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Author: Laura Jones

Avoiding the Train Wreck in Sudan

Avoiding the Train Wreck in Sudan
For far too long, members of the Obama administration have claimed that the United States has no leverage with the government of Sudan. This belief has in recent years defined U.S. strategy towards the country and caused tremendous rifts between some members of the administration—a divisiveness that has weakened U.S. policy, ultimately making the lack of leverage a self-fulfilling prophecy ...

Resolving the Darfur Crisis the NCP Way

Resolving the Darfur Crisis the NCP Way
Numerous news sources early this week reported that the government of Sudan expelled five aid workers from Darfur, including two from the U.N. refugee agency, or UNHCR, one from the Food and Agriculture Organization, and two from the International Committee of the Red Cross, or ICRC, all of whom were based in West Darfur ...

Insecurity and Aid: The Shrinking of Humanitarian Space in Darfur

Insecurity and Aid: The Shrinking of Humanitarian Space in Darfur
With the recent death of three peacekeepers and kidnapping of two aid workers in Darfur, the U.N. announced it will have to scale back operations -- alarming news indeed for the vulnerable populations dependent on aid ...

Tension Over Land in Darfur Ignites Fresh Conflict

Tension Over Land in Darfur Ignites Fresh Conflict
Tribal chiefs in West Darfur this week reported that new clashes between the Misseriya and Nuwayba tribes have killed 50 people. The news underscores the need to address an issue that has long sparked conflict in the region: land ...

Sudan Govt Calls for Arrest of Darfur Rebel

Sudan Govt Calls for Arrest of Darfur Rebel
In yet another blow to the Darfur peace talks in Doha, Sudan’s minister of justice has requested Interpol’s assistance in apprehending Khalil Ibrahim, leader of Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement, or JEM ...