Author: Alex de Waal
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Sudan’s Colonized Judiciary
It’s an unfortunate reality that books on Sudan by Sudanese authors””even those who have a wonderful English writing style, and who deal with their subject matter ... -
Rethinking Peacekeeping in Fragile States
Conventional peacekeeping operations are designed as stop-gap measures, either for a brief period of time or with a limited brief in a frozen conflict. This can ... -
A Critique of the ICC Prosecutor’s Case against President Bashir
With all the attention to the ICC Prosecutor’s application for an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir, it is remarkable how little scrutiny has been ... -
Dangerous Weeks Ahead
Sudan is in a state of high tension at the moment, and we face a dangerous month ahead. Darfur is witnessing its worst fighting for a ... -
Thoughts on the Speed of Sudan’s Political Process
In the 1980s I lived for a while in Nyala in south Darfur. It is the terminus of the railway that runs all the way from ... -
Challenges for Sudan in the CPA’s Fifth Year
Four years on from the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Nairobi, is a good moment to reflect on the spirit of the CPA and ... -
Protection and Livelihoods: Important New Report
The Overseas Development Institute’s Humanitarian Policy Group has produced some of the best evidence-based analysis of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, including studies of how displaced ... -
Killing Civilians
This blog hosts occasional debates on significant books, relevant to Darfur and the wider questions that it raises. Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in War, ... -
Famine Crimes and Tragedies
Starvation isn’t an accident of nature. Starving more like wounding””something people do to one another. For many years I was a staunch advocate of criminalizing some ... -
Recalling the “Unmanageable” Crisis of the 1980s
Sudanese leaders lead the world in their skill in handling simultaneous internal and external crises. In 1984, Sudan set a world record for the number of ...