Sudan: Refugees from Blue Nile State Speak Out
A South Sudanese man painted his face in the colors of the flag on Independence Day in Juba, July 9 2011. Photo by Tim Freccia/Enough Project The Enough Project published a report in July 2012 that...
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AMISOM soldier looks out over an IDP camp. Photo by Laura Heaton/Enough Project The UN Security Council in December 2009 imposed an arms embargo, severe travel restrictions, and an asset freeze on...
View ArticleChina’s Deft Sudan Diplomacy
President Salva Kiir in Juba. Isaac Billy/UN Beginning in the late 1990s, China made major investments in Sudan’s oil sector. When Sudan was still one country, China developed the oil fields initially...
View ArticleConvergence of US and Chinese interests on African Security? The Case of the...
Liberian children hold Chinese flags before the arrival of China’s President Hu Jintao in Monrovia in 2007. Christopher Herwig/Reuters via Reuters There has been intense interest in and outright alarm...
View ArticleChina’s Investments in Africa
Chinese and Chadian oil workers worked side by side at the exploration site in southern Chad. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times There is agreement among those who follow China-Africa relations that...
View ArticleAfrica Needs a New Approach
In August 2012, Secretary Hillary Clinton made a ten day visit to nine African countries: Senegal, Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and Benin. The common thread in...
View ArticleMali is a Victim of Inconsistent U.S. Foreign Policy
Ethnic Tuareg in Northern Mali. Image via Foreign Policy On December 20, 2012 President Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation suspending Mali from benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity...
View ArticleChina and Africa: The Next Decade
Chinese and Chadian workers at an oil site in southern Chad, part of China’s growing economic presence in Africa. Ruth Fremson/The New York Times via The New York Times Some Assumptions China’s...
View ArticlePeace in the Sudans: The U.S. Needs it as Much as the Sudanese
Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers in South Sudan. Hannah McNeish/IRIN In Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir has ruled for 24 years with an oppressive fist. He has acted on and furthered...
View ArticleSend a US Ambassador to Khartoum
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman The United States has not had an ambassador in Khartoum since the mid-1990s. There are a number of reasons for...
View ArticleMining in South Sudan
Open-pit mining in East Africa The US Institute of Peace published in April 2013 a report titled “Establishing a Mining Sector in Postwar South Sudan.” The authors are David K. Deng, research director...
View ArticleSudan’s Oil War
Sudan People’s Liberation Army unit. Nenad Marinkovic/Enough Project Since the January 2011 referendum vote for independence and subsequent separation the following July, militia violence has been...
View ArticleUnrest in Sudan’s Darfur and South Sudan’s Jonglei
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View ArticleSudan’s Approach to Darfur
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View ArticleThe Niles: Website and Newspaper on Sudan and South Sudan
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View ArticleState-Society Relations in South Sudan
Kate Almquist Knopf, who has followed events in Sudan and South Sudan closely for years, wrote a paper for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies in September 2013 titled “Fragility and State-Society...
View ArticleBoth Sudans Violate Demilitarized Border Zone
The Enough Project’s Satellite Sentinel Project released in September 2013 a new report titled “Continued Violations: Both Sudans Still Violating Demilitarized Border Zone.” The new satellite imagery...
View ArticleAfrica’s 26 Fragile Countries
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) in South Africa published in October 2013 a paper titled “Prospects for Africa’s 26 Fragile Countries” by Jakkie Cilliers, ISS executive director, and Timothy...
View ArticleIbrahim Index of African Governance: East Africa and the Horn
The 2013 Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance came out in October with the latest rankings of 52 African countries. The index is based on safety and the rule of law, participation and human rights,...
View ArticleSudan South Sudan and Abyei
The Sudd Institute, an independent research organization based in Juba, published on 29 October 2013 an analysis titled “Abyei Final Status: A Mismanaged and Unyielding Stalemate” by Zacharia Diing...
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