African Arguments
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Have Activists Found A Soft Power Policy More Powerful than Sanctions?
Apropos of Ibrahim Adam’s call to increase foreign direct investment in Sudan, it’s worth considering whether a strategy, pushed by American divestment activists, that ... -
Sanctions and Targeted Divestment: Still Needed
On August 14th in this space, Ibrahim Adam argued for the removal of United States sanctions and an end to the international targeted divestment ... -
Stability Threats in South Kordofan
The implementation of the CPA in Southern Kordofan has been subject to numerous delays in many different areas. The most significant delays have been ... -
High Time to Lift Sanctions
The US government and the American people sincerely want to do the right thing by Sudan. Help turn it into a democratic, stable, equitable, ... -
More on SPLA-2
I came across SPLA-2 while in the Nuba Mountains in April. Al Bulola had just been visiting senior SPLA commanders, in South Sudan and ... -
In Memoriam: Prof. Abdel Rahman Musa Abakar
Professor Abdel Rahman Musa, leader of the SLM-Free Will group and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, passed away on Sunday. He was a ... -
Food, Farms and Power in Sudan
Jeffrey Gettleman’s article in today’s New York Times, “Darfur Withers as Sudan Sells a Food Bonanza,” is an excellent overview of the issues surrounding ... -
Not Forgetting the Nuba War
The intense war in the Nuba in the late 1980s and early 1990s is an important piece of Sudanese modern history. The memory of ... -
The Risk of Rebellion in Kordofan
Yesterday it was reported in al Rayaam newspaper that there is a new rebellion in the Nuba mountains. In fact the rebellion has been ... -
A Bigger, Better Sudan Open Archive
An expanded version of the Sudan Open Archive (SOA) is now online. The new version – SOA 2.0 – features an improved user interface ...