It is time to hold the Obama administration accountable for its "de-coupling" of Darfur from broader negotiations with the regime in Khartoum. The occasion of Scott Gration's confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. ...
“Sudan, Terrorism, and the Obama Administration,” 9 February 2011
"Sudan, Terrorism, and the Obama Administration" Eric Reeves | 9 February 2011 | http://wp.me/p45rOG-B9 Amidst the celebration of a successful referendum for South Sudan, we should not forget the deals the Obama ...
“US Special Envoy Scott Gration on Returns of Displaced Persons in Darfur” | September 2009
US Special Envoy Scott Gration on Returns of Displaced Persons in Darfur | Eric Reeves | September 2009 | Gration has recently claimed to have been misrepresented in his views on the issue of returns, as ...
Khartoum extorts money and confiscates resources from humanitarian organizations
Khartoum extorts money and confiscates resources from humanitarian organizations . Eric Reeves, 22 January 2011 The primary obstacle to increasing humanitarian capacity is the hostility to ...
US Special Envoy on Sudan and Terrorism | July 2009
In Senate testimony of July 30, 2009, U.S. special envoy Scott Gration declared: "'There's no evidence in our intelligence community that supports [Sudan] being on the state sponsors of terrorism. It's a political decision," ...
“Obama and Darfur: The Futility of Mere Hopefulness,” Dissent Magazine (on-line), January 21, 2011
IN APRIL 2008, candidate Barack Obama expressed "deep concern" that the Bush administration was making an unseemly deal with the Khartoum regime as a means to bolster the fledgling but already failing UN/African Union Mission ...
“Darfur Moves Deeper into the Shadow of Indifference,” Dissent Magazine (on-line), December 17, 2010
With international attention focused so relentlessly on the referenda in South Sudan and Abyei—scheduled to be held less than four weeks from now (January 9, 2011)—it was all too predictable that the continuing ...
“Compromising with Khartoum: Abyei and the Perils of Accommodation,” Dissent Magazine (on-line), November 26, 2010
The carefully planned military coup that brought the National Islamic Front to power in June of 1989 was timed to forestall the most promising chance for a north/south peace agreement since Sudan's independence in 1956. The ...
“The Referenda for Southern Sudan: The Cost of Belatedness,” Dissent Magazine (on-line), November 3, 2010
It has been clear for well over a year that the southern Sudan referenda (including Abyei) were deeply endangered by bad faith on the part of the Khartoum regime. The urgency of the situation was evident to all who would ...
“Darkness Visible: The UN Looks at Darfur But Refuses to See,” Dissent Magazine (on-line), October 26, 2010
On October 20, 2010 the Darfuri news outlet Radio Dabanga—alone among all news organizations in the world—reported a remarkable admission by Nils Kastberg, UNICEF Representative in Sudan: "[T]he Sudanese ...