Sudan
Preventing the Next Mali
Why Washington can’t just sit by and let another full-fledged war break out in Sudan.
BY JOHN PRENDERGAST | MARCH 4, 2013
The First Lab Results Are In
Democracy Lab is celebrating its first anniversary. Here are some of the things we've learned over the past year -- and where we're headed in year two.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JANUARY 31, 2013
The Battle for South Kordofan
Will total war in Sudan ever cease?
BY JAMES VERINI | JANUARY 22, 2013
Beyond Al Qaeda
As Western countries rush into Africa's troubled Sahel region, are we once again forgetting history?
BY HOWARD W. FRENCH | JANUARY 18, 2013
My Enemy, Myself
Who's your enemy? Why fight? Over the course of three years, Belgian-Tunisian photojournalist Karim Ben Khelifa has traveled to both sides of the world's longest-simmering conflicts to ask these pointed questions. What he heard from combatants in the Gaza Strip, the disputed Kashmir region along the India-Pakistan border, and tribally divided South Sudan captures the futility of wars that never end -- and can't be won. Tragically, bitter rivals are often fighting for the very same reasons.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARIM BEN KHELIFA | JANUARY 2, 2013
10 Conflicts to Watch in 2013
From Turkey to Congo, next year's wars threaten global stability.
BY LOUISE ARBOUR | DECEMBER 27, 2012
What Africa Did Right in 2012
Africans are getting better at finding their own solutions to African problems.
BY JON TEMIN | DECEMBER 20, 2012
Amputation is No Cure for Cancer
South Sudan is gone. But the government in Khartoum still can't escape what ails Sudan.
BY JON TEMIN | OCTOBER 15, 2012
An Idealist on Death Row
Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 3, 2012
Plague of Thugs
Why Mideast dictators use hoodlums to suppress dissent.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 18, 2012
The Failed State Lobby
Inside the bizarre moral campaign by Washington politicians, NGO do-gooders, and celebrities to create an independent South Sudan -- whether it's a disaster or not.
BY ALAN BOSWELL | JULY 9, 2012
The Sudanese Stand Up
The best way to help the protesters in Sudan? Cover the story.
BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 27, 2012
Sudan Needs a Revolution
The protest movement against Omar al-Bashir is growing -- fast -- and it needs the world’s support.
BY AMIR AHMAD NASR | JUNE 26, 2012
Debating the Failed States Index
Was this year's ranking of the world's most fragile states on target? Five countries respond.
JUNE 22, 2012
Next Year's Failed State
South Sudan, the world's youngest country, is already on a path to disaster.
JUNE 21, 2012
Enough Talking, Kofi
It’s time for the world to stop hiding behind Kofi Annan's skirts. We gave diplomacy a chance in Syria; now we must accept that diplomacy has failed.
BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 25, 2012
The Silence in Sudan
Why did the United Nations stop reporting atrocities in Darfur?
BY COLUM LYNCH | MAY 7, 2012
The Accidental Peacemaker
China now finds itself on the side of peace in a brewing border conflict between Sudan and South Sudan. But is it really committed to stopping its old buddy, Bashir?
BY JAMES TRAUB | MAY 4, 2012
Congratulations and Condolences
The conviction of Charles Taylor is welcome news. But don’t be fooled: The international criminal justice system is in deep trouble.
BY CHRISTOPHER STEPHEN | APRIL 30, 2012
How Not to Write About Africa
The media shamefully neglects Africa -- until it decides to swarm a story with terrible coverage.
BY LAURA SEAY | APRIL 25, 2012
Still the One
Muammar al-Qaddafi may be history in Libya, but in this remote African kingdom he reigns supreme.
BY ANDREW GREEN | MAY/JUNE 2012
Springtime in Sudan
Omar al-Bashir's many opponents are organizing to end his 22-year rule. But can the Arab Spring reach Khartoum?
BY DAVID OTTAWAY | NOVEMBER 22, 2011
Two Plus Two Equals Five
What numbers can we trust? A second look at the death toll from some of the world's worst disasters.
BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 17, 2011
Famine Is a Crime
Civilization has defeated mass starvation. So why are so many Somalis dying of hunger?
BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 25, 2011
Redrawing the Map
South Sudan may be independent, but new countries are becoming increasingly rare.
BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 13, 2011
Free at Last
South Sudan has earned independence, but keeping it won't be easy.
BY MAGGIE FICK | JULY 8, 2011
Bashir's Choice
The brutal means that the Sudanese president has used to keep his country together have instead blown it apart in the most chaotic way possible.
BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 8, 2011
From Khartoum to Juba
Images of Sudan and its people on the eve of the country's division.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY TIM MCKULKA | JULY 7, 2011
The World's Most Dangerous Borders
Thirteen places you don't want to be stuck at.
BY PHILIP WALKER | JUNE 24, 2011
How much would a no-fly zone over Syria cost?
BY KEVIN BARON
Cuba's greatest export isn't cigars -- it's doctors
BY ELIAS GROLL
No, the Spanish can't be more German -- and other myths of the euro crisis
BY MICHAEL PETTIS
Dennis Rodman calls on Kim Jong Un to do him 'a solid' and release American detainee
BY URI FRIEDMAN
3 questions Obama's new AfPak envoy must answer
BY GAYLE TZEMACH LEMMON
Is there a relationship between more women in government and happier mothers?
BY ELIZABETH F. RALPH
Odierno: Sequestration leaves military unprepared for Syria
BY KEVIN BARON
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