African Arguments
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Sudanese Politics of Rage, Politics of Change
Sudan needs its version of the anti-Apartheid movement, one that can combine both the anguished moral outcry against mass atrocities, and also a practical ... -
Sudan: No Peace With a Hostile U.S.
Are there any hopes for a Sudan peace brokered by the U.S? A focus on the historically hostile trio of Sudan: Susan Rice, Roger ... -
“Save Darfur” Isn’t the Anti-Apartheid Movement
The Save Darfur campaign has been compared in size and impact to the Anti-Apartheid movement. Certainly there are comparisons. But South Africa was fortunate ... -
HIV/AIDS and Sudan’s Transitions
Today, the report of the AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative is launched. Almost ten years after the UN Security Council first discussed HIV/AIDS as ... -
Sudan’s Neglected 2010 Centenaries
During 2010, two important centenaries in the history of Sudanese nationalism occur””dates when armies from Darfur resisted colonial occupation. But, these anniversaries have never ... -
Kenya’s Economic Crimes: Can a conditional Amnesty be meaningful?
When a Kenyan Cabinet minister suggested in early 2007 that perpetrators of corruption be pardoned if they confessed their guilt and returned the spoils, ... -
Misconceptions II – Domestic Prosecutions and the International Criminal Court
This is the second of three essays on misconceptions in debates over transitional justice in Kenya. The first essay considered complementarity and the Truth, ... -
After Genocide: Prevention, Intention, and Capacity
I read After Genocide while en route to Kenya. And especially, while en route back. I tried to square what I was reading with ... -
Why the Human Rights Movement Struggles with Good News Stories
Just before the summer break, I attended a gathering in a Dutch pub in the Hague, the so-called Café Humanitaire organized by the Dutch ... -
Violent Deaths in Darfur: August
Based on all the incidents reported by UNAMID, UN agencies, NGOs and the authorities that interact with all of the above, the level and ...