African Arguments
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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 ... -
Land, Power and Peace in Sudan
The question of land ownership lies at the heart of Sudan’s wars and the viability of its peace agreements. The configuration of issues is ... -
Kosovo and Darfur
Posted on behalf of Cara Parks of the New Republic Yesterday on the New Republic website we ran an editorial on Darfur that I ... -
The Activism Debate, continued…
Posted on behalf of Rick Sterling. Rick Sterling is an Aerospace Engineer at UC Berkeley. He was active in support of the southern African ... -
China and Sudan: Defining the Turning Point
In her posting yesterday, Mia Farrow identifies the success of the "genocide Olympics" campaign—which she was instrumental in starting—as a "defining moment." She is ... -
China and Sudan: A Defining Moment
Editor's note: Mia Farrow and Ronan Farrow, who were instrumental in starting up the "genocide Olympics" campaign, have offered these words. Without question ...