Author: Alex de Waal
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All Quiet in Sudan?
To date, the application by Moreno Ocampo for an arrest warrant for President Omar al Bashir has not led to disaster in Sudan. The CPA is ... -
Sudan and the ICC: A Guide to the Controversy
On Monday 14 July, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo, will ask the Court to indict a very senior official of ... -
Adaptation and Devastation: Markets and Livelihoods
Two long-time specialists on Darfur, Margie Buchanan-Smith and Abduljabbar Fadul, recently published a superb report on trade and livelihoods during the conflict in Darfur. The title ... -
Sudan: Buying Time
The political geometry of Sudan defies resolution. No sooner had a framework been agreed for the provisional settlement of the North-South conflict in 2002 than the ... -
Justice Off Course
Julie Flint and I have an Oped in today’s Washington Post. Is the International Criminal Court losing its way in Darfur? We fear it is. Chief ... -
On Writing Sudan (And Getting It Wrong)
Last Sunday the Washington Post ran a column by me in the section This Writing Life. It begins: Some years ago in a rebel-held enclave of ... -
Might Khartoum Hand Over Haroun?
Wednesday’s report in the Sudan Tribune re-ignited the debate over whether the Sudan Government might hand over the two men wanted by the ICC for crimes ... -
What Happened to Justice in the Darfur Peace Agreement?
If peace and justice in Sudan are on a collision course, one reason why is the way in which the Darfur peace talks and the accountability ... -
A Cross-Border Marketplace of Loyalties
It’s frequently observed that Darfur’s conflict has “spilled over” into Chad and Central African Republic. It is probably more accurate to say that Darfur has become ... -
Imagine if Luis Moreno-Ocampo Were to Indict President Omar al Bashir
Imagine if the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, were to issue an arrest warrant against Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir on charges ...