Yearly Archives: 2009
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The Afar and Darfur: A Nomadic Comparison
The situation in the Afar land of Northeastern Ethiopia is reminiscent of early Darfur: desperately impoverished nomadic communities pushed to the limit. With one important distinction: ... -
South Sudan: “For Us Here There Is No Government”
Speaking in a focus group discussion reported by the National Democratic Institute’s study of the “three areas” of South Kordofan, Abyei and Blue Nile, a Nuba ... -
Is Africa Immune to the Financial Crisis?
Might the economies of sub-Saharan Africa have special defenses against the global capitalist crisis in the relatively small role that credit and “leverage” play in consumer ... -
A Waste of Hope
Those who believe in justice, truth and accountability should demand the highest professional and ethical standards of the Prosecutor of the ICC. Any failings in these ... -
Darfur: “The 1500 Number” – Beyond the Politics
A recent Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET) analysis based on open-source incident reports estimates that roughly 1200 people have been killed in direct, reliably and publicly reported ... -
Do Darfur’s IDPs Have an Urban Future?
Most of Darfur’s internally-displaced camps are urban settlements in all but name. In geographical terms the most striking impact of the last seven years has been ... -
Sudan: Double Standards?
Abd al-Wahab Abdalla (25 March) says “The worst massacre of the last 12 months was by JEM! It killed 128 Meidob over 2 days.” There have ... -
Agency Expulsions in Sudan: Consequences and Next Steps
By Sara Pantuliano, Susanne Jaspars and Deepayan Basu Ray The expulsion of 13 international organisations and the suspension of three national NGOs by the government of ... -
Darfur as Biafra: Our Vulnerability and Their Capacity
The response of many to Biafra forty years ago was not just against the blockage of aid by General Yakubu Gowon but against the way aid ... -
Grading the Prosecutor–And the Bench
My posting on the ICC Prosecutor’s application for leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to reject the genocide charge drew some fierce criticism from ...