Yearly Archives: 2008
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The “Responsibility to Protect” is Just a Slogan
The text of my presentation to the BBC’s World Tonight last week is now available online. (With a sentence added to reflect JEM’s attack on Khartoum, ... -
De Waal Continues Misleading the World on Darfur
Posted on behalf of Abdullahi al Tom. I am dismayed by de Waal’s venomous article on JEM’s invasion of Omdurman code-named “Operation Long Arm”. In this ... -
Darfur: A New History of a Long War
A completely revised and updated (to January 2008) version of the book written by Julie Flint and myself is official launched this week. It’s available in ... -
Attack on Khartoum: The Ramifications for Sudan
Last Saturday’s attack on Omdurman represented a serious development in Sudanese politics, with significant ramifications that may impact the entire country. Since its independence in 1956, ... -
Miliband versus de Waal on R2P
The World Tonight last night on BBC Radio 4 was a 45 minute special devoted to an examination of the UK’s foreign policy. It was structured ... -
In Memoriam: Jamali Hassan Jalal al Din
An obituary by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal. One of the most disturbing images to have come out of Sudan in the wake of JEM’s ... -
Making Sense of Khalil’s Putsch
As more details emerge about JEM’s assault on the national capital at the weekend, it is becoming clear that this was a solo operation by JEM ... -
JEM’s Failed Attempt at Regime Change
Picking up Alex’s question about the calculations of the JEM leadership, I believe this was a serious attempt at regime change””however over-ambitious or foolhardy it may ... -
The Hour of the Hardliners
Saturday’s battle in the streets of Omdurman was a defeat for the prospects of peace, democracy and human rights. The calculations of the leadership of the ... -
Shigeg Karo One Week On
Six days after the aerial attack on Shigeg Karo, UNAMID has finally spoken out, in a press release that raises more questions than it answers. A ...