State of Emergency Ends in Chad, Desertification, and Sanctions Against Sudan
There’s been way too much African news for me to keep up with, during the week that I’ve been gone, but I did want at least to give you the latest on Darfur/Chad/Central African Republic.
The six month old state of emergency has ended in Chad, but hundreds of thousands of Chadians continue to be displaced. President Deby has improved his position through negotiations with both rebels and oil companies, but quality of life for Chadians has not improved.
The long running war between the Lord’s Resistance Army and the government of Uganda appears to be slowly ending. But is the trek of the rebels to the Central African Republic a good sign, or is it a sign that they’re regrouping to resume the war again?
Desertification has been one of the major factors fueling war in the Sahel. Now the Central African Republic has a plan to tackle desertification, but do they have the funds? Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court is investigating crimes committed during a conflict in CAR during 2002 and 2003, and health workers have been abducted in the northwest.
The US has imposed new sanctions on Sudan. Drima the Sudanese Thinker notices, with approval, that the sanctions are directed against the rebels as well as the government.
Tomorrow: a post on torture and interrogation.