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are unable to manage the migration; and Khartoum society is unable to
assimilate the migrants. One outcome of this will likely be the creation
of the same patterns of marginalization, frustration and militarization
that have been manifest in the geographical peripheries of Sudan over
the past decades.
Recommended Reading
Abusharaf, Rogaia. Transforming Displaced Women in Sudan: Politics and the Body
in a Squatter Settlement. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Ahmed, Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed. ‘Rural production systems in Sudan: a
general perspective’, in Beyond Conflict in the Horn of Africa: Prospects for Peace
Recovery and Development in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, edited by
Doornbos, Martin, Cliffe, L., Ahmed, A.G.M. London: James Currey, 1992:
133–42.
Assal, Munzoul. ‘Rights and decisions to return: internally displaced persons
in post-war Sudan’, in Forced Displacements: Whose Needs are Right?, edited by
Grabska, Katarzyna and Mehta, Lyla. London: Palgrave McMillan, 2008:
239–58.
De Geoffroy, Agnès. ‘From internal to international displacement in Sudan.’
Paper prepared for the migration and refugee movements in the Middle East
and North Africa. American University in Cairo, 2007.
Pantuliano, Sara, et al. The Long Road Home: Opportunities and Obstacles to the
Reintegration of IDPs and Refugees Returning to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas.
London: Overseas Development Institute, 2007.
Young, Helen, et al. Darfur – Livelihoods under Siege. Feinstein International
Famine Centre, Tufts University, 2005.
The Sudan Handbook, edited by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo and Jok Madut Jok. © 2011 Rift Valley Institute and contributors
(www.riftvalley.net).