September 06, 2007
Somalia: Crisis Among World's Worst, Says Rights Expert
The scale of human rights abuses and the displacement of people in Somalia has made it among the world's worst situations of its kind, a rights expert has told a meeting in… Read more »
July 30, 2007
Liberia: Goodwill May Yield Tangible Dividends for Old Ally
Thanks to widespread support for Liberia's fledgling post-conflict democracy in the U.S. Congress and within the Bush administration, several thousand Liberians living in the… Read more »
May 07, 2007
Ethiopia: Reflection of a Refugee's Life in America
A new novel by Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of one Ethiopian refugee's struggle for self-definition and motivation in a world of competing demands and… Read more »
April 30, 2007
Somalia: International Community Responsible for Lawlessness and Slaughter
This is the most lawless war of our generation. All wars of aggression lack legitimacy, but no conflict in recent memory has witnessed such mounting layers of illegality as the… Read more »
February 22, 2007
South Africa: Cabinet Condemns Violence Against Somalis
The South African Cabinet has condemned the recent violence perpetrated against Somali shop owners in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Read more »
December 01, 2006
Sudan: Review of 'All About Darfur'
All About Darfur: Is Sudan in a culture of war? Read more »
November 27, 2006
Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty
Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »
September 19, 2006
Uganda: Our People Embrace Peace
The world may rest assured that the people of Uganda eagerly embrace the promise of peace and an end to the colonially generated violence, fascism and terrorism orchestrated by the… Read more »
Uganda: Nation in Crisis Thanks to Divisive Regime
The government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have agreed to end two decades of hostilities in the northern part of the country. This is good news. But, only… Read more »
July 14, 2006
Sudan: Leadership for Implementing the DPA
This is fifteenth and last in a series of articles explaining the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining what lies behind the long and complicated text of the Agreement. As these… Read more »
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 »
