Politics
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Darfur: Who is Killing? Who is Dying?
The AUPD Report includes an Appendix that compiles the existing data for violent fatalities in Darfur from 1 January 2008 until 31 July 2009. ... -
Evidence-Based Peacekeeping
In most areas of public policy, gathering and analyzing evidence for the nature of the problem and the efficacy of response is a sine ... -
CPA’s Unhappy End
In the last month Sudan’s Government has forfeited the title “˜of National Unity.’ Cooperation between the NCP and SPLM hardly exists even in name. ... -
Making Patronage Work
Alex de Waal’s Christian Michelsen lecture, ‘Fixing the Political Marketplace,’ given last month in Bergen, Norway, is now available online at this link. His ... -
The Next Sudanese Peace?
These days’ mood in Khartoum is a mixture of disillusionment, suspicion and fear: not the best feelings for a country which finds itself at ... -
Violent Incidents in Darfur: October
According to the reports received by UNAMID, there were 67 deaths directly attributable to violence in Darfur during October. This figure is subject to ... -
South Sudan Should Make Freedom of Expression a Priority
The Government of South Sudan (GOSS) has announced that it intends to establish a news agency that will cover areas of the south starved ... -
The Arab and Western Media Responses to Darfur
It is frequently heard that Arabs/Muslims and their media were silent, unmoved or without opinion over Darfur. These suppositions tend to contain a measure ... -
Thoughts on the Future of Sudan, From the Past
Thoughts on the future of Sudan from an unlikely source: Winston Churchill in his book ‘The River War‘. “It might seem at first a ... -
Reading the Responses to the AUPD Report
Most political figures and commentators, Sudanese and international, made up their minds about the AU Panel on Darfur report before they had seen the ...