The battle over the waters of the Blue Nile, pitting Ethiopia against Egypt and Sudan, has been all over the news lately. Notably, the debate has focused on the Blue Nile and largely ignored the ...
This is a great take on the political crisis in Sudan (the comparisons with Ethiopia are highly illuminating, too). Here’s a section on General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, the Eastern Darfuri mil...
https://kenopalo.com/2019/05/11/a-primer-on-the-political-crisis-in-sudan/
Coups beget coups (see, for example, the case of Ghana. More here). Furthermore, coup risk is typically highest after power turnovers, (like is the case in Sudan). For these reasons, there is fa...
https://kenopalo.com/2019/04/12/on-sudans-history-with-coups/
This is a guest post by friend of the blog Matthew Kustenbauder responding to a previous post. On the question of human rights guiding America’s foreign policy in Africa, I agree with you; it ...
https://kenopalo.com/2012/12/19/us-africa-policy-a-response/
On the 14th of June this year President Obama outlined his policy for Sub-Saharan Africa. Included in the policy statement were four key strategic objectives: (1) strengthen democratic instituti...
https://kenopalo.com/2012/11/07/what-obamas-re-election-means-for-us-africa-policy/
Africa’s petrorulers (heads of state of Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Sudan) may be headed for tough times later this yea...
https://kenopalo.com/2012/06/19/reason-for-african-petro-rulers-to-be-worried/
A few days ago a Kenyan judge ordered the government to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if he ever sets foot in Kenya. Mr. Bashir has an outstanding arrest warrant against him from the I...
https://kenopalo.com/2011/12/03/tough-trying-to-be-good-in-a-bad-neighborhood/
UPDATE: The BBC reports: Sudan ordered the expulsion of the Kenyan ambassador after a Kenyan judge issued an arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s foreign ministry has ...
https://kenopalo.com/2011/11/28/kenyan-court-orders-bashir-arrest/
UPDATE: A related article on Uganda’s influence in the soon to be independent South Sudan can be found in the New York Times. In three days the East African Community will celebrate the indepen...
https://kenopalo.com/2011/07/06/welcoming-southern-sudan-to-the-eac/
It appears that the war between north and south Sudan is inevitable. The north overran the disputed town of Abyei last week and now is angling to take over two border states. The Times reports: N...