African Arguments
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Alex de Waal Honored in UK New Year’s Honor List
Alex de Waal has been awarded the honor of Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the British New Year’s Honors ... -
Youth Power in the IDP Camps
“Angry Youths become a Force in Darfur,” by Neil MacFarquhar in The New York Times on December 20, describes an undercurrent of the ongoing ... -
Bashir Protects Sudan’s Capital with Water Trenches against JEM
The political shape in Sudan is tense. The humanitarian conditions are deteriorating and so is the security condition of the whole country. But there ... -
Protecting Darfurian Civilians, the ICC and the NCP
Human rights violations against civilians in Darfur have continued to be the focus of many reports, including the UN Human Rights Special Repporteur, the ... -
Protection and Livelihoods: Important New Report
The Overseas Development Institute’s Humanitarian Policy Group has produced some of the best evidence-based analysis of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, including studies of ... -
The Case for Drought Preparedness
“The case for drought preparedness“ examines the vulnerability of Darfur’s towns, IDP camps and cities to years of low rainfall or drought in the ... -
Distortion, Destitution and Deforestation
Brendan Bromwich & Margie Buchanan-Smith This report by the UN Environment Programme highlight the impact of displacement and rapid urbanisation on the natural resources ... -
The Entire Range of Misery of Civilians Caught up in War
In 2000, an interviewer brought me a data form in the Eastern DR Congo reporting that two children had died of fear during an ... -
Addressing the Devastation
The killing of civilians is nothing new, writes Hugo Slim. A historic and global phenomenon, the killing of civilians does however seem more present ... -
Killing Civilians
This blog hosts occasional debates on significant books, relevant to Darfur and the wider questions that it raises. Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality ...