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Twenty Years of Solitude: life after the sanctions

#Sudan, Darfur, politics, sanctions, Sudan / Reem Gaafar

The big news these days is the lifting of the US sanctions that were placed on Sudan 20+ years ago. Everyone is talking about – actually, have been talking about it for several months now. But there are such mixed opinions and feelings about whether they should have been lifted or kept in place, with […]

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A Place Called Home

1 Comment / #Sudan, #SudanRevolts, Darfur, home, war / Reem Gaafar

The other day I was with my cousin, a lawyer and PhD holder with a special interest in children’s rights. She was preparing a paper about the impact of armed conflict on children, to be presented in a conference, and wanted to include an interview with a street child coming from the war zone. We

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