African Arguments
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Ethnicity, Land, Legitimacy: A Review of “War in Darfur and the Search for Peace”
War in Darfur and the Search for Peace is by far the best and most authoritative introduction to the Darfur crisis that I have ... -
The Time Has Come for Talks
*Posted on behalf of Philip Honour The time has come for talks Yesterday, the U.S State Department published a report on Human Rights Practice’s ... -
Making Sense of Darfur’s Arabs
Darfur's Arabs are back in the spotlight—as victims, as Janjawiid, and as rebels. The relationship between the Sudan government and the Darfur Arabs has ... -
Land Belongs to the Community
To avoid the continuity of conflict over land and its resources in the Sudan, it should be constitutionally and legally confirmed that "land belongs ... -
Land in the DPA: A False Agreement?
Here’s a paradox: the Sudan government and the armed movements–both SLAs and JEM–reached agreement on the land clauses in the Darfur Peace Agreement in ... -
Demystifying State and Property Rights on Land
In the Sudanese context of prolonged conflict, mobility of pastoral groups into the transitional areas such as South Kordofan and Blue Nile and the ... -
Managing Political and Economic Claims to Land in Darfur
The headline is striking: The Land Question: Sudan’s Peace Nemesis. It reflects a growing body of opinion that conflict for land is an important, ... -
Africa hasn’t resolved the communal-private land issue, and it won’t happen in Darfur anytime soon
Posted on behalf of Michael Kevane Sudan’s land issues are big and dangerous. Let’s gingerly walk around this growling cur with a big stick ... -
Land Policy Development in a Fluid Environment: Darfuri Proposals
Posted on behalf of Paul De Wit and Jeffrey Hatcher The need to address the issues of access and ownership of land, and land ... -
The Land Question: Sudan’s Peace Nemesis
Land is a central issue in both rural and urban Sudan and contests over land claims have been a recurrent cause of unrest and ...