Monthly Archives: March 2008
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Land in the DPA: A False Agreement?
Here’s a paradox: the Sudan government and the armed movements–both SLAs and JEM–reached agreement on the land clauses in the Darfur Peace Agreement in the weeks ... -
Demystifying State and Property Rights on Land
In the Sudanese context of prolonged conflict, mobility of pastoral groups into the transitional areas such as South Kordofan and Blue Nile and the drive for ... -
Managing Political and Economic Claims to Land in Darfur
The headline is striking: The Land Question: Sudan’s Peace Nemesis. It reflects a growing body of opinion that conflict for land is an important, even the ... -
Africa hasn’t resolved the communal-private land issue, and it won’t happen in Darfur anytime soon
Posted on behalf of Michael Kevane Sudan’s land issues are big and dangerous. Let’s gingerly walk around this growling cur with a big stick and not ... -
Land Policy Development in a Fluid Environment: Darfuri Proposals
Posted on behalf of Paul De Wit and Jeffrey Hatcher The need to address the issues of access and ownership of land, and land claims and ... -
The Land Question: Sudan’s Peace Nemesis
Land is a central issue in both rural and urban Sudan and contests over land claims have been a recurrent cause of unrest and conflict in ... -
Land, Power and Peace in Sudan
The question of land ownership lies at the heart of Sudan’s wars and the viability of its peace agreements. The configuration of issues is different in ...