Country Case Studies 2015: Mali and South Sudan

Mali and South Sudan present many of the challenges of working in so-called ‘fragile states’: weak governance, protracted crises, cyclical environmental hazards, lack of security, an underdeveloped infrastructure and, in the case of South Sudan, a weak civil society. Both countries are also places of beauty with people of great passion and resilience living their lives in the face of tremendous hardship. The following pages give an account of the challenges faced and the struggle to overcome them on a daily basis.