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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 [...]

There are common trends in this global business of hatred. Tensions, escalating numbers of deaths, and the very reason behind the violence are all the same. All for the occupation of land. Singur and Nandigram in India have been hotspots of violence because corporate mafias grab land for the sake of putting up Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Violent [...]

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. [...]

The violence spread outside of the capital before it was contained. About fifty people died in Dhaka in the shooting on Wednesday, 25 February. The mutiny was undertaken by rebels of the paramilitary unit Bangladesh Rifles (BDR). The rebels began surrendering their weapons shortly after midnight to the Minister of the Interior after the Prime Minister [...]

Civil war is the surest way to kill a country. It takes years, maybe never, to mend the rift among the citizens of a place. Darfur is a glowing example of a place that is torn by civil strife. In civil unrest where the division among people is sharp, everyone is considered a rebel. This is the social situation that radical Islamists take advantage of. [...]