Monthly Archives: August 2008
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Justice for Whom? The ICC in the Central African Republic
Developments in international justice have filled the papers in recent weeks, with the capture of Serbia’s Radovan Karadžić and the charges leveled against Sudanese president Omar ... -
Have Activists Found A Soft Power Policy More Powerful than Sanctions?
Apropos of Ibrahim Adam’s call to increase foreign direct investment in Sudan, it’s worth considering whether a strategy, pushed by American divestment activists, that bringing firms ... -
Sanctions and Targeted Divestment: Still Needed
On August 14th in this space, Ibrahim Adam argued for the removal of United States sanctions and an end to the international targeted divestment campaign meant ... -
Stability Threats in South Kordofan
The implementation of the CPA in Southern Kordofan has been subject to numerous delays in many different areas. The most significant delays have been around the ... -
High Time to Lift Sanctions
The US government and the American people sincerely want to do the right thing by Sudan. Help turn it into a democratic, stable, equitable, prosperous and, ... -
More on SPLA-2
I came across SPLA-2 while in the Nuba Mountains in April. Al Bulola had just been visiting senior SPLA commanders, in South Sudan and in South ... -
In Memoriam: Prof. Abdel Rahman Musa Abakar
Professor Abdel Rahman Musa, leader of the SLM-Free Will group and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, passed away on Sunday. He was a fine Darfurian ... -
Food, Farms and Power in Sudan
Jeffrey Gettleman’s article in today’s New York Times, “Darfur Withers as Sudan Sells a Food Bonanza,” is an excellent overview of the issues surrounding food production ... -
Not Forgetting the Nuba War
The intense war in the Nuba in the late 1980s and early 1990s is an important piece of Sudanese modern history. The memory of this all-too-recent ... -
The Risk of Rebellion in Kordofan
Yesterday it was reported in al Rayaam newspaper that there is a new rebellion in the Nuba mountains. In fact the rebellion has been going on ...