All Blog Posts Tagged 'darfur' (9)

NYMetro International Dialogue on State-building and National Development in South Sudan

International Dialogue on State-building and National Development in South Sudan

Convened by the African Research and Resources Forum (ARRF) and the Centre for Peace and Development Studies (CPDS) at the University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan

September 23- 23, 2011

Foreign policy options for the Government of…

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Added by TheBlackList on September 26, 2011 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Africa THE AFRO-ARAB BORDERLANDS – AMBIGUOUS RELATIONS IN THE SAHEL REGION OF AFRICA

BF BANKIE:

‘ There are sizeable Black African populations in south Libya, northern Chad and south Algeria – but less in the latter. I can hardly see any African-Arab Borderlands in 100-500-1000 years. The African people will be freed and taking a lead, turning the tables on the oppressors’. Garba Diallo –Mauritanian

‘Chad is a Black nation with a minority of Arabs in the northern and eastern parts of the country. Yes, southern Libya and Algeria are Black… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on April 19, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

NYMetro UNDERSTANDING THE SUDAN - Understanding Museveni, An Unusual African

Dear Kwasi

Greetings

Trusting this finds you in good spirits.

Few Africans, outside of east Africa have much understanding of the Sudan

issues. I met last week the Special Advisor to the Namibia Foreign

Minister/President, to discuss Sudan. I noted that his was the standard

OAU/AU view, which is determined by the geo-political considerations

of east Africa. He knew little, nor cared much in my view, about the situation

of Darfurians,… Continue

Added by KWASI Akyeampong on March 23, 2009 at 9:00am — 1 Comment

Africa South Sudan – the last state in Africa to obtain, in 2011, Independence ?

BF BANKIE:

Lt Gen Joseph Lagu (Rtd), who led the Anya-nya, the freedom fighters of South Sudan, in their fight against the Arab-led Khartoum government, in the first stage, which ran from 1955 to 1972, of the recent phase of the armed struggle , from 1983 to 2005, states in his book ‘ Sudan – Odyssey through a state – From ruin to hope’, quoting from The Anya-nya Manifesto, on family and ethnicity, as follows :-

The enemy is waging a war of annihilation against us; he… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on March 12, 2009 at 11:49pm — No Comments

Africa The root causes of the war in South Sudan and the Anya-nya armed struggle

Many find it difficult to accept the root causes of the last phase of the protracted war in South Sudan , which ran from 1955 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005. In order to establish the causes, the book of Lt Gen Joseph Lagu (Rtd), entitled ‘Sudan – Odyssey through a state – From ruin to hope’ is drawn upon. The key to understanding Afro-Arab relations, past and present and the relevance of South Sudan is found in the reasons for the conflict.

Lagu, who is alive and well, spending a… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on March 12, 2009 at 12:21pm — No Comments

Africa The experience of Africans under Arab colonialism and its antithesis

A synopsis of the paper- ‘The experience of Africans under Arab colonialism and its antithesis’, delivered at the International Colloquium at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11-13 November 2008, on the theme, ‘Teaching and propagating African history and culture to the Diaspora and …’

The key to understanding Afro-Arab relations, past and present and the relevance of South Sudan to the future, is found in the reasons for the conflict in South Sudan of 1955-72… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on November 24, 2008 at 9:51am — 3 Comments

Africa Nubian Dams, Demographic Engineering and the Deteriorating Situation in Northern Sudan

Solicitors International Human Rights Group

A Lecture

The Dam Building in Northern Sudan: is it a Tool for the Resettlement of Millions of Egyptian Peasants? Is it a New Darfur Scenario in the Making?By: M. Jalal Hashim

Place: BPP School of Law, London, Red Lion Street, WC1

Time: Wednesday 24.9.2008 18:00

Introduction

In this lecture (which is adapted from Hashim, 2006) I will try to discuss the deteriorating… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on October 1, 2008 at 12:30am — 3 Comments

Africa DUDLEY THOMPSON - The Charges

Thank you for your mail and for agreeing to step-down as Chairperson of the Honorary Board and agreeing, as Kola says, ‘to remain on Board’, by being a member of the Honorary Board of the Sudan Sensitization Peace Project (SSPP)

That said and to reverse the order of proceedings, I come to the ‘Charges’ as you call them. Please do not take these questions personally. We are all in a learning curve, with some more advanced in their knowledge of Afro-Arab relations than others. The fact… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on August 31, 2008 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Africa Fall-out from the ICC writ against President Bashir of Sudan

FALL – OUT FROM THE WRIT ISSUE

It is now possible to evaluate the repercussions from the announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of its intentions to seek to issue a Writ against the President of Sudan, Omar Hassan Al Bashir and others. After the news was released Khartoum immediate reaction was the issue of threats of dire consequences for Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Ageement (CPA) etc. The landing rights for UN flights into Khartoum were suspended with… Continue

Added by BF Bankie on July 28, 2008 at 11:25pm — No Comments