Jonathan Erasmus
Jonathan Erasmus is a writer and humanitarian. He has worked in media and for humanitarian organizations in a variety of locations including South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. His writing generally focuses on international law and politics, humanitarian crises and armed conflict.
The crystal balls are working overtime in south Sudan
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
The crystal balls are working overtime on South Sudan. Like soothsayers of old, commentators and journalists are feverishly writing their doomsday predictions. Bad days, everyone agrees, are coming. The hard-fought Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Government of Sudan looks undeniably fragile. Hostile sentiment is evident from both sides in the form of preparations for a return to war, with the catalyst being the pending 2011 referendum on secession for the South. ...
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
The crystal balls are working overtime on South Sudan. Like soothsayers of old, commentators and journalists are feverishly writing their doomsday predictions. Bad days, everyone agrees, are coming. The hard-fought Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Government of Sudan looks undeniably fragile. Hostile sentiment is evident from both sides in the form of preparations for a return to war, with the catalyst being the pending 2011 referendum on secession for the South. ...
An ex-employee of Khartoum speaks out on Darfur
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
Jonathan Erasmus is an independent freelance journalist. Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. "The greed of a handful of men is starving millions of people of their basic human needs," whispered the former employee of the Sudanese government. ...
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
Jonathan Erasmus is an independent freelance journalist. Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. "The greed of a handful of men is starving millions of people of their basic human needs," whispered the former employee of the Sudanese government. ...
Janjaweed now killing each other, say Darfuris
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
With an estimated 200 people killed in vicious clashes at the beginning of January, locals in South Darfur believe infighting between Janjaweed militia factions is largely to blame.
Gun battles recently broke out near the south Darfur capital, Nyala, but in what appears to be a new development, people believe they were sparked by internal problems between the Arab militia.
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Author: Jonathan Erasmus
With an estimated 200 people killed in vicious clashes at the beginning of January, locals in South Darfur believe infighting between Janjaweed militia factions is largely to blame.
Gun battles recently broke out near the south Darfur capital, Nyala, but in what appears to be a new development, people believe they were sparked by internal problems between the Arab militia.
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The Janjaweed's new clothes
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
Now you see them, now you don't. The Janjaweed in Darfur are becoming invisible.
They are accused of committing some of the most vicious attacks on civilians seen in northeast Africa, with backing from the Sudanese government. Lurking in the dusty towns and sandy plains of Darfur, they wait to carry out the next raid, the next deadly assault on villagers across the region.
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Author: Jonathan Erasmus
Now you see them, now you don't. The Janjaweed in Darfur are becoming invisible.
They are accused of committing some of the most vicious attacks on civilians seen in northeast Africa, with backing from the Sudanese government. Lurking in the dusty towns and sandy plains of Darfur, they wait to carry out the next raid, the next deadly assault on villagers across the region.
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Blowing in the Darfur wind
Author: Jonathan Erasmus
In amongst the dirt and depravation of Darfur, the simplest of things can often remind you of how unjust the world can sometimes be.
Sitting up against the outside wicker wall of an aid centre in what is one of the most deprived camps in the region, I watched a little girl - no older than 10 - wash and feed her two younger brothers.
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Author: Jonathan Erasmus
In amongst the dirt and depravation of Darfur, the simplest of things can often remind you of how unjust the world can sometimes be.
Sitting up against the outside wicker wall of an aid centre in what is one of the most deprived camps in the region, I watched a little girl - no older than 10 - wash and feed her two younger brothers.
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