African Arguments
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Late Jaafar Nimeiri – Reflections on his Life
Former president Jaafar Mohammed Nimeiri died this week, forty years after his historic “May Revolution” in which, as a young army colonel in the ... -
Failure to Protect Darfuri Women in Chad: Nowhere To Turn
Nowhere to Turn is a report documenting the scope and long-term impact of rape and other sexual violence experienced by women who fled attacks ... -
The Abyei Border
The Permanent Court of Arbitration is currently looking at determining the Ngok-Dinka chiefdom’s area in Abyei. One wonders if their decision will correspond with ... -
The Road of Sudanese Self-Determination: Where Does It Lead?
Last week President Omar al Bashir and the cabinet visited South Kordofan State in the heart of the Nuba Mountains. While the residents welcomed ... -
Ain Siro: A Taste of Normality
It is a rule of thumb among experienced relief workers that when a community builds and operates a school, it is a sign of ... -
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem on Darfur
In tribute to the late Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, Pan-Africanist committed to the liberation of Africa from all forms of oppression, we reprint three of ... -
In Memoriam: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, the most irrepressible Pan Africanist of his generation, died in Nairobi on 25 May 2009. His friends and colleagues are stunned at ... -
In Memoriam: Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, the most irrepressible Pan Africanist of his generation, died in Nairobi on 24 May 2009. His friends and colleagues are stunned ... -
Sudanese Politics of Exhaustion
At a meeting in al Fashir last week, a civil society spokesman said, “˜we are tired, we have had enough.’ Sudanese civil and political ... -
Mamdani Responds to His Critics III
In this final section of what has been a three-part response, I would like to address three issues. The first concerns that of the ...