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* NB * A site to bookmark and consult for informed and thoughtful discussion: Eric Reeves - Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy.
In Português, 'Calma' means calm, tranquil, peaceful - no idea what it means in Arabic. A half-assed treaty has been signed between the SLA and the government of Sudan, I say half-assed because several factions did not sign, and there is doubt about the sincerity of the government of Sudan.
Jan Egeland goes to Kalma, is met by people vociferously wanting the UN to take over, he is the UN big-gun, seems like a win-win ... and the next thing there is violence and someone is killed.
I read conflicting reports for a few days about it, he got roughed up, he was killed at the police station, blah, blah, blah - who knows?
In the second photo, she is asking for Human Rights not specifically Women's Rights; I don't mean to be petty but there it is - reality trumps ideology. Nicholas Kristof says the biggest challenge in Africa is to establish women's rights - I simply can't see it as the 'biggest' - and I am speaking as someone who has watched the movie Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembene.
People pick up phrases and re-use them without context, thinking they have their hands on an idea. The AU - African Union peacekeeping force is now seen by Margaret Wente as useless AND pretentious, she says, "They're insulted that people think their own 7,000-man security force can't do the job - even though it has been totally ineffectual." I read some comments a while ago by the African Union force commander in Darfur, Collins Ihekire, which made me think he was doing his best in a difficult situation - he wasn't making any pretences. Kristof was also talking about this in the New York Times and suggests helping the AU peacekeepers rather than taking over from them - the notion makes sense to me, UN forces come and go and are mostly strangled up by the head-office bureaucracy and dithering, but the African Union belongs there.
Another remarkable photograph by Claire Soares.
May 12, IRIN: Chadians sheltering in Darfur forced to move again.
May 11, Globe: Margaret Wente - Never again? Who are we kidding?.
May 10, IRIN: Kofi Annan urges expeditious deployment of a UN force in Darfur.
May 10, New Republic: Eric Reeves - Why Abuja Won't Save Darfur.
May 10, IRIN: Jan Egeland warns UN operations massively underfunded.
May 9, NYT: Lydia Polgreen - Angry Darfur Refugees Riot, Demand UN Troops.
May 6, Reuters: Claire Soares - Darfur refugees wary of peace deal.
Tags: Sudan, Darfur, Claire Soares, Margaret Wente, Lydia Polgreen, Kalma, Jan Egeland, Nicholas Kristof, Feminism, Moolaadé, Sembene, Collins Ihekire, Ihekire, Eric Reeves, Abuja, Kofi Annan, UN, United Nations.
* NB * A site to bookmark and consult for informed and thoughtful discussion: Eric Reeves - Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy.
In Português, 'Calma' means calm, tranquil, peaceful - no idea what it means in Arabic. A half-assed treaty has been signed between the SLA and the government of Sudan, I say half-assed because several factions did not sign, and there is doubt about the sincerity of the government of Sudan.
Jan Egeland goes to Kalma, is met by people vociferously wanting the UN to take over, he is the UN big-gun, seems like a win-win ... and the next thing there is violence and someone is killed. I read conflicting reports for a few days about it, he got roughed up, he was killed at the police station, blah, blah, blah - who knows?
In the second photo, she is asking for Human Rights not specifically Women's Rights; I don't mean to be petty but there it is - reality trumps ideology. Nicholas Kristof says the biggest challenge in Africa is to establish women's rights - I simply can't see it as the 'biggest' - and I am speaking as someone who has watched the movie Moolaadé by Ousmane Sembene.
People pick up phrases and re-use them without context, thinking they have their hands on an idea. The AU - African Union peacekeeping force is now seen by Margaret Wente as useless AND pretentious, she says, "They're insulted that people think their own 7,000-man security force can't do the job - even though it has been totally ineffectual." I read some comments a while ago by the African Union force commander in Darfur, Collins Ihekire, which made me think he was doing his best in a difficult situation - he wasn't making any pretences. Kristof was also talking about this in the New York Times and suggests helping the AU peacekeepers rather than taking over from them - the notion makes sense to me, UN forces come and go and are mostly strangled up by the head-office bureaucracy and dithering, but the African Union belongs there.
Another remarkable photograph by Claire Soares.May 12, IRIN: Chadians sheltering in Darfur forced to move again.
May 11, Globe: Margaret Wente - Never again? Who are we kidding?.
May 10, IRIN: Kofi Annan urges expeditious deployment of a UN force in Darfur.
May 10, New Republic: Eric Reeves - Why Abuja Won't Save Darfur.
May 10, IRIN: Jan Egeland warns UN operations massively underfunded.
May 9, NYT: Lydia Polgreen - Angry Darfur Refugees Riot, Demand UN Troops.
May 6, Reuters: Claire Soares - Darfur refugees wary of peace deal.
Tags: Sudan, Darfur, Claire Soares, Margaret Wente, Lydia Polgreen, Kalma, Jan Egeland, Nicholas Kristof, Feminism, Moolaadé, Sembene, Collins Ihekire, Ihekire, Eric Reeves, Abuja, Kofi Annan, UN, United Nations.
