Citizenship & Governance

North-South Conflict in Sudan: Current policy options for a potential 2011 scenario. Interview with Sara Pantuliano

Q: To what extent are the crises in Sudan a function of resource conflicts at the community level and to what extent are these influenced by the clash between traditional and...

Hollow at the Top

by Jan Pronk Nowadays world summits do not function as they should. They fall short in three respects. Their composition seems to be rather arbitrary, to begin with. At one time a...

The Kadhi Courts Debate in Tanzania and the 'Primacy' of the Secular State in East Africa

by Aidan Eyakuze The state and religion in East Africa have never been completely separate. There is a Judeo-Christian heritage in common law and a strong faith-based education...

Somali Crisis: Five questions on key actors and regional dynamics. Interview with Matteo Guglielmo

  Q: The media depicts Somalia as chaos, do you agree with this perception? To what extent is the international media complicit in the problems of Somalia? A: I totally disagree...

Ibrahim Farah: Letter to Nelson Mandela

In early 1991, soon after the Somali civil war broke out, I have had the opportunity to meet with the late Somali President Siyad Barre who told me about you and how greatly he...

A Boycott Without Vindication

by Jan Pronk In 2001 the United Nations organized a World Conference on Racism in Durban. It was quite a turbulent conference. Developing countries had criticized Western...

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