Authors : Nada Awad Alkareem Mohamed

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 3 - March

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Abstract : Sudan is experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with nearly half of the population in urgent need of assistance. Political instability, economic collapse, and the war that began in April 2023 have severely weakened state systems, forcing communities to rely heavily on local initiatives (OCHA, 2025). Within this fragile context, the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) has become a critical framework through which cooperatives, social enterprises, and mutual aid groups sustain livelihoods, strengthen social cohesion, and build resilience. This dissertation explores the role of SSE in Sudan’s ongoing crisis, situating it within wider debates on localisation, resilience, and alternative approaches to development. A qualitative case study was employed, combining analysis of grey and academic literature with fourteen semistructured interviews involving cooperative members, social entrepreneurs, advisors, and NGO staff. Interviews continued until saturation was reached, and findings were thematically analysed. The results show that SSE initiatives were vital to community survival, enabling people to maintain livelihoods, foster solidarity, and adapt to rapidly changing needs. Yet these efforts were constrained by infrastructural deficits, limited government support, and chronic funding shortages, along with unmet community needs and external agendas that were not localised. Despite these obstacles, SSE actors demonstrated resilience and innovation that highlight their significance as immediate coping mechanisms and as a potential pathway toward Sudan’s socio-economic recovery.

Keywords : Sudan, Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE), Humanitarian Crisis, Localisation, Community Resilience, SocioEconomic Recovery.

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