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South Sudanese across the world have shared their anger on social media after the video of a teenage boy being abused in Egypt emerged on Tiktok. The young boy can be seen washing dishes, and the supposed employer is hitting him and asking him to say some vulgar words about his mother. The government of South Sudan is yet to release a statement about the situation, but Dr Jok Madut Jok, who went to the University in Egypt, told SBS Dinka this morning that 'South Sudanese living in Egypt have been subjected to worse racial abuses for years.'
On February 22nd, two long time foes, President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar signed a power-sharing agreement to formally end South Sudan's brutal six-year civil war. The accord determined that Machar and other opposition leaders would be vice-presidents in a new government of national unity. The civil war in South Sudan broke out in December 2013, when President Salva Kiir accused his-then vice president Riek Machar of fomenting a coup. The fighting escalated very quickly and took on ethnic dimensions as well. Over the years there have been different attempts at peace, but each attempt has failed which is why there is so much riding on this February 22nd agreement. On the line with me to discuss this peace agreement is Jok Madut Jok. He is a professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and a senior analyst with the Sudd Institute, a public policy center based in Juba, South Sudan. This episode is supported, in part, by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to feature African perspectives on peace and security issues in Africa. https://www.undispatch.com/
Dr Jok Madut Jok is a lecturer at Syracuse University and founder of Sudd Institute in South Sudan. We contacted Dr Jok to comment about the entry and the new allegations against the family of President Kiir and multinational corporations. Actor George Clooney accused international companies of profiting in the South Sudanese war. In this podcast, Dr Jok blamed all these on the officials who are working for the President. - Dr Jok Madut Jok is a lecturer at Syracuse University and founder of Sudd Institute in South Sudan. We contacted Dr Jok to comment about the entry and the new allegations against the family of President Kiir and multinational corporations. Actor George Clooney accused international companies of profiting in the South Sudanese war. In this podcast, Dr Jok blamed all these on the officials who are working for the President.
The first and foremost goal of humanitarian aid is to save lives. But what if humanitarian action unintentionally lengthens the duration or becomes part of a conflict?During this edition of Humanitarian Hot Topics humanitarian experts discuss unintended consequences of humanitarian aid in South Sudan. This episode follows on the introduction by Jok Madut Jok and further debate with Bram Jansen and Akke Boere (part 1). Speakers:Jok Madut Jok: executive director of the Sudd Institute, a public policy research centre based in South Sudan, and professor of anthropology at the University of Juba in South Sudan.Akke Boere: Operational Manager Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amsterdam.Bram Jansen: assistant professor at Wageningen University and Research. Main topics: refugees and forced migration, protracted refugee situations, and humanitarian aid.Peter Heintze, coordinator of KUNO, is the moderator of the discussions.This podcast is based on the recordings of a public debate organized by KUNO and Humanity House.
The first and foremost goal of humanitarian aid is to save lives. But what if humanitarian action unintentionally lengthens the duration or becomes part of a conflict?During this edition of Humanitarian Hot Topics, Jok Madut Jok of the South Sudanese think tank Sudd Institute, will give an introduction addressing the unintended consequences of humanitarian aid in South Sudan. His keynote speech is followed by a discussion between him and speakers from the humanitarian sector.Speakers:Jok Madut Jok: executive director of the Sudd Institute, a public policy research centre based in South Sudan, and professor of anthropology at the University of Juba in South Sudan.Akke Boere: Operational Manager Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Amsterdam.Bram Jansen: assistant professor at Wageningen University and Research. Main topics: refugees and forced migration, protracted refugee situations, and humanitarian aid.Peter Heintze, coordinator of KUNO, is the moderator of the discussions.This podcast is based on the recordings of a public debate organized by KUNO and Humanity House.
Kwame Dawes, Jok Madut Jok, Peter D Mcdonald and Anu Anand discuss What is a decolonial curriculum? Held at TORCH on 28th November 2018. Decolonising the curriculum must mean more than simply including diverse texts. As Dalia Gebrial, one of the editors of the new book, Decolonising the University (Pluto Press, 2018) has written, any student and academic-led decolonisation movement must not only 'rigorously understand and define its terms, but locate the university as just one node in a network of spaces where this kind of struggle must be engaged with. To do this...is to enter the university space as a transformative force
Jok Madut Jok, TORCH / Mellon Global South Visiting Professor, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the workshop, What is a Decolonial Curriculum? Held at TORCH on 28th November 2018. Decolonising the curriculum must mean more than simply including diverse texts. As Dalia Gebrial, one of the editors of the new book, Decolonising the University (Pluto Press, 2018) has written, any student and academic-led decolonisation movement must not only 'rigorously understand and define its terms, but locate the university as just one node in a network of spaces where this kind of struggle must be engaged with. To do this...is to enter the university space as a transformative force
The first and foremost goal of humanitarian aid is to save lives. But what if humanitarian action becomes an element in a conflict? During this second edition of Hot Humanitarian Topics, we talk with the South Sudanese scientist Jok Madut Jok about the unintended consequences of humanitarian aid during the conflict in South-Sudan and other African countries.
This Anthropology Departmental Seminar was given by Jok Madut Jok, SUNY Upstate Medical University, on 23 November 2018
Did you know there is a timeline, map and other resources to help navigate this and other episodes on our website? Welcome to episode 3 – The Lost Boys. These are children who were forced to flee into the bush without their families and who survived the terrors of wild animals, crocodile-infested rivers, hunger, and endless walking between temporary places of fragile safety. Episode Notes Thank you to WJ de King for permission to use his songs. You can find out more about WJ de King by visiting https://www.reverbnation.com/wjdeking We acknowledge Jok Madut Jok and Sharon Hutchison’s 1999 paper, Sudan’s prolonged Second Civil War and the Militarization of Nuer and Dinka Ethnic Identities, as a source for this episode. For further information about the series and full source references, or to contact us, go to www.morningsidesoundproductions.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
On 6 March 2013, the first in a series of three RVI Juba Lectures, held in collaboration with the Centre for Peace and Development Studies at the University of Juba, took place at the university’s New Hall. The keynote speech on the theme ‘Consulting the Nation’ was given by Professor Akolda Tier, chair of the South Sudan Constitutional Review Commission. The professor responded to comments from a panel that included Zacharia Diing Akol, Director of Training at the Sudd Institute, Henry Swaka, Vice Chair of the South Sudan Civil Society Alliance, and Marcia Dawes of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, under the chairmanship of RVI co-founder Jok Madut Jok, Executive Director of the Sudd Institute.