Politics
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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 ... -
The Double Edge of Celebrity Interest in Darfur
The Nigerian minority rights activist and insurgent leader Ken Saro-Wiwa said, “It’s one thing being an issue, another achieving our aims.” Two years afterwards ... -
Conflict Management and Opportunity Cost
The reaction to the likely indictment of President al-Bashir stands as a microcosm for the international response to the Darfur crisis: there is a ... -
Illiquid, Toxic and Not an Asset: End the ICC’s involvement in Sudan
It has been unfazed by the turmoil in US financial markets; but Sudan faces a bigger exogenous toxic threat to its stability if the ... -
On Paying the Price to Settle Darfur
The Sudanese polity runs on political credit notes. The big issues are constantly deferred because the political price of coming to a decision is ... -
UN/EU Midterm Review on Chad – A few thoughts
On September 12, the UN Secretary-General released the UN/EU midterm review of the UN and EU missions in Chad. A key finding of the ... -
Africa’s Position on the ICC
Yesterday’s meeting of the AU Peace and Security Council, held in New York, confirmed Africa’s push-back against the ICC. As feared by African human ... -
Khartoum Should Not Count On an Article 16 Deferral of the ICC
Sudan should not count on an Article 16 deferral at the UN Security Council. The diplomatic maneuvers and rumors do not add up to ... -
Behold the New Sudan
The New Sudan (al Sudan al Jadiid) of the late Dr John Garang was a vision of a Sudan of equality and non-discrimination in ... -
The Day of Justice
Sentiment and intuition, unlike the mysticism of the ‘cave man’, are the germs of conscience. I choose to use them to predict the obvious, ...