So I know this is supposed to be all about Darfur – but forgive a brief detour to my Australian home – to celebrate another small step in the long road towards chipping away at 220 years of racism in Australia. Today the Australian government led by Prime Minister Rudd, signed the UN Declaration on […]
Difficulties in NATO – AU cooperation
April 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Check out this interesting piece on genocide prevention by Tod Lindberg in the Wall Street Journal. His reflections on trying to get some semblance of cooperation and coordination between the various regional and international organizations who could, collectively, have pulled together the resources needed for civilian protection in Darfur, fits depressingly well with everything I […]
Clarification on GI-Net “1500” number
April 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Last week, former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, used statistics from the Genocide Intervention Network to write in Foreign Affairs that “according to the human rights group Genocide Intervention Network, about 1,500 people were killed in Darfur in all of 2008, 500 of them Arabs killed by other Arabs. (The rest were Africans […]
Arab League supports Bashir
March 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Arab Times, Kuwait, reports that the Arab League concluded its Summit in Doha with a resolution in support of Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir: “We reiterate our solidarity with Sudan and our rejection of the measure of the … International Criminal Court against his Excellency (Bashir).” The Arab Coalition for Darfur, coordinated by five […]
What would you ask Luis Moreno Ocampo? ماذا ان تسأل لويس مورينو اوكامبو؟ Quelle question poseriez-vous à Luis Moreno Ocampo?Państwa pytania dla Luisa Moreno Ocampo
March 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, has agreed to a podcast interview of questions provided by you. If you’re interested in asking him a question on Darfur go to the “submit a question” tab at the top of this page. You can submit anonymously or not – it’s up to you. Questions go directly […]
UNSC appeals for expulsions to be reconsidered
March 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
On March 4, the Sudanese government began expelling aid agencies from Sudan, leading to the gaps in the provision of humanitarian assistance throughout Darfur that were identified in this week’s Joint Assessment Report. Three weeks after these expulsions the UN Security Council has finally managed to: “appeal to it [the Government of Sudan] to reconsider […]
What would you ask Jan Pronk?What would you ask Jan Pronk?What would you ask Jan Pronk?Państwa pytania dla Jana Pronka Cosa chiederesti a Jan Pronk?
March 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Jan Pronk has agreed to a podcast interview of questions provided by you – If you’re interested in asking him a question on Darfur go to the “submit a question” tab at the top of this page.
Humanitarian expulsions: joint assessment
March 26, 2009 by 1 Comment
I just received a copy of the joint assessment report on the humanitarian impact of the Sudanese government’s decision to expel 13 aid agencies. The report has been signed off on by both the Commissioner of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator. It is a somewhat surreal experience to read the […]
Mahmood Mamdani on Save Darfur
March 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I just read this interview with Mahmood Mamdani in the Boston Globe. By providing quotes such as: “Most [of Save Darfur] have no idea of the difference between the two situations [Darfur and South Sudan]” – Mamdani strikes me as trying to court controversy. Who are the “most” he refers to? The Darfur Peace and […]
Review of Mamdani’s book: Saviors and Survivors
Professor and Provocateur: Factual inaccuracies undermine Mamdani’s thesis