Author: Alex de Waal
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Reading the Responses to the AUPD Report
Most political figures and commentators, Sudanese and international, made up their minds about the AU Panel on Darfur report before they had seen the contents of ... -
Is Darfur the First Thuraya War?
The advent of the Thuraya phone has radically changed warfare in across the Sahara desert, as illustrated in the case of Darfur. Twenty five years ago, ... -
Sudan: “Let Us Make It A Peaceful Divorce”
Today, the Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor spoke to an audience at the end of a two day seminar in Khartoum and said that the last ... -
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Reflections on the AU PSC Summit
The slogan “˜African solutions to African problems’ has become hackneyed and discredited. One reason why it is not taken seriously is that there has been little ... -
Reading the AU Panel Report
The report of African Union High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) has injected a new dynamic into Sudanese political life. President Thabo Mbeki has confounded those ... -
Sudan in 2012: Asking New Questions
The scenario exercises by Clingendael and USIP are extremely useful, both in the possible futures that they pose, and in the questions they oblige us to ... -
U.S. and Sudan: On the Virtue of Clarity
The U.S. Sudan strategy is now published. After seven months of often public acrimony, the Administration has adopted its policy. One of the major benefits of ... -
Sudanese scenarios for 2011 and After: Introduction
Sudan faces two momentous events in the next fifteen months. The first is the general election, intended as the first multi-party nationwide elections in the nation’s ... -
Lethal Violence in Darfur: September
The UNAMID monitoring data for violent fatalities in Darfur recorded a sharp increase in September. The usual caveats apply to the figures: they are based upon ...