Darfur, Sudan

The Nordic Africa Institute library staff has compiled this web dossier to coincide with the increased interest in the topic of Darfur, Sudan.

Literature in the library

Use the quick links below to locate titles dealing with topics of interest in the library catalogue, AfricaLit. The lists consist of literature - books and articles - in the form of fiction, non-fiction/factual information and official publications, as well as of other material.

The library suggests the following keywords when searching the library catalogue: Civil war, Emergency relief, Ethnic conflicts, Ethnic relations, Forced migration, Human rights violations, Humanitarian assistance,  Refugees,  War crimes, Darfur, Sudan.

Web links

This is a selection of websites dealing with Darfur, Sudan. Many more items are available online on websites and in discussion forums. These links are found in the link collection A Guide to Africa on the Internet, where more web links to sites related to Sudan can be found.

Crisis in Darfur, Sudan

Web page on Darfur by Human Rights Watch, inl. briefing papers, reports and links to online articles, press releases, letters and more.

http://www.hrw.org/en/africa/sudan


Crisis in Darfur, Sudan

International Crisis Group's web page on the crisis in Darfur, incl. background information, links to online reports, articles and other documents, websites and blogs.

http://www.crisisgroup.org/
 

Crisis in Darfur, Sudan

In collaboration with Google Earth, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has brought together compelling visual evidence of the destruction in Darfur.

http://www.ushmm.org/maps/projects/darfur/

Darfur conflict - Sudan

Reuters AlertNet's web page on the Darfur conflict, incl. articles, pictures and links to related blogs.

http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/SD_DAR.htm

Darfur: continuing conflict in Sudan

A web dossier from 2007 on the conflict in Darfur, Sudan compiled by the African Studies Centre Library, Leiden, which includes a brief introduction, references to journal articles and book titles, as well as links to online articles and websites.

http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/Darfur2.aspx

Sleepless in Sudan. Uncensored, direct from a dazed & confused aid worker in Darfur, Sudan

An aid worker diary from Darfur, Sudan, during the period June 2005 - February 2006: real stories, random observations and links to online articles and websites.

http://sleeplessinsudan.blogspot.com/

Vigilance Sudan

An association covering the situation in Sudan which publishes on its site a bulletin, regularly updated news in brief, and other reference documents. (In French)

http://www.vigilsd.org/

Selected online articles and reports

"The International Response to Darfur" is a report from a seminar arranged on 9 April 2008 by the Spanish think-tank FRIDE. Can be downloaded at http://www.fride.org/publication/416/the-international-response-to-darfur.

"What to do about Darfur" by Nicholas D. Kristof, http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22771
In: The New York Review of Books, 2 July 2009.

"Perspectives on the crisis in Darfur" by Øystein H. Rolandsen,
In: NEWS from the Nordic Africa Institute, October 2004. Download a fulltext copy from the publication database DiVA.

Latest articles on the conflict in Darfur from different news sources, http://news.google.com/
In: Google News.

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The Swedish government bill 2007/08:7

See the Swedish government bill 2007/08:7 on the peace work in Darfur: Proposition 2007/08:7 Svenskt deltagande i Förenta nationernas och Afrikanska unionens gemensamma fredsfrämjande insats i Darfur. (In Swedish)
 

Mapping Darfur

The Nordic Africa Institute arranged together with the Life & Peace Institute, Uppsala, and ABF Stockholm, a number of seminars on Darfur in February–March 2007. Read more about the seminar series or view the bibliographic information and download the report 'Mapping Darfur" from the publication database DiVA.