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	<title>Making Sense of Darfur &#187; Politics</title>
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	<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Is Sudan a &#8220;Post-Islamist&#8221; State?</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/30/is-sudan-a-post-islamist-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/30/is-sudan-a-post-islamist-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abdullahi Gallab</dc:creator>
		
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Part I: The Sudanese Islamists&#8217; Wars: Processes of Disintegration from al-Turabi to Khalil
In an interview published on 22 May in the London based Saudi Daily al-Sharq al-Awsat, Khalil Ibrahim, leader of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) confirmed that he had been part of the Islamist regime of Khartoum when that regime declared its intention to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Sudan Survive?</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/29/can-sudan-survive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/29/can-sudan-survive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 10:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex de Waal</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The modern history of Sudan is riddled with bloodshed, destruction and squandered chances for peace and democracy. Consistently, the worst case scenario comes to pass and, just when it seems as though things could get no worse, they do precisely that. But occasionally, the Sudanese succeed in snatching an improbable victory for peace and civility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land and Power: the Case of the Zaghawa</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/28/land-and-power-the-case-of-the-zaghawa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/28/land-and-power-the-case-of-the-zaghawa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 11:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jerome Tubiana</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Chad]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Land]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Making Sense of Darfur]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=497</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is also available in <a href='http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/articlezag3.pdf'>French</a> (PDF, 96KB).

Land has often been described as a key motivation for the Arabs and non-Arabs who actively participated in the “Janjaweed” in Darfur and southeast Chad (see my article “Darfur: a Conflict for Land” in <a href="http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/DEWWAR.html">Alex de Waal (ed.), <em>War in Darfur and the Search for Peace</a></em>.) One of the primary traits of the Darfur crisis (like the Dar Sila crisis in Chad) can be described as a split between those members of the population with territories (<em>hawakir</em>) due to traditional, mainly pre-colonial land rights and those who have none – a split which is not exactly the same as the ethnic divisions between Arabs and non-Arabs that are so often presented without nuance. 
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		<title>Attack on Khartoum: The Ramifications for Sudan</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/16/attack-on-khartoum-the-ramifications-for-sudan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/16/attack-on-khartoum-the-ramifications-for-sudan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 00:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hafiz Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Saturday’s attack on Omdurman represented a serious development in Sudanese politics, with significant ramifications that may impact the entire country. Since its independence in 1956, Sudan has been submerged in a number of civil wars. Wars with the South spanned more than 40 years, with only nine years of peace in between. More than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Sense of Khalil&#8217;s Putsch</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/13/making-sense-of-khalils-putsch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/13/making-sense-of-khalils-putsch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex de Waal</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Making Sense of Darfur]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rebels]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=484</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As more details emerge about JEM’s assault on the national capital at the weekend, it is becoming clear that this was a solo operation by JEM directed by its leader Khalil Ibrahim. Its aim was nothing less than taking power. 
The role of Chadian President Idriss Deby is now clearer. For two years, Deby armed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hour of the Hardliners</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/11/the-hour-of-the-hardliners/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/05/11/the-hour-of-the-hardliners/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 02:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex de Waal</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Saturday’s battle in the streets of Omdurman was a defeat for the prospects of peace, democracy and human rights. The calculations of the leadership of the Justice and Equality Movement are puzzling&#8211;the attack looks much like an act of reckless military escalation, bold and daring no doubt, but possibly suicidal. But it would be surprising [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prospects for Peace and Democracy in Sudan: April 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/04/17/prospects-for-peace-and-democracy-in-sudan-april-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/04/17/prospects-for-peace-and-democracy-in-sudan-april-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex de Waal</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Other Regions of Northern Sudan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Peace Process]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[South Sudan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Overview
1.	The NCP-SPLM partnership for the CPA stands at a critical juncture. The NCP sees the 2009 elections as its route to internal and international legitimacy and is hoping that problems with the census and elections can be pinned on others (the SPLM, the Darfurians). Both parties have failed to find a compromise to the Abyei [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudan’s Islamic Movement: Mosaic Democracy, a New Concept</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/04/15/sudan%e2%80%99s-islamic-movement-mosaic-democracy-a-new-concept/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/04/15/sudan%e2%80%99s-islamic-movement-mosaic-democracy-a-new-concept/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Posted on behalf of Ambassador Hassan E. Talib.
First of all, I would like to extend my gratitude to this blog for allowing this opportunity for the debate on the issue of culture and political conduct of the Islamic Movement in Sudan, including the National Islamic Front (NIF). I thank, as well, Dr. Al-Affendi for his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of the Sudanese Islamist Movement</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/04/13/the-future-of-the-sudanese-islamist-movement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/04/13/the-future-of-the-sudanese-islamist-movement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abdel Wahab al Effendi</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/?p=467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the great ironies of the Islamist adventure in coup-making (leading to the creation of the National Salvation regime in June 1989) was that the move dealt a more serious blow to the Islamist movement than it to any other political group. When the government banned all political parties, all of them resisted and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whither the Darfur Mediation? (II)</title>
		<link>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/03/27/whither-the-darfur-mediation-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/darfur/2008/03/27/whither-the-darfur-mediation-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex de Waal</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the second part of a paper based on a memorandum submitted by Alex de Waal and Abdul Mohammed to the informal consultation on the Darfur mediation, held in Geneva last week.
Part 2: What are the Interests of the Parties in a Negotiated Agreement?
Analysis of the Darfur war today leads inexorably to the conclusion: [...]]]></description>
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