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The Rapid Support Forces were created by former president Omar al Bashir to protect his regime from rebels - but they soon became a threat to both him and the future government.
Long considered a frozen conflict, the Western Sahara dispute roared back to life in late 2020, reviving old wounds and inflicting fresh ones.
Over centuries, theory on just war has developed six main criteria for assessing conflicts.
Whether or not elections will be able to seal the breach in the Libyan polity remains an open question.
The 13th Amendment is given credit for freeing an estimated 4 million enslaved people during the Civil War era. It also enabled a prison system of free labor and involuntary servitude.
If a negotiated agreement is ever found, it is most likely to fall within the realm of free association rather than outright independence or integration in Morocco.
La nueva serie de Alejandro Amenábar, ‘La Fortuna’, se inspira en el caso real de la fragata La Mercedes. ¿Qué ocurre cuando alguien sin interés arqueológico descubre tesoros en el fondo del mar?
Like many social movements before it that began at the grassroots, Black Lives Matter is becoming a more conventional organization with top-down leadership.
Aux États-Unis, la Chambre des représentants recommande la création d’une commission sur les réparations à verser aux descendants d’esclaves. Se tourner vers l’Afrique peut indiquer une voie à suivre.
As the US debates reparations for descendants of slavery, cases in Africa help illustrate the limits of programs focused solely in financial restitution.
It’s a confluence of local, regional, national and, possibly, foreign interests.
The root causes of the ongoing conflict in Darfur are rising to the surface amid an influx of arms from Libya.
The peace process has unfolded in fits and starts, and thus far there doesn’t seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
Ousted president Omar al-Bashir could face the International Criminal Court for his role in Sudan’s clampdown on the non-Arab people of Darfur.
Can the key external enablers of Libya’s conflict also be peacemakers?
The Janjaweed militia first came into play when Omar al-Bashir’s government deployed it in Darfur
A serious concern is the possibility of a long, drawn-out siege of Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
Libya’s proposed elections and any subsequent interim government will fail if the country’s challenges aren’t addressed.
A classics professor writes that Trump’s raucous campaign style is nothing new. He introduces us to a chariot-racing statesman from ancient Athens who may have given Trump a run for his money.
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Teacher Assistant, Colgate University
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Associate Professor, Colgate University
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Professor of Economics, Colgate University
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Professor in Africana & Latin American Studies, Colgate University
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Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of History, Colgate University
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Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics, Colgate University
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Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Colgate University
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Professor of History, Colgate University
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Colgate University
