The location of Heglig/Panthou in relation to the North/South border at the time of Sudan's independence (January 1, 1956) continues to be misrepresented by not only the Arab League and African Union, but now (implicitly) by ...
Archives for April 2012
“Sudan and South Sudan are Tipping into Catastrophic War: An Urgent Recalibration of Diplomatic Measures and Pressures is Required,” Dissent Magazine, April 24, 2012
"Sudan and South Sudan are Tipping into Catastrophic War: An Urgent Recalibration of Diplomatic Measures and Pressures is Required," Dissent Magazine - ...
Scandalous International Hypocrisy on Sudan
The stench of hypocrisy and expediency is in the air wherever one turns in assessing international responses to recent events in Sudan. The deeply imbalanced reactions to the seizure of Heglig by the Sudan People's ...
Former Members of the UN Panel of Experts for Darfur Offer a Damning Alternative to the “Official” Report
We now have side-by-side reports on Darfur---one from the present, politically hand-picked UN team and the other from three distinguished former members of the panel who felt obliged to resign because the UN would not allow ...
Obduracy at the New York Times: Refusal to Acknowledge Errors or Problems in the Representation of Realities in West Darfur
On April 4, 2012 I published an extensive challenge to the claims of the New York Times dispatch from Nyuru, West Darfur (February 26, 2012) by Jeffrey Gettleman, this in the form of an open letter to the Public Editor, ...
Where is Heglig?
The rapid escalation of military violence between Khartoum's Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and South Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) is now sustained in large measure by widespread international confusion about where ...
“Sudan/South Sudan on the Brink of Catastrophic War,” Sudan Tribune, April 12, 2012
"Sudan/South Sudan on the Brink of Catastrophic War," Sudan Tribune, April 12, 2012 - Eric Reeves, 12 April 2012 - Overview: The price of a year's worth of international diplomatic failure and facile moral and ...
Darfur and Kadugli (South Kordofan): Obduracy Rewarded
Eric Reeves, Sudan Tribune, April 8, 2012 The Face of Impunity In June of last year massive atrocity crimes were committed by military, paramilitary, and intelligence forces of the Khartoum regime in the major town of ...
Darfur and Kadugli: Obduracy Rewarded (Appendices) | 7 April 2012
Darfur and Kadugli: Obduracy Rewarded (Appendices) | 7 April 2012 . It is worth noting the geographic range of these incidents from the past few weeks: they occur widely over all three Darfur ...
Darfur’s Refugees: Responding to the New York Times’ Defense of Journalistic Malfeasance, April 4, 2012
( public@nytimes.com ) Dear Mr. Brisbane, I have received your response (copied below) to my concerns about the New York Times dispatch from Nyuru, West Darfur (February 26, 2012); however, I'm afraid you've missed the ...