Commentary & Opinion

Commentary & Opinion

March 2, 2010 An uneasy peace in a forgotten war

Source:The Star.com

Once a cause célèbre, Darfur is yesterday's genocide. Overshadowed by misery in Haiti and strife in Afghanistan, Sudan can't compete in a world wearied by disaster fatigue

February 10, 2010 Hope for Darfur Now

Source:The Faster Times

Over the past month, the outpouring of aid for Haiti has been monumental. The Insider reports that George Clooney’s “Hope for Haiti Now” global benefit raised $58 million the day after the televised event, setting a new telethon...

January 29, 2010 Obama’s opportunity to deter genocide

Source:Detroit Free Press

Wednesday was an important day. This was, of course, partly due to the much anticipated delivery of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, but also because Wednesday marked the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 18, 2010 We deserve civilized elections

Source:Sudan Tribune

Now it is time that the two Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), partners accept the bitter fact that while they were busy jumping from one alliance to the other, the other political groups were able to get access to the insides’...

December 10, 2009 Sudan at the crossroads

Source:guardian.co.uk

History leapt to life for me a couple of weeks ago, while I was sitting under a tree in Rumbek, southern Sudan. I was reading about the first black bishop of Sudan, Elinana Ngalamu, who was consecrated in 1974 and became...

November 18, 2009 Obama’s Silence on Sudan

Source:FrontPageMag.com

President Obama’s recent trip to China presented a golden opportunity to address a crisis that has long confounded the international community: the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Unfortunately, it turned out to be an opportunity...

November 13, 2009 Losing the fight for Darfur

Source:Washington Post

T he genocide in Darfur is no longer a trendy, breathless global cause. But the women of Darfur haven't gotten the message.

October 27, 2009 African Leaders And the Darfur Crisis

Source:AllAfrica.com

There are various interest groups that are fuelling the conflict, ranging from the local chiefs, NGOs, and the Western bloc, they are all beneficiaries of the Dafur crisis in different ways. The local chiefs are the custodians...

October 26, 2009 Is Sudan’s Darfur crisis getting too much attention?

Source:Reuters blog

A rough count shows at least 10 international and local initiatives searching for a solution to the region’s festering conflict. Many of them are at least nominally coordinated by the United Nation and the African Union. But with...

October 22, 2009 SENTINEL EDITORIAL: A new plan to bring peace and stability to Sudan

Source:SentinelSource.com

Mention Sudan, and genocide comes to mind. Yet the ethnic cleansing in that African country, which a couple of years ago prompted Save Darfur marches and high school fundraisers thousands of miles away in Keene and Brattleboro,...

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