Politics
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Urbanization and the Future of Sudan–New Perspectives
Posted on behalf of Mark Duffield Munzoul Assal has provided an useful and provocative analysis of urbanisation in Sudan and its social and political implications. ... -
Alex in the news on Chad
Alex's posting on Chad was cited in a New York Times article: "Fighting in Chad's Capital Ebbs, But Problems Loom," by Lydia ... -
Africa’s Thirty Years’ War–In Need of a New Edition?
The current conflict in Chad and Darfur is a reprise of the "thirty years' war" that embroiled Chad, Libya and Darfur from the mid-1960s ... -
Making Sense of Chad
The war for Chad is not over. It is likely to become more bloody and involve a wider humanitarian disaster before any solutions can ... -
Urbanization and the future of Sudan
Posted on behalf of Munzoul Assal Sudan is one of the fastest urbanizing countries in the world. Population figures show that the country was ... -
Survival and Governance in Sudan’s Frontiers: A Review of Two Recent Books
Two new scholarly books help us understand how people in Sudan’s peripheries survive—or don’t—and place the frontierland governance in a deep historical context. One ... -
Darfur Activism: The Debate Continues (Part 2)
"The issues you raise are serious and deserve a serious response. Your critique of my position is, to my mind, the most thoughtful and ... -
Darfur Activism: The Debate Continues (Part 1)
"I have continued to follow your writings on Darfur with keen interest, if not always with total agreement..." Jeff Weintraub opens a debate with Alex ... -
Darfur’s Emerging Arab Leader under Government Assault
In this post, Julie Flint reports on the Sudan government's ongoing onslaught on Arab leaders in Darfur who are in rebellion against Khartoum. Towards the ... -
Human Rights and the African Union: Memory and Forgetting
In an act infused with symbolism, the African Union decided to create a memorial museum to the victims of genocide and grave human rights ...