Posts Tagged ‘sudan’
To mark South Sudan’s first anniversary, read this
Journalism loves anniversaries, and South Sudan’s first anniversary of independence (or, as it’s been dubbed in places, its “birthday”) is a naturally an occassion for a closer look at everything that’s happened in the last year. One thing to watch: Reuters invested in an entire week of South Sudan special coverage, starting with a piece [...]
In Sudan, a return to ethnic cleansing?
Terrifying news today via the indefatigable Rebecca Hamilton, author of Fighting for Darfur, who has a piece on Nick Kristof’s New York Times blog today that must be read: Sudan’s Khartoum government, which is about to lose southern Sudan, is fighting to keep the Nuba mountain region… by conducting a campaign of what looks like [...]
On Sudan, the view from outside Africa
All eyes are focused today on southern Sudan, where a vote begins that most expect will create Africa’s newest country — and, it turns out, probably peacefully. There’s lots of good analysis around the web on that surprise. But it’s not just the folks in southern Sudan who are voting; it’s the diaspora, too — [...]
Event: Sudan after the referendum
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC is hosting a conversation about post-referendum Sudan on Monday, January 10. For details, check the calendar.
This week in “Huh?”
From CNN International, in an article about a British aid worker with what appears to be remarkable if limited telepathic capability. I think. Or maybe it’s an article about Save the Children’s remarkable if limited omniscience? Unclear: The British aid worker is “well,” said Anna Ford of Save the Children in Nairobi, Kenya. “He is [...]
Et cetera, and some good reading
The list of things to blog about is long, but time has been short lately, and this blog, if I would let it, would turn into a full-time non-paying job, like so much else in journalism these days. I’m resisting, but it’s hard. Meanwhile, I’m starting to gather ideas for a redesign–or rather, a first [...]
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