Monthly Archives: January 2009
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Rethinking Peacekeeping in Fragile States
Conventional peacekeeping operations are designed as stop-gap measures, either for a brief period of time or with a limited brief in a frozen conflict. This can ... -
Peacekeeping in the Political Marketplace
Conventional peacekeeping operations are designed as stop-gap measures, either for a brief period of time or with a limited brief in a frozen conflict. This can ... -
Camel-Herders’ Livelihoods in North Darfur
Livelihoods, Power and Choice: the Vulnerability of the Northern Rizaygat, Darfur, Sudan, is the latest report on Darfur from the Feinstein International Famine Center. Livelihoods in ... -
Africa, the U.S., China and the Economic Crisis
On the face of it, Africa has been relatively unharmed by the world financial crisis. The fact is that it remains the continent that has been ... -
Debating the ICC Critique
Khalid Omer sent in this comment on my critique, with 13 points, each of which deserves a response. Khalid’s questions are numbered, my replies are in ... -
A Critique of the ICC Prosecutor’s Case against President Bashir
With all the attention to the ICC Prosecutor’s application for an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir, it is remarkable how little scrutiny has been ... -
What is Thomas Lubanga Charged With?
The trial of the Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo finally opened in The Hague yesterday. He is charged on six counts of recruiting and using ... -
The LRA Back in the News
Suddenly Uganda’s Lord’s Resistance Army is back in the international news. Predictably, it is not because they have surrendered or the commanders captured and taken to ... -
Obama Cannot be Our Saviour: We Should Decide to Save Ourselves
It will be difficult to discuss anything this week but the inauguration of the first black man to be elected President of the United States of ... -
Dangerous Weeks Ahead
Sudan is in a state of high tension at the moment, and we face a dangerous month ahead. Darfur is witnessing its worst fighting for a ...