African Arguments
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The SPLM: Reconciling the South’s public opinion with the New Sudan Vision
I will ask Dr Elthawig Kameir to allow me to take the heading of this article from his analysis of December 24: “The SPLM ... -
Sudan’s Ambiguous Anniversary
Sudan’s independence, fifty years ago today, was not a unifying moment in the nation’s history. The achievement of independence meant very different things to ... -
Sudan: Only a Free and Fair Referendum, Not Coercion, can Guarantee a Genuinely United country
The right of people of South Sudan to decide their political future through an internationally monitored referendum, which many Southerners consider to be the ... -
Why Would the Proponents of a New Sudan Promote Electoral Apartheid?
The Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) yet again delivered on its thousand and one vows to boycott sessions of the National Legislature last week. ... -
Why the U.S. is Losing Influence in Sudan
Why does the U.S. have so little influence over political outcomes in Sudan? Earlier this month, I made a presentation at the Council on ... -
The AUPD and the UNSC
Documents from the UN Security Council discussion of the AU High Level Panel on Darfur are available here: The speech of President Thabo Mbeki: ... -
Sudan’s Census and the National Assembly Elections
When Sudan’s fifth population census was recently completed, many Sudanese citizens rejected the results, arguing that the population of Southern Sudan was significantly higher ... -
Counter-terrorism in Somalia, or: how external interferences helped to produce militant Islamism
Article by: Markus Virgil Hoehne, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Note: For more detailed analysis, download the full version of this essay on ... -
Arms in Sudan
A new publication by the Small Arms Survey, “Supply and Demand: Arms flows and holdings in Sudan,” provides the most up-to-date assessments of the ... -
Who are the Sudanese?
Sudanese cannot agree on their common identity, but up to now they have not disagreed on who counts as a Sudanese. The first disagreement ...