Tag Archives : Darfur

Sudan is the largest country in Africa. Some say it is the most beleaguered country in the continent. It is also on the verge of yet another north/south civil war. Peace negotiators have failed. With the incoming and impending referendum that can give opportunity for south Sudan to claim self-determination and separate itself from the rest of the country, [...]

In Sudan, warlordism makes for uniquely legitimate military infrastructure. The Islamist government in Khartoum is headed by one General Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s chief warlord, who, in spite of an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, continues to ignore [...]

According to the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the war in the Congo has claimed nearly 6 million lives and left millions of others displaced since 1998. The genocide in Darfur, even at the height of the Darfur war pales in comparison to the carnage in Congo. ‘The death toll at the height of the Darfur conflict is equivalent to that in the [...]

According to a very new law enacted in Afghanistan, it is legal to starve a wife who refuses sex. This is already a watered down version of the original bill that stipulates for a wife to have sex with her husband four days in a week. This law was signed just as Hamid Karzai was gunning for reelection. In Afghanistan, marital rape is legal. In Congo, [...]

On March 4, Sudanese President, General Omar al-Bashir, was issued a warrant of arrest for war crimes and crimes against humanity, and missed on the ultimate prosecution for genocide. He simply snubbed such warrant and flaunted his impunity through his trips outside Sudan. This time, the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague will finally [...]

There have been other genocides apart from the one in Sudan. There had been systematic killing of populations in Germany, Cambodia, and Rwanda. The difference with the genocide in Darfur is that Omar al-Bashir, the perpetrator of the genocide, carries on his mockery of the justice system, ignores his arrest warrant for crimes against humanity and war [...]

During a speech in Zalengi in western Darfur, Sudan President and ICC-indicted Omar al-Bashir said that he welcomes the support of the Arab League and African Union. “We found a very strong position in regional organizations such as the Arab League and the AU,” he said, referring to the rejection of these organizations of his arrest warrant for [...]

The arrest warrant issued against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has created a wave of adverse reaction. The Arab League rejects the arrest. al-Bashir haughtily ignores it, even responding to it by kicking out humanitarian groups from Darfur, and predictably calling [...]

The U.S. State Department asserts that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be responsible for every death that will occur after the Khartoum government kicked out foreign aid groups this month. U.S. diplomats reported that conditions are worsening in the refugee camps that have been accommodating thousands of displaced people from the Darfur region. [...]

Armed men ambushed members of the peacekeeping forces of the United Nations and African Union in Darfur, wounding four soldiers. Unknown armed men opened fire on a UNAMID patrol returning to el-Geneina, the location of the largest population in West Darfur, bordering Chad. The wounded soldiers have been transferred to the base of UNAMID in El Fasher [...]