Sudan Watch (to July 2012)

[Tom Odom]

Just some scenes from Darfur and Kordofan: 1st on approach into El fasher in 84 during US drought relief effort

[Tom Odom]

Later 1993 flood relief effort in 1993, again not far from El fasher

[Tom Odom]

And for the global tourist set:

[Jedburgh]

Military Review, May-June 2007:

Cows, Korans, and Kalashnikovs: The Multiple Dimensions of Conflict in the Nuba Mountains of Central Sudan

This article provides an overview of the 2002 cease-fire monitoring mission in the Nuba Mountains of central Sudan. Singular, bounded, and often inchoate causes – “It is a religious conflict”; “It is a competition for diminishing resources”- are often given as explanations for the conflict there and in Darfur. These explanations are not wrong in themselves, but they are inaccurate and misleading, if one examines them in isolation. The discord in the Nuba Mountains, for example, predates the actual fighting that began in the 1980s and has roots more complex than ethnic or racial difference between the Arab (primarily Islamic) North and African (mainly Christian) South. The current conflict is the most recent product of historical enmities and clashes that coalesce along socioeconomic lines….

[sgmgrumpy]

Satellites to Watch for Darfur Violence

The new Amnesty International Web site, http://www.eyesondarfur.org , was launched Wednesday in conjunction with a conference at the University of California, Berkeley.

"We're hoping that by shining a light that we will deter the abuse from ever happening," said Ariela Blatter, director of the Crisis Prevention and Response Center for Amnesty International USA.

Satellite images have been used before to document destruction in Darfur and elsewhere. But the latest project offers clearer, more up-to-date images, allowing experts to better track developments, Blatter said.