The lack of political will continues to haunt Darfur
It's the economy (and brutal government), stupid.
How the Times and Post framed our understanding of Darfur
20 years after Rwanda, the UN is facing serious tests.
Security forces have clashed with demonstrators, who have been joined by Sudanese doctors, lawyers, and journalists. What is the next step for the #SudanRevolts protestors?
This is part two of a two part discussion series that is intended to help Rebecca Hamilton create a college-level teaching companion to her book Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide.
I chat with Rebecca Hamilton of the New America Foundation and Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. We discuss the international response to the crisis in Libya, explore the prospects of the Arab people's revolutions spreading south to Sudan, and talk about her new book, Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide.
Ahmad Haroun is someone that those who write about politics and foreign policy should get to know a bit better. He ought to be at least as infamous as Mladic or Eichmann.
Two weeks ago, a UN report confirmed that May was the bloodiest month in Darfur since the United Nations peacekeeping mission deployed in 2007. State sponsored violence, clashes between rebel groups, and regular banditry have resulted in over 400 people killed that month.