Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Nuba conflict in the Sudan

Dr. Mohamed Suliman Chairman, Institute for African Alternatives, London Resource access, identity and armed conflict in the Nuba Mountains Abstract: Since 1987, a violent conflict between the Nuba people of southern Kordofan and government forces supported by indigenous Arab Baggara has been raging in the Nuba Mountains. The armed conflict has brought great misery to […]

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The Horn of Turbulence: Identifying the Root Causes of Conflict and the Appropriate Instruments for Peace Building as a Precondition for Sustainable Conflict Resolution.

The Horn of Turbulence: Identifying the Root Causes of Conflict and the Appropriate Instruments for Peace Building as a Precondition for Sustainable Conflict Resolution. Axel Klein, Institute for African Alternatives. “Resource Scarcity and Conflict Management in the Horn of Africa” A Research Project organised by the Institute For African Alternatives (IFAA), UK and funded by […]

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Oil and the Civil War in the Sudan by Dr Mohamed Suliman

Oil and the Civil War in the Sudan First let me take you back to the year 1998. The famine in southern Sudan was threatening the lives of more than half a million people, especially in Bahr El Ghazal Province. The famine provoked a serious debate into its causes. Most commentators in the United Kingdom […]

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18 Years of Civil War in the Sudan by Dr Mohamed Suliman

18 Years of Civil War in the Sudan Prelude In 1992, Prof. Spillmann invited me to give a talk here in Zurich about the civil war in the Sudan. Almost 10 years later, he has asked me to do the same again. Unfortunately, most of the problems we explored then are still with us today […]

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Politics, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa:

Politics, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Horn of Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. By Dr. Axel Klein, IFAA Introduction In response to the deteriorating political situation across the African continent, the Institute For African Alternatives has sought to keep researchers and professionals working in Africa abreast of developments with an annual review on […]

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First Green by Mohamed Suliman, 2009

الخُضُرالاوائل في العام 1961 نشر واكر و سيلانس، اللذان كانا يعملان معاً في إعداد دراسة لغويّة  في الغابون، قائمة  بأسماء انواع نباتات تتكوّن من ثمانية آلاف مصطلح تتوزع بين لغات أو لهجات في كتابه ” العقل البدائي” أظهر كلود ليفي- شتراوس كيف أن علماء الانثروبولوجيا (علم الانسان) قد اندهشوا لعمق معرفة القبائل والعشائر في الغابون […]

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Darfur paper in Arabic by Mohamed Suliman, 2009

الحرب في دارفور: تأثير عنصر الموارد في عام 1983، حينما كان جفاف منطقة الساحل الأفريقي (Sahel) لأعوام 1982/1984 في أعلى حالاته، إنفجرت إشتباكات حول الأرض بين مزارعي جبل مرّة وبين الرعاة من شمال دارفور. وقد سمح سوء القيادة على المستوى المحلي وعلى مستوى الحكومة المركزيّة للإشتباكات بالتصاعد وبلوغ مستوى النزاع الدموي المسلّح. وقد ساعد عدد […]

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The Regime of Action Islam in the Sudan

The Regime of Action Islam in the Sudan By Mohamed Suliman 2009 I am now at home in Khartoum, a city of ubiquitous trivial and serious gossip. It overwhelms you with immense details that dissolve away any picture you may have had of the wood that is real Khartoum.  The trees keep changing, the wood, […]

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The War in Darfur: The Resource Dimension

The War in Darfur: the Resource Dimension Presented by Mohamed Suliman at a conference at the American University in Cairo on the 5th of April 2008 In 1983, at the height of the Sahel drought of 1982/84, skirmishes over land erupted between the farmers of Jebel Marra and the pastoralists of northern Darfur. Bad leadership […]

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PEACE TALKS-Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Conflict

PEACE TALKS-Ethiopia-Eritrea Border Conflict UN General Assembly – 63rd Session General Debate – Eritrea Horn of Africa: Border Peace Delay Eritrea-Ethiopia: “New Chapter” in Relations, UN Says – Security Decision of the Eritrea Ethiopia Boundery Commission . UNMEE: Ethiopia and Eritrea sign a cessation of hostilities agreement Africa Watch Ethiopia and Eritrea Peace deal in […]

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