Monthly Archives: July 2009
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Good Enough Report on Chad
There is a good “˜Enough’ report on Chad published this week, identifying the absence of any political process in Chad save the power calculations of Idris ... -
Kenya ‘s Accountability Debate Unfolds in a Near Policy Vacuum and Ethnic Tension
There seems to be consensus around the need to deal with injustices– gross human rights violations, economic crimes and abuse of power –perpetrated in Kenya over ... -
Darfur’s Trends of Violence: UNAMID’s June 2009 Reporting
The incident statistics collected and verified by UNAMID for June show that harassment of UNAMID and international actors continues unabated. The general pattern of violence continues ... -
Kenya: Truth, Justice, Reconciliation, and… Land Tenure Reform?
The Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) is mandated to enquire into human rights violations, including community displacements, settlements, evictions, historical land injustices, and the ... -
Senator Kerry: Ask Useful Questions of General Gration
The Save Darfur Coalition, in one of its circular emails, has again given us an opportunity–in this case to urge U.S. senators to ask questions of ... -
The “Seven Deadly Sins” of a Peacemaker
Peacemaking is an art””but increasingly we can apply sound measurements to rate a mediator’s efforts. In the run-up to the long-awaited announcement of the U.S. policy ... -
Abyei: Not a People’s Partition
Last week, the Abyei Arbitration Tribunal, sitting in The Hague, made a technical decision on the status of the findings of the Abyei Boundary Commission, which ... -
The Road To Hell (In Africa) Is Paved With Good (Western) Intentions
The victory of retired general and former acting president Mohamed Ould Abelaziz in the 18 July presidential elections in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is another ... -
Sudan: Re-Opening the Mind of the Public
Saviors and Survivors became instantly controversial, probably more from the Darfur context and conflict it seeks to address than for its detailed scholarship and extensive research. ... -
Sudan: Bringing Back the State
Twenty years ago I heard the story of a southern Sudanese villager who stumbled out of the war zone into a small town in Kordofan and ...