Eric Reeves November 11, 2003 The massive and growing humanitarian crisis in Darfur Province (northwestern Sudan) is not typically seen in the context of peace negotiations between Khartoum’s National Islamic Front regime and the SPLM/A, representing southern Sudan and the country’s marginalized areas. And to be sure, it is important to note that the Sudan [...]

Eric Reeves November 6, 2003 The $87 billion supplemental foreign operations bill sent to President Bush this week contained $20 million for “famine relief” in Sudan. This is a shockingly small part of the largest such appropriation in US history, and appears even smaller when we consider just how urgent are the impending needs in [...]

Eric Reeves November 3, 2003 Almost entirely lost in present discussions and analyses of the peace process for Sudan, international oil development in Upper Nile Province of southern Sudan continues apace and is indeed accelerating as the region dries out from the past rainy season. This means many things, but one of the most disturbing [...]

Here are [1] the very recent comments of Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner, and [2] an excerpt from the Associated Press wire report (October 29, 2003) noting the results of a House-Senate conferencing on the Bush administration’s $87 billion request for aid to post-war Iraq and Afghanistan. —Eric Reeves **************************************************** [1] [...]

Eric Reeves October 23, 2003 It is a bumpy, four-hour round-trip car ride to Naivasha from Nairobi; but US Secretary of State Colin Powell nonetheless arranged for an international itinerary that took him to the site of IGAD-sponsored peace talks for Sudan. This has garnered a good deal of press attention, and there can’t be [...]

Eric Reeves October 16, 2003 Despite the continuing press of events in Sudan’s peace process, despite the clear prospect that a peace agreement will soon be reached, the Bush administration still refuses to confront honestly the vast near-term needs for transitional aid in Sudan. Nor has the administration publicly guaranteed its support for the creation [...]

Eric Reeves October 8, 2003 Though a peace agreement between the Khartoum regime and the SPLM/A seems very likely in the next month or so, [THIS WAS IN FACT THE PREVAILING VIEW AT THE TIME; but WHEN KHARTOUM SAW THAT BY MAKING AN AGREEMENT IN NAIVASHA SEEM "IMMINENT," AND YET ALWAYS DELAYING FINAL AGREEEMENT, THE [...]

Eric Reeves October 2, 2003 One week after the signing of an historic agreement on security arrangements at Naivasha (Kenya), the opportunity for peace in Sudan continues to present itself distinctly, though the overall process is still fraught with difficulties and pitfalls. Recent analyses from a variety of sources have highlighted the danger to peace [...]

Eric Reeves September 23, 2003 As the Machakos/IGAD peace process continues at Naivasha (Kenya) in a last bid to end Sudan’s civil war, security issues remain the focus of diplomatic and negotiating energies. For all who recall the disaster of the Addis Ababa peace agreement of 1972, it is hardly surprising that the SPLM/A regards [...]

Eric Reeves September 16, 2003 A series of highly reliable reports from Nairobi, from Naivasha (Kenya), and elsewhere in the region strongly suggest that this last round of Machakos/IGAD peace talks has stalemated, and that the Khartoum regime is no longer negotiating consistently or in good faith. Rather, the regime’s diplomatic and political presence is [...]