July 14, 2006
Sudan: Rebuilding Darfur
This is number thirteen in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: Human Rights
This is the twelfth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: Darfurians in the Civil Service and Education
This is the eleventh in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: The Question of Land
This is the tenth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they should… Read more »
Sudan: The Future of the Movements' Combatants
This is the ninth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they should… Read more »
Sudan: The Comprehensive Ceasefire
This is number eight in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated (and especially what the different… Read more »
Sudan: Community Peace and Reconciliation
This is the seventh in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated--including which negotiators insisted on… Read more »
Sudan: Guarantees for the DPA
This is the sixth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how the Agreement was negotiated in Abuja and how it can be implemented. This… Read more »
Sudan: How to Include the Different Darfur Movements
This is the fifth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), including what has happened since the signing on 5 May. This article is concerned with the… Read more »
Sudan: The Transitional Darfur Regional Authority
This is the fourth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: Compensation and Assistance to Victims
This is the third in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they should… Read more »
Sudan: Security For IDPs and Refugees
This is the second in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: Disarming the Janjaweed and Armed Militia
This is the first in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated by the Government and Movement delegations,… Read more »
July 13, 2006
Sudan: A Dying Deal in Darfur
In this eerily depopulated area of war-ravaged Darfur, a woman named Ayesha explained to me why she and a handful of others refused to become refugees. "We fear another… Read more »
June 07, 2006
Sudan: Divide and Destroy in Darfur
Negotiating the end of a war is tricky enough. But in the case of Darfur, mediators were also faced with the implicit task of ending what the Bush administration calls… Read more »
April 25, 2006
Uganda: Displaced People in the North Struggle for Basic Needs
Caroline Akoko has lived for almost two years at a camp for people fleeing their homes in northern Uganda, where 18 years of war between government forces and a rebel group has… Read more »
March 20, 2006
Sudan: Democratic Leader Calls for a Stop to 'Human Carnage' in Darfur
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) delivered an emotional account of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which she called "a challenge to the conscience… Read more »
March 17, 2006
Sudan: Matching Rhetoric with Action in Darfur
Last month, in the town of Mershing, South Darfur, there was chaos and carnage. On a scorching day in February, four hundred Janjaweed militiamen attacked, firing… Read more »
February 03, 2006
Sudan: U.S. Pushes for UN Peacekeeping Force in Sudan
The U.S. government supports the formation of a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, U.S. officials said at a press briefing Friday, the same day the African Union and UN… Read more »
August 22, 2005
Sudan: Senior U.S. Envoy to Promote Peace Prospects for South and Darfur
American officials are cautiously optimistic that Sudan's comprehensive peace agreement will be implemented as scheduled, according to the U.S. special envoy Roger Winter, even… Read more »
June 29, 2005
Rwanda: 'History Repeats But Doesn't Teach,' Rwanda Hotel Hero Tells Students
Paul Rusesabagina, the courageous hotel manager portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film "Hotel Rwanda," has received many honors and addressed numerous gatherings since he emerged as… Read more »
May 26, 2005
Zambia: Debt Relief Puts Zambia on the Threshold to Move Forward - Foreign Minister Shikapwasha
Debt relief for Africa is a top issue under discussion in capitals around the world and is a lead item on the agenda for the G-8 summit in early July of the leading industrial… Read more »
April 11, 2005
Sudan: Opportunity to Jump-Start Sudan May Be Lost Over Darfur - U.S. Negotiator
After decades of neglect, world attention has recently focused on Sudan, Africa's largest country with a land area about one-quarter the size of the United States. A peace… Read more »
September 09, 2004
Sudan: Powell Declares Darfur Crisis Is Genocide
Secretary of State Colin Powell testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday that the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan is a genocide. This was his first… Read more »
August 17, 2004
Congo-Kinshasa: Scramble for Resources in DRC Leads to Massive Deaths, But Scant Attention
With an estimated 3.5 million Congolese dead over the last six years due to war, starvation and disease, the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the… Read more »