Almost as if to mirror Darfur itself, news reporting and other accounts of the vast crisis in western Sudan and eastern Chad have become less and less coherent. Attempts at synthesizing what we know, from the broadest range ...
Human Security in Darfur and Eastern Chad: An Overview, Part 2
Part One of this analysis examines in some detail the nature of ongoing military violence in Darfur and eastern Chad, as well as the lack of any reasonable expectation that security on the ground will improve in the near or ...
Congressional Testimony by Eric Reeves, “Darfur and the Olympics: A Call for International Action”
Chairman Tierney and other distinguished Members of this Subcommittee: As human security in Darfur and eastern Chad continues to deteriorate; as 4.5 million conflict-affected human beings face ongoing threats of violence, ...
On President Bush’s new “sanctions” against the Khartoum regime
There has been a strangely uncritical response to President Bush's announcement that he is imposing additional sanctions on Khartoum for failing to halt the grim genocide by attrition in the Darfur region of western Sudan. ...
UN Security Council Resolution 1706, August 31, 2006 | 14 May 2007
On August 31, 2006, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1706, authorizing a peace support operation for Darfur consisting of 22,500 UN troops, civilian police, and Formed Police Units. The force was to deploy "rapidly" ...
The “Genocide Olympics?” Campaign Roars Into High Gear
An extraordinary column by Rick Reilly of Sports Illustrated gives us perhaps our clearest and strongest view of the deplorable implications of Steven Spielberg's decision to serve as artistic director in the 2008 "Genocide ...
Khartoum’s Expedient Decision on a “UN Peace Support Package”
Seven and a half months after UN Security Council Resolution 1706 (August 31, 2006) authorized deployment of 22,500 UN troops and civilian police to Darfur, with a robust mandate for civilian and humanitarian protection, the ...
“Artists abetting genocide,” The Boston Globe, April 16, 2007
STEVEN SPIELBERG surely doesn't favor the continuing genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, but he still needs to explain himself. The acclaimed film director has chosen to play a central, hands-on role in orchestrating the ...
“Darfur crisis has activist ‘angry all the time,’” USA Today, March 20, 2007
After militias loyal to Sudan's government attacked villagers four years ago to stop a rebellion in the country's western province, Reeves argued that Darfuris were dying not by the thousands in a civil war, but by tens of ...
Catastrophe in Darfur, Eastern Chad Accelerates Amidst International Disarray
The mismatch could hardly be greater between the massive security crisis in Darfur and eastern Chad on the one hand and the pusillanimous disarray on the part of the international community in responding. The clearest ...
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