African Arguments
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Africa Needs a Regional Treaty to End Civicide
There are two ways to kill in human community: you can kill a human being or you can kill the citizen. The first is ... -
Sudan 2012
The future of Sudan is uncertain. At present the international community, governments, international organisations and civil society groups are primarily focused on stimulating implementation ... -
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 ... -
Why All The “Howling” About Sudan’s Debt?
Mr. Badawi in his recent post “Indebted to the Save Darfur Coalition?“ plays loose with the numbers and the definition of Sudan’s “odious” debt. ... -
Politics of Aid in Darfur: The NGO Expulsions Seven Months On
When the 13 aid agencies were expelled from Darfur, about seven months ago, voices were raised about the possible humanitarian implications of this on ... -
Indebted to the Save Darfur Coalition?
Is the devil making work for idle hands now that the two key publicity drivers for the “˜Darfur cause’ – food in the internally ... -
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 ... -
Citizenship the most important right of all
“Give us our identity cards and we hand over our Kalashnikovsâ€, said the leader of the rebel forces in Côte d’Ivoire. Those who have ... -
The Right to Citizenship under International Law
Article 15 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) says “[e]veryone has the right to a nationality†and that “[n]o one shall be ... -
Sudan: Attraction of Unity and Challenges of Separation
“Sudan: Attraction of Unity and Challenges of Separation” was the theme of a two-day workshop organised by the National Civic Forum in Justice Africa’s ...