African Arguments
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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 ... -
President Mbeki’s Speech to the UN Security Council – Sudan
PRESENTATION BY PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI, CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU HIGH LEVEL IMPLEMENTATION PANEL FOR SUDAN TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: UNHQ, NEW YORK: JUNE ... -
Sudan: Where are the Women in Government?
Sudan’s electoral system allocates 25% of seats in the national, southern Sudan and state assemblies for women. That’s a progressive system. It has some ... -
Darfur: Going Nowhere in Doha
Djibrill Bassolé, chief mediator at the Doha peace talks, had a plan: a ceasefire between the hard men, which meant focusing initially on JEM ... -
The War in Darfur is Not Over
The year 2009 and early months of 2010 witnessed consistent trends by some analysts and beneficiaries to describe the Darfur problem as a “low-intensity ... -
JEM’s Black Book and the Language of Resistance: Transcribing Tyranny
Many seeking to understand the causes of Darfur’s rebellion look to the Black Book: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in Sudan, which was clandestinely ...