Politics
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South Sudan: “For Us Here There Is No Government”
Speaking in a focus group discussion reported by the National Democratic Institute’s study of the “three areas” of South Kordofan, Abyei and Blue Nile, ... -
Is Africa Immune to the Financial Crisis?
Might the economies of sub-Saharan Africa have special defenses against the global capitalist crisis in the relatively small role that credit and “leverage” play ... -
A Waste of Hope
Those who believe in justice, truth and accountability should demand the highest professional and ethical standards of the Prosecutor of the ICC. Any failings ... -
Darfur: “The 1500 Number” – Beyond the Politics
A recent Genocide Intervention Network (GI-NET) analysis based on open-source incident reports estimates that roughly 1200 people have been killed in direct, reliably and ... -
Do Darfur’s IDPs Have an Urban Future?
Most of Darfur’s internally-displaced camps are urban settlements in all but name. In geographical terms the most striking impact of the last seven years ... -
Sudan: Double Standards?
Abd al-Wahab Abdalla (25 March) says “The worst massacre of the last 12 months was by JEM! It killed 128 Meidob over 2 days.” ... -
Agency Expulsions in Sudan: Consequences and Next Steps
By Sara Pantuliano, Susanne Jaspars and Deepayan Basu Ray The expulsion of 13 international organisations and the suspension of three national NGOs by the ... -
Darfur as Biafra: Our Vulnerability and Their Capacity
The response of many to Biafra forty years ago was not just against the blockage of aid by General Yakubu Gowon but against the ... -
Grading the Prosecutor–And the Bench
My posting on the ICC Prosecutor’s application for leave to appeal against the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision to reject the genocide charge drew some fierce ... -
Burundian Voices
Review of Life After Violence: A people’s story of Burundi, by Peter Uvin. Zed Books, London, 2008. I have a young friend who comes ...