paul (Journalist and Activist) discussing the changes in South Sudan; Dr Lual Deng (Director, the Ebony Centre, Juba, Republic of South Sudan); and Ambassador Farouk Abdelrahman Eisa (former Diplomat, Republic of Sudan. The webinar is chaired by Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi (one of the founders and a Trustee of The Sudanese Programme) and the Q&A session is moderated by Dr Richard Barltrop (Trustee of The Sudanese Programme). www.thesudaneseprogramme.org

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New Governments in Sudan and South Sudan: New Prospects

Promoting Knowledge and Understanding of Sudan and South Sudan. The Programme's remit is above politics, ethnicity and religion.

New Governments in Sudan and South Sudan: New Prospects

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