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Monthly Archives: May 2008
May 31, 2008
Is Sudan a “Post-Islamist” State? II
Posted by Abdullahi Gallab
Part II of The Sudanese Islamists’ Wars: Processes of Disintegration from Khalil to Turabi Khalil’s War The mutual hostility among the Islamists has been merciless. However, the same al-Turabi supporters who had subjected other political, social, and ethnic groups to
May 30, 2008
Is Sudan a “Post-Islamist” State?
Posted by Abdullahi Gallab
Part I: The Sudanese Islamists’ Wars: Processes of Disintegration from al-Turabi to Khalil In an interview published on 22 May in the London based Saudi Daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, Khalil Ibrahim, leader of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) confirmed that he
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May 29, 2008
Can Sudan Survive?
Posted by Alex de Waal
The modern history of Sudan is riddled with bloodshed, destruction and squandered chances for peace and democracy. Consistently, the worst case scenario comes to pass and, just when it seems as though things could get no worse, they do precisely
May 28, 2008
Land and Power: the Case of the Zaghawa
Posted by Jerome Tubiana
This post is also available in French (PDF, 96KB).
Land has often been described as a key motivation for the Arabs and non-Arabs who actively participated in the “Janjaweed” in Darfur and southeast Chad (see my article “Darfur: a Conflict for Land” in Alex de Waal (ed.), War in Darfur and the Search for Peace.) One of the primary traits of the Darfur crisis (like the Dar Sila crisis in Chad) can be described as a split between those members of the population with territories (hawakir) due to traditional, mainly pre-colonial land rights and those who have none – a split which is not exactly the same as the ethnic divisions between Arabs and non-Arabs that are so often presented without nuance.
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May 23, 2008
Examining the Rebels–At Last
Posted by Julie Flint
In the wake of JEM’s attack on Omdurman, a number of correspondents have urged closer, critical examination of the rebel movements. This is long overdue. In the last few weeks, the “movements”—more often than not, shifting collections of commanders rather
May 22, 2008
The “Responsibility to Protect” is Just a Slogan
Posted by Alex de Waal
The text of my presentation to the BBC’s World Tonight last week is now available online. (With a sentence added to reflect JEM’s attack on Khartoum, which occurred between my recording the piece and the time it was broadcast.) The
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May 20, 2008
De Waal Continues Misleading the World on Darfur
Posted by admin
Posted on behalf of Abdullahi al Tom. I am dismayed by de Waal’s venomous article on JEM’s invasion of Omdurman code-named “Operation Long Arm”. In this article, de Waal declares that Khartoum security agents have” no justification for arresting affiliates
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May 19, 2008
Darfur: A New History of a Long War
Posted by Alex de Waal
A completely revised and updated (to January 2008) version of the book written by Julie Flint and myself is official launched this week. It’s available in both the UK (Zed Books) and the US (Palgrave-Macmillan). Our earlier “short history” concluded
May 16, 2008
Attack on Khartoum: The Ramifications for Sudan
Posted by Hafiz Mohammed
Last Saturday’s attack on Omdurman represented a serious development in Sudanese politics, with significant ramifications that may impact the entire country. Since its independence in 1956, Sudan has been submerged in a number of civil wars. Wars with the South
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May 14, 2008
Miliband versus de Waal on R2P
Posted by admin
The World Tonight last night on BBC Radio 4 was a 45 minute special devoted to an examination of the UK’s foreign policy. It was structured around Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s four priorities, viz terrorism, conflict and the responsibility to
