Tag Archives : South Sudan

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 [...]

Some Congolese women went to Uganda to join their partners who served in the Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF). They met the men while the UPDF operated in Congo. They were the wives, girlfriends, and concubines of the soldiers. Now left with many children, they have been ‘abandoned in districts surrounding UPDF barracks such as Kotido, Kaboong, [...]