Monthly Archives: February 2009
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The Lion that Squeaked
As Khartoum holds its collective breath for the warrant for the President’s arrest we all know is coming on Wednesday (the ICC said as much with ... -
How Obama Could Uplift Africa
In 1958, eminent Africanist scholars including David Apter, Elliot Berg, Rupert Emerson, Ruth Schachter and Emmanuel Wallerstein, among others, wrote “A New American Policy Toward Africa”. ... -
Deaths in Darfur – Data
There has been much controversy over the numbers of people killed in Darfur. It is increasingly possible to move beyond extrapolation to an actual count of ... -
New America, Young Africa and Old Europe
In November 2006, Jendayi Frazer, then Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, prided herself of “no longer traveling to Africa via Europe”, adding: “We don’t ... -
Arguing Genocide in Darfur
Hagan’s and Rymond-Richmond’s Darfur and the Crime of Genocide contains shattering statements from direct witnesses and victims of the Darfur conflict. In addition, it provides interesting ... -
Sudan: A Ceasefire in Prospect?
After the Sudan Government and JEM signed a ‘Declaration of Intent’ in Doha earlier this week, hopes have been raised that a ceasefire might be in ... -
Criminology of Genocide: Breaking Paths
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide by John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond is a path-breaking book. The paths it breaks lead us into new terrain, and ... -
The Beginning of the End for ODA?
The last ten years has been a remarkable experiment in using official development assistance (ODA) as a motor for development in Africa (and other developing countries ... -
U.S. Academics’ Rush to Nazify Sudan
Barely a week goes by without a welter of intellectual indulgence (or think of a word that rhymes with vibration) from some more Johnny-Come-Lately American academic ... -
Alison Des Forges
Last Thursday night, we lost an outspoken and cherished activist, analyst, and friend, and a “most valuable player” of the Great Lakes family of analysts. Alison’s ...