Land

The point of departure for the report, Darfur: Dimensions and Dilemmas of a Complex Situation, published by the Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research, is a field study conducted by the author in Sudan during the fall of

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War in Darfur and the Search for Peace is by far the best and most authoritative introduction to the Darfur crisis that I have read. But so fast-moving is the crisis, even since the publication of this book last year,

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To avoid the continuity of conflict over land and its resources in the Sudan, it should be constitutionally and legally confirmed that "land belongs to the community" and that "community land should not be sold." Community land for investment can

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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 leading up to the conclusion of those talks in May 2006. This should be

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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 compensation for the dispossession of lands where petroleum is found, rural land is being

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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 most important driver of conflict in Sudan, especially in Darfur, and that there is

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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 be too optimistic about what land tenure interventions can do to promote peace and

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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 disputes is recognized in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA)

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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 the country. Successive reforms of land law have not resulted in a unified framework

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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 Darfur to Southern Sudan, South Kordofan, Eastern Sudan and the national capital—but in every

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