African Arguments
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Darfur Lethal Violence: June
The number of confirmed violent fatalities, according to UNAMID figures, in Darfur during June was 221. Though a marked decline on the nearly 600 ... -
Mbeki’s Statement at the Launch of the Post-Referendum Negotiations
STATEMENT OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUHIP, THABO MBEKI, AT THE LAUNCH OF THE SUDAN POST-REFERENDUM NEGOTIATIONS: KHARTOUM, JULY 10, 2010. Your Excellencies, Members ... -
How Not to Nation-Build
A revised version of my 2009 Christian Michelsen lecture is published by the London Review of Books. In the lecture, I argue that conventional ... -
Sudan: The Missing Academic Generation
In my dealings with American universities, I am often struck how there is a missing generation of scholars on Sudan. There is an older ... -
Sudan: In Search of a Model
Introduction As Sudanese from all walks of life anticipate the historic referendum on national unity scheduled for 2011, it is an appropriate time for ... -
Sudan’s State Assembly Elections Results: An Analysis
The results of the state assembly elections raise important questions about Sudan’s electoral process and the strengths and weaknesses of opposition parties in particular ... -
West End of the Border
West-end of the Border is a book documenting the lives of refugees taking shelter at camps along the Chad-Sudan border, all the way from ... -
South Sudan: Sovereignty Matters
Southern Sudan may be little more than a year away from possessing state sovereignty. The immediate policy focus on the challenges of holding the ... -
Kenya: Post-Election Violence Addressed – Micro-Level Perspectives on Transitional Justice
The necessity of transitional justice in Kenya and the merits of certain institutional mechanisms in particular have been vigorously debated in this forum, as ... -
Thabo Mbeki on Africa’s Intellectual Leadership
President Thabo Mbeki, speaking on Africa Day at the Thabo Mbeki Leadership Institute, emphasized a necessary precondition if Africa is to claim the ...