Interesting little report here from Reuters that the EU is applying pressure on Turkey not to host Bashir next week. The signal coming from Ankara is that they will go ahead anyway, but this kind of en-masse pressure has a better shot of success than any bilateral pressure from a single European state could ever […]
Update
November 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Hi all I just arrived in the U.S. for a final month of interviews in D.C., and then a lot of sitting in front of the computer screen drafting. I got my first three chapters off to my editor for review over the weekend, which felt good – but there is a long haul ahead. […]
In the Totally Random Stuff category
October 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Not Sudan related, but a quick plug for a request from a friend who has done some wonderful Darfur advocacy work over the years and is currently a Teach for America teacher in a desperately under-resourced school in Mississippi. His students need books. If you are in a position to help, please read on
Abu Garda at the ICC
October 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Lots going on today. At midday Hague time, Darfuri rebel, Abu Garda‘s confirmation of charges hearing began at the ICC. He is the first suspect to appear before the court in any of the Darfur cases. It’s 4.30am where I am, so I’m afraid you’re not getting a summary from me right now, but there […]
Verify, then trust
October 19, 2009 by 2 Comments
“Verify, then trust” seems to be the sentiment of the day – both from the U.S. government towards Khartoum, but also from Darfur activists to the U.S. government. The Obama Administration finally released the results of its long-awaited Sudan Policy Review this morning. As the State Department’s press release puts it: “The strategy is based […]
Temporary hiatus
October 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Hi everyone I have some family issues to attend to over the coming month (in addition to keeping up with what is obviously my main focus – the book), which mean I won’t be able to blog as much. I’ll post intermittently, and let people know via twitter (@ bechamilton) if I do put up […]
Gration, the media, and today’s Policy Review
September 29, 2009 by 4 Comments
A principles meeting is taking place today to (belatedly) finalize the outcome of the Sudan Policy Review that the Obama Administration has been undertaking since it came to office. And in a savvy piece of timing from the Washington Post, they have chosen today to run this piece on Sudan Envoy, Scott Gration, by Stephanie […]
Bureaucratic idiocy
September 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is a diary entry from when I was in Sudan last month that I haven’t had a chance to post before now . . . It ‘s a nice counterpoint to the logistical ease of travel I experienced on the Gration trip a couple of weeks later. 24 August, 2009 Well – it’s been […]
Security provided by those who need their security provided . . .
September 23, 2009 by Leave a Comment
A couple of days ago I did a post on the village of Ain Siro, where I was last weekend. Before I went, there had been some news reports of fighting in the area, and when I was there people said that Chadian rebels had been trying to get in. They also reported being angry […]
Activists press U.S govt on supporting Darfuri survivors of rape
Readers of this blog know that the biggest takeaway for me from my time in Darfur this August/September was the impact that the post-ICC expulsions had on women, and in particular on survivors of rape. The women I spoke with were frustrated that the world writ-large seemed to have papered over this. While a joint […]