African Arguments
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Darfur: New Estimates for Mortality
A survey of surveys of Darfur mortality since 2003 in the latest issue of The Lancet, by the reputable analysts Olivier Degomme and Debarati ... -
Can Darfur Claim the Right of Self Determination?
There is a small but growing minority view among Darfurians, that their region is entitled to self-determination with the option of independence. This issue ... -
Human Security Report: A Major Blow to Humanitarian Accountability
I was sorry to see the Human Security Report (HSR) released today. I was sorry because this report draws unjustified conclusions and will leave ... -
Are Wars Becoming Less Lethal? The 2009 Human Security Report
The Human Security Report has become well-known for its argument, backed up by careful statistical analysis, that wars are becoming less common since the ... -
Sudan: The End of Trust
Once upon a time, ordinary Sudanese citizens followed a set of social mores that we all understood. Everyone’s door was open – it had ... -
Why Chad Isn’t Darfur
Jérí´me Tubiana has published an article under this name in a recent issue of the London Review of Books. It provides a rare, ethnographic, ... -
Being a Kenyan
The Harmonised Draft Constitution's provisions on citizenship go a long way to resolving the problems of belonging to and identification with Kenya that pertain ... -
“Making Sense of Sudan”
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, and one year before the scheduled date of the ... -
When Killers Become Victims
Sean Brooks has published a three-part review of Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviors and Survivors. The text is available here. The essay reflects the author’s views ... -
Hofrat an Nahas: A Forgotten Case
When I lived in Darfur in the 1980s, I made a trip to the abandoned copper mines of Hofrat an Nahas, and stayed a ...