Politics
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Rectifying the Neglect of Sudan’s Judiciary
Manichaean Delirium: Decolonizing the Judiciary and Islamic Renewal in Sudan, 1898-1985 by Abdullahi Ibrahim. Few have written in detail about the key institution of ... -
Darfur: Local Understandings of the Violence
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide is a terrific book, one that deserves praise for doing at least three important things. First, the authors, ... -
Darfur: Appealing the Genocide Decision?
I was surprised to learn that the Prosecutor of the ICC is seeking leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to not to ... -
On the Significance of Determining whether Darfur is Genocide
In his latest contribution to the debate “what should Obama do about Darfur?” in The New Republic, Alan Wolfe poses the question, why does ... -
Darfur: Atrocity Statistics
John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond’s Darfur and the Crime of Genocide constitutes an important, if not always entirely compelling, contribution to the study of ... -
Sudan/ICC: Enough Said
I rarely use this blog to give a platform for ‘Enough’ but on this occasion I thought it right to give some prominence to ... -
Arresting Bashir: How the ICC has Violated its own Statute
This blog has presented many arguments as to how the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against President Bashir has become yet another obstacle to ... -
Alex on The Kojo Nnamdi Show
Alex appeared today, along with Mark Schneider of the International Crisis Group, on Kojo Nmandi's show for NPR. Alex clashed with Mark ... -
Jan Pronk’s Wisdom
Before his final departure from Sudan in December 2006, Jan Pronk addressed the UN staff in Khartoum and Juba. In his address he presented ... -
Advancing African Development: The Necessity for Aid and Trade
Is aid as bad as Greg Mills and Terence McNamee suggest? Is the facilitation of trade the simple answer to all of Africa’s woes? ...