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“Ethnic Cleansing” or Genocide in Darfur? Let us be sure that a debate about definition does not obscure the realities of human suffering and destruction, March 25, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2577 words

Eric Reeves March 25, 2004 As the massive scale of deliberate, systematic human destruction and displacement in Darfur becomes relentlessly clearer, and as the ethnic hatred animating this savagery becomes steadily more ...

Rwanda Redux? As the Catastrophe in Darfur Continues to Accelerate, There Are Still No Signs of International Humanitarian Intervention, March 22, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1679 words

Eric Reeves March 22, 2004 Mukesh Kapila, in the waning days of his tenure as UN humanitarian coordinator for Sudan, has presented the world with the starkest assessment to date of the realities in Darfur, far western ...

International Committee of the Red Cross on Darfur Humanitarian Access: “[We are] not in a position to carry out meaningful humanitarian operations,” March 7, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1493 words

Eric Reeves March 7, 2004 Following an unprecedented trip to Khartoum, including a meeting with National Islamic Front President Omer Beshir, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Jakob ...

Planning for Humanitarian Intervention in Darfur—Many Thousands Are Dying: When Will This Matter Enough? — March 2, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2793 words

Eric Reeves March 2, 2004 As Darfur slides further into an engulfing catastrophe, almost certainly entailing more than 1,000 civilian casualties per week, the international community faces a critical moral decision: will ...

Khartoum’s National Islamic Front: A Pattern of Evil, February 24, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 3138 words

Eric Reeves February 24, 2004 As the maniacal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of northern Uganda once again makes headlines on the international wires services with yet another example of unspeakable barbarism, it is ...

As the Darfur Catastrophe Deepens, Genocidal Destruction Intensifies: Diplomatic Confusion Increases, With No Humanitarian Intervention in Sight, February 20, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2804 words

Eric Reeves February 20, 2004 The international community has already waited far too long to plan the humanitarian intervention that is now necessary to halt massive and growing genocidal destruction in Darfur province, ...

The Last and Defining Round of Peace Talks Resume in Naivasha: What Are the Prospects for a Just and Sustainable Peace for Sudan? — February 17, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 3403 words

Eric Reeves February 17, 2004 Peace talks resumed today between Khartoum's National Islamic Front regime and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A)---more than three weeks after the regime cynically ...

Heavy Fighting in Darfur, Despite Khartoum’s Claim of Military Victory, February 12, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2758 words

Eric Reeves February 12, 2004 On Monday, NIF President Omer Beshir declared that the military forces and militia allies of his regime had "crushed" the insurgency in Darfur, and that the army was in "full control" of the ...

Khartoum Refuses to Attend Talks on Humanitarian Access for Darfur, February 10, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 2463 words

Eric Reeves February 10, 2004 Even as National Islamic Front President Omer el-Beshir has declared that the insurgency groups in Darfur have been militarily "crushed" (BBC, February 9, 2004), his Khartoum regime is ...

New Attacks on Civilians Far to the North in Darfur; More Than 1,000 Human Beings Now Dying Weekly in Darfur: What is the Threshold for an Emergency Humanitarian Intervention? — February 8, 2004

15 December 2004 | Early Analyses and Advocacy | Author: ereeves | 1871 words

Eric Reeves February 8, 2004 A number of credible eyewitnesses from within far northern Darfur (near al-Atrun) are reporting a significant increase in fighting this past week, in a region far from any humanitarian or news ...