Yearly Archives: 2008
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The Bombing of Shigeg Karo and the Miserable Response
Posted on behalf of Julie Flint. At 2 pm on Sunday 4 May, a single Antonov bomber targeted the village of Shegeg Karo in North Darfur, ... -
Condemned to Repeat the Past: Thirty Years of Understanding Ignored
Darfur has suffered more than most from the international community’s attention deficit disorder. It only commands that attention at times of crisis: the sahel drought of ... -
“Liberators” and Military Entrepreneurs
April’s issue of African Affairs contains an interesting article by Marielle Debos. Entitled “Fluid Loyalties in a Regional Crisis: Chadian “˜Ex-Liberators’ in the Central African Republic” ... -
When the Center Could Not Hold
Robert Bates’ When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late Century Africa is a seminal contribution to understanding state crises Africa. Bates’ thesis is that in ... -
Water under the Desert: Blessing or Curse?
Posted on behalf of Sarah Barga Alex de Waal makes a compelling argument for the possibility of the underground lake found in the northern part of ... -
Land in Sudan… Continued
Many thanks to Alex de Waal for posting my briefing on land issues in Sudan on his blog last month and for stimulating so many interesting ... -
Prospects for Peace and Democracy in Sudan: April 2008
Overview 1. The NCP-SPLM partnership for the CPA stands at a critical juncture. The NCP sees the 2009 elections as its route to internal and international ... -
Sudan’s Islamic Movement: Mosaic Democracy, a New Concept
Posted on behalf of Ambassador Hassan E. Talib. First of all, I would like to extend my gratitude to this blog for allowing this opportunity for ... -
Analysis of Chad
A report by Jérí´me Tubiana for the Small Arms Survey, “The Chad-Sudan Proxy War and the “Darfurization” of Chad: Myths and Reality,” provides excellent analysis of ... -
The Future of the Sudanese Islamist Movement
One of the great ironies of the Islamist adventure in coup-making (leading to the creation of the National Salvation regime in June 1989) was that the ...