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  • Cash Float

    Posted: July 29, 2008, 10:25 am by robcrilly
    Before heading to Darfur last week I treated myself to a swim. Not any old swim you understand, but a dip in the Rotana swimming pool. This is a new hotel in Khartoum that seems to be designed specifically to mop up those generous per diems paid to United Nations workers. It was also where [...]

  • It’s Not About Boots on the Ground

    Posted: July 28, 2008, 10:28 am by robcrilly
    African aid agencies released a report today saying the joint African Union and United Nations mission to Darfur was failing to protect civilians. We’re at the six-month mark for the Unamid force and its mandate is due for renewal so we can expect a series of reports like this. Maybe I should have filed on [...]

  • Bedtime in Darfur

    Posted: July 25, 2008, 5:45 pm by robcrilly
    At the end of a long day standing in the blistering sun without water watching the Sudanese president addressing 10,000 people in El Fasher and then 20,000 people in Nyala, what you want is a bed. If it is a bed in the cool air of a Nyala courtyard so much the better. As you [...]

  • The Bashir Boogie

    Posted: July 24, 2008, 12:59 am by robcrilly
    Just back in Khartourm from a trip to Darfur with President Omar al-Bashir, who is waiting to find out whether the International Criminal Court will issue a warrant for his arrest. The trip was astonishing and fascinating in many ways. It was a whistle-stop tour of El Fasher, Nyala and El Geneina with five-minute visits [...]

  • Those were the days

    Posted: July 20, 2008, 1:08 pm by robcrilly
    I really must get around to reading Michael Asher’s Khartoum. Every time I stay at Meskel Square’s house I flick through his copy (I note a corner is still turned down at page 164) and think what a good read it looks. At every turn of this Arab-African city you get a sense of history, [...]

  • The view from Khartoum

    Posted: July 19, 2008, 12:52 pm by robcrilly
    So it’s almost a week now since the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court revealed his evidence against President Omar al-Bashir. And it’s still pretty difficult to work out where things are going. The consensus among aid workers and UN staff here is that things will stay quiet while Khartoum goes down the diplomatic road, [...]

  • Breakfast in Khartoum II

    Posted: July 16, 2008, 7:21 pm by robcrilly
    Yes carrot cake for breakfast. I’ll be bringing you an update on the impact of Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s evidence against President Bashir as soon as I have the faintest idea what’s going on. It’s fair to say that reaction here is mixed.
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