Monthly Archives: May 2009
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Late Jaafar Nimeiri – Reflections on his Life
Former president Jaafar Mohammed Nimeiri died this week, forty years after his historic “May Revolution” in which, as a young army colonel in the model of ... -
Failure to Protect Darfuri Women in Chad: Nowhere To Turn
Nowhere to Turn is a report documenting the scope and long-term impact of rape and other sexual violence experienced by women who fled attacks on their ... -
The Abyei Border
The Permanent Court of Arbitration is currently looking at determining the Ngok-Dinka chiefdom’s area in Abyei. One wonders if their decision will correspond with this analysis ... -
The Road of Sudanese Self-Determination: Where Does It Lead?
Last week President Omar al Bashir and the cabinet visited South Kordofan State in the heart of the Nuba Mountains. While the residents welcomed this long ... -
Ain Siro: A Taste of Normality
It is a rule of thumb among experienced relief workers that when a community builds and operates a school, it is a sign of normality returning, ... -
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on Darfur
In tribute to the late Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, Pan-Africanist committed to the liberation of Africa from all forms of oppression, we reprint three of his columns ... -
In Memoriam: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, the most irrepressible Pan Africanist of his generation, died in Nairobi on 25 May 2009. His friends and colleagues are stunned at the loss ... -
In Memoriam: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, the most irrepressible Pan Africanist of his generation, died in Nairobi on 24 May 2009. His friends and colleagues are stunned at the ... -
Sudanese Politics of Exhaustion
At a meeting in al Fashir last week, a civil society spokesman said, “˜we are tired, we have had enough.’ Sudanese civil and political leaders are ... -
Mamdani Responds to His Critics III
In this final section of what has been a three-part response, I would like to address three issues. The first concerns that of the suffering of ...