African Arguments
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Genocide by Force of Habit?
John Maynard Keynes was once irritated by a half-witted critic: “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” In ... -
Genocide: Criminal Behavior and Law
Alex de Waal, Joachim Savelsberg, Alex Hinton, Tony Oberschall, Dan Chirot, and Scott Straus form a remarkably distinguished group of genocide scholars. We have ... -
Did NGOs Pass Information to the ICC?
Alex, I just posted a piece on whether NGOs passed information to the ICC, which is on this link. In a recent piece in ... -
Are Coups d’Etat Making a Comeback?
Last Tuesday 12 March, in Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, an elected President resigned under pressure from the opposition with the support of the armed forces, ... -
How Can Elections be Held in Darfur?
The US Institute of Peace has just published an important briefing on the question of how elections can be held in Darfur under the ... -
What is the Way Out for Sudan?
Since 4 March 2009, when the ICC announced its decision to indict President El Bashir, the ICC issue has become the only issue in ... -
Darfur: The Stakes of the Label ‘Genocide’
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide is an ambitious and in places interesting book that makes some important contributions. The core contributions concern the ... -
Rectifying the Neglect of Sudan’s Judiciary
Manichaean Delirium: Decolonizing the Judiciary and Islamic Renewal in Sudan, 1898-1985 by Abdullahi Ibrahim. Few have written in detail about the key institution of ... -
Darfur: Local Understandings of the Violence
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide is a terrific book, one that deserves praise for doing at least three important things. First, the authors, ... -
Darfur: Appealing the Genocide Decision?
I was surprised to learn that the Prosecutor of the ICC is seeking leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to not to ...