Politics
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In Memoriam: Majzoub al Khalifa Ahmed
Last week, Dr Majzoub al Khalifa Ahmed, advisor to the President of Sudan, was killed in a car accident on the road to his ... -
What Psychology Can Explain the Darfur Atrocities?
(This entry originally appeared as a comment in the thread "Is Climate Change the Culprit for Darfur?".) Social Psychologists have defined aggression as either ... -
Is Climate Change the Culprit for Darfur?
Is climate change the culprit for the disaster in Darfur? The answer is not simple. In this posting I argue that climatic and environmental ... -
The Question of Local Involvement in the Peace Process
(posted on behalf of Angela R. Swayze, who recently served as an election observer in Nigeria with the National Democratic Institute of International Affairs) I'd ... -
Are things getting worse in Darfur? There is no simple answer.
by Alex de Waal and Sam Rosmarin Every month, we hear advocates and humanitarian organizations saying that the situation in Darfur is once again deteriorating. ... -
Aid Groups and Media Misconstrue Improvements in Darfur
(posted on behalf of Gerbert van der Aa, a Dutch historian and journalist who specializes in Africa north of the equator. Van der Aa ... -
Vanity Fair or Fair Vanity? Bono’s Africa Issue
I'm not sure whether this kind of thing is on the radar screen of most Darfur watchers; but as this blog's only non-expert contributor, ... -
Time to Get Serious
The agreement between the UN, AU and Sudan Government in Addis Ababa today (June 12) on the AU-UN hybrid peacekeeping force for Darfur might—just ... -
What drives Khartoum?
What motivates the Sudan government? This conundrum faces activists and policymakers as they grapple with Darfur. One view is that the government's agenda is primarily ... -
Darfur: Necessary Knowledge for Effective Action
In the spring of 2004, at the height of the brutal offensives by the Sudanese army and airforce and Janjawiid militia in Darfur, I ...