Politics
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The Beginning of the End for ODA?
The last ten years has been a remarkable experiment in using official development assistance (ODA) as a motor for development in Africa (and other ... -
U.S. Academics’ Rush to Nazify Sudan
Barely a week goes by without a welter of intellectual indulgence (or think of a word that rhymes with vibration) from some more Johnny-Come-Lately ... -
Alison Des Forges
Last Thursday night, we lost an outspoken and cherished activist, analyst, and friend, and a “most valuable player” of the Great Lakes family of ... -
The Trouble with Aid
In the economic turmoil currently affecting the industrialised world, the arguments I set out in my book, The Trouble With Aid: Why Less Could ... -
Genocide: On Law, Sociology and Accountability
John Hagan will receive The Stockholm Prize in Criminology on June 23, 2009, in Stockholm for his work on genocide in Darfur and the ... -
ICC vs. Bashir: Debating the Interests of Justice
Sadia al Imam writes The allocation of responsibility for issues of justice, peace and democracy between the OTP and the UN Security Council is ... -
The ICC vs. Bashir: Debating Genocidal Intent
Daniel Agundo writes: Genocide may generally be a crime committed as an outcome of a political ideology or plan for violent societal transformation, requiring ... -
The ICC vs. Bashir: Debating the Mode of Liability
I have had a number of interesting questions and challenges to different aspects of my critique of the Bashir application. I am bunching them ... -
Darfur and Chad: A Fragmented Ethnic Mosaic
One year has passed since the rebel offensive on N’Djamena almost toppled Deby. The date of the rebel offensive was not chosen at random: ... -
Sudan’s Economy and the Financial Crisis
In the last ten years, the Sudanese economy has undergone a drastic change. Instead of been an agriculture-based economy it has turned into an ...