Eric Reeves July 14, 2005 This past weekend's inauguration of a new "government of national unity" (GNU) for Sudan, while unquestionably an historic event, hardly heralds immediate peace for either Darfur or Eastern ...
3.5 Million Darfuris Need Food According to the UN World Food Program, June 8, 2005
They cannot be fed with investigations by the International Criminal Court Eric Reeves June 8, 2005 The mismatch between humanitarian capacity and human need grows more deadly by the day in Darfur. The most recent ...
Rape as a Strategic Weapon of War in Darfur, June 21, 2005
"In Darfur, rape is systematically used as a weapon of warfare," Jan Egeland, UN Under-secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, June 21, 2005 Eric Reeves June 25, 2005 Egeland's recourse to the present tense in describing ...
“we have learned nothing from Rwanda,” Kofi Annan (BBC, July 3, 2005)
speaking of history's judgment of the international response to Darfur (BBC, July 3, 2005) Eric Reeves July 6, 2005 "Are we going to repeat what happened in Rwanda?" asked UN Secretary-General Annan in a recent BCC ...
Khartoum Accommodated, June 17, 2005
The Abuja (Nigeria) peace negotiations for Darfur are defined by the larger context of international inaction and acquiescence Eric Reeves June 17, 2005 Current Darfur peace negotiations in Abuja (Nigeria), conducted ...
Khartoum’s Continuing Assault on Humanitarian Aid Workers, June 1, 2005
A campaign of intimidation in the context of international acquiescence Eric Reeves June 1, 2005 Khartoum's National Islamic Front regime has in the past two days arrested the two top officials working in Darfur and ...
DARFUR MORTALITY UPDATE: April 30, 2005
Current data for total mortality from violence, malnutrition, and disease Eric Reeves April 30, 2005 Attention to Darfur's staggering death toll---which has grown to approximately 400,000 over the course of more than ...
“[US’s] Zoellick reluctant to describe Darfur violence as genocide,” Financial Times (UK) headline, April 15, 2005
Eric Reeves April 20, 2005 Comments made during a recent trip to Sudan by US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick suggest a significant effort is underway by the Bush administration to downplay the catastrophe in ...
Proposed Increases in African Union Monitoring Presence in Darfur, May 7, 2005
Still no serious response to insecurity facing civilians, humanitarian workers Eric Reeves May 7, 2005 Despite recent announcements that the AU will seek NATO logistical help in augmenting its woefully under-sized and ...
The Destruction of Khor Abeche, South Darfur, April 7, 2005
A symbol of international impotence in confronting Darfur's genocide Eric Reeves April 12, 2005 Relatives and friends of the many innocent civilians slaughtered last week in the village of Khor Abeche (South Darfur, ...