[Montréal, Québec, Canada 16°C] After taking the summer off to coordinate the Citizen Media Rendez-Vous, I’m now catching up with developments in Southern Sudan as the 2011 self-determination referendum approaches. My gradual catchup with the situation on the ground begins with Pete Muller’s Photography blog, Reports and Thoughts from Sudan and Beyond. You can follow [...]
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Post-2012 Scenarios for Sudan: War vs Peace, United vs Secession
[Montréal, Québec, Canada 19°C] The report, Sudan 2012: Scenarios for the future, was released in the Hague on September 1, 2009. It takes an interesting and original approach to the problems of Sudan by looking ahead, past the much talked about 2011 referendum, to what Sudan could be like in 2012 based an four scenarios [...]
A new tradition of peace
[MONTRÉAL] A half-empty pint of double-fermented rye beer sits on the shaky table beside Ruszard Kapuscinki’s book, The Shadow of the Sun, which is described in the New York Times as “a marvel of humane, sorrowful and lucid observation” of Africa. It is a great read by a Polish journalist who was intimately familiar with [...]
Post-conflict development in southern Sudan: my first assignment
As you may have noticed by reading the About page that my first international assignement is in South Sudan where I will initiate my new direction in video reporting and documentary film. I’ve been asked over and over again, “Why Sudan?!” My immediate response — and the one which flows generously from my lips is, “Why not!” But I actually have dozens of reasons for chosing Sudan: First off, It’s the country with the largest geographic area in Africa and it’s in crisis!
