Some hopeful news out of southern Sudan: stability has returned to the town of Rumbek, and with it one of the region’s favorite sports:
Rumbek youth have resumed their favorable game of wrestling for the first time since four years after bloody confrontations in cattle raids and inter-tribal fighting.
The wrestling begun between two rival groups of [...]
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Wrestling in Rumbek
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments
The Arms Trade, Illustrated
July 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments
In the course of learning about contemporary cattle raiding in Sudan, we found ourselves sifting through a recent edition of the annual Small Arms Survey. It’s an informative publication, no doubt, but also mind-numbingly dense; our eyes glazed over midway through Chapter Three, during the extended exploration of “security enhancement projects.”
Thankfully, the survey’s authors must [...]
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