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Bashir’s indictment complicates an already complex situation in Darfur.

 Opinion is split on whether the indictment for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of President Al Bashir of Sudan is a good or a bad thing for peace in Darfur. Given the scale of the...

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The Politics of numbers

For Darfur watchers, the death toll is as much a political statement as an expression of fact. For those with just a passing interest in the region, ascertaining the number who have died involves...

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The Absence of the Western Media from Darfur in 2003

For Darfuris, 2003 was the year of highest-intensity conflict, but it was a very quiet year for Western media and advocacy, who were very slow in cottoning on to the unfolding tragedy. Why is this?...

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South Africa’s New Political Landscape – What Do We Really Know?

Jacob Zuma. Seems like everybody has an opinion about South Africa’s new president – even those who have never set foot in South Africa, let alone the continent. I don’t know if he’ll be good, bad or...

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Can a new narrative help Somalia getting the attention it needs?

A few days ago South-Central Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government desperately asked its neighbours to send troops to help prevent the capital, Mogadishu, from falling to Al-Shabab forces. The SOS...

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AMISOM’s medical aid eases Somali suffering..

With virtually no public services available in Mogadishu, one of AMISOM’s most important tasks has been to ease the suffering of the population through humanitarian assistance.  Every day around 800...

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Supporting Democracy through a New Access to Information Law in the DRC

Source: CongoPlanet On the 31st of July 2014, members of Collectif 24, supported by Internews and Albany Associates gathered in Kinshasa to evaluate the process of adopting a new law on access to...

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The State of Maritime Piracy 2014

Albany attended the launch of Oceans Beyond Piracy’s fifth instalment of its annual ‘State of Maritime Piracy’ report this week in London. The 2014 publication examines both the human and economic...

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