African Arguments
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Why is the National Congress Party so Keen for Elections?
The Sudanese National Congress Party (NCP), the main partner in the Government of National Unity (GoNU) is very keen for concluding the national elections ... -
Electoral reform in Sudan and prospects for peace in Darfur
In July 2008 the National Assembly and the Presidency of the Government of the Sudan enacted and signed into law new legislation governing the ... -
American Democracy and African Liberation
The ideals of American democracy, and the spirit of African liberation, have been intimately linked for more than half a century. At pivotal historic ... -
“How Genocides End” (4: Darfur)
My fourth posting on the theme of “How Genocides End” applies the lessons of the inquiry to the case of Darfur. It is, of ... -
“How Genocides End” (3: Sudan)
Having originally intended this to be a three-part posting, I am inserting an extra short essay focusing on Sudan, before applying the framework to ... -
“How Genocides End” (2)
The project “˜How Genocides End’ included the 2004 “˜Back from the Brink’ seminar at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the SSRC Webforum, and two seminars ... -
“How Genocides End” (1)
This is the first of three postings on the topic “˜How Genocides End,’ a topic which has interested me for ten years. This first ... -
Kenana: A Promise of Sweetness
The Kenana sugar project, inaugurated by President Jaafar Nimeiri in 1975, aimed to be the biggest integrated sugar plant in the world. With 40,000 ... -
Alex profiled in Nov. 08 Harper’s
A young, NYC-based novelist, Nick McDonell, asked Alex (his former Harvard prof) if he could accompany him on his recent travels into Sudan. The ... -
What Matters?
In 2004, Marcus Bleasdale visited Chad and parts of Darfur and took a series of compelling black and white photographs. Some of them are ...