African Arguments
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Citizenship and land: a potent relationship
Recent research in Burundi on the repatriation of refugees has highlighted the strong link between land and citizenship. The research tracked the experience of ... -
Darfur: “The World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis”
The media profile of Darfur shot up enormously once the label “˜the world’s worst humanitarian crisis’ was applied, although technically the phrase used was ... -
“Congo Gold”: Three Problems with the 60 Minutes Story
On 29 November 2009, the U.S. television news show 60 Minutes aired a segment called “Congo Gold”. This segment purported to expose the link ... -
When Saviors Become Victims: Trends in Attacks Against Aid Workers and Peacekeepers
Here’s a paradox: declining levels of worldwide conflict and increasing violence against aid workers. The Human Security Report has documented a worldwide decline in ... -
Sudan’s Fighting Forces: A Study in Numbers
This article emerges from an assignment which the author completed for Dr. Jo L. Husbands-Rosenberg at Georgetown University in Spring 2009. Using only open-source ... -
Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action
A new book edited by Sara Pantuliano, Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action (ODI and Practical Action, November 2009), breaks new ground in ... -
Civil Society and Doha: Where Next?
It is disappointing how little attention there has been, including on this blog, to the civil society conference in Doha in mid-November, the first ... -
Tragedy of a People under Attack: Who is Responsible for the Failure?
Recently, two authors have published an interesting, thoughtful book titled The Scramble for Africa: Darfur””Intervention and the USA. The two authors of this book, ... -
Ethics and Power in Sudanic Africa
The second part of my review of Patrick Chabal, Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling, is posted at African Arguments. In this, I ... -
Ethics and Power in Sudanic Africa
This is the second in a two-part review of Patrick Chabal’s book, Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling. This posting applies the account ...