Maxwell School News and Commentary
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McDowell Speaks with CNN About Russia’s Gold Mining Operations in Sudan
Daniel McDowell, associate professor of political science, was quoted in the CNN article, "Russia is plundering gold in Sudan to boost Putin's war effort in Ukraine."
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), International Affairs, Russia
Sultana participates in Race, Space and the Environment project
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Environment, Race & Ethnicity, United States
Jok weighs in on Sudan's new cabinet in the Africa Report
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Government
DeCorse talks to the Sunday Times about Sierra Leone's Bunce Island
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Colonialism, Human Rights
Jok discusses working, parenting during the pandemic in Daily Nation
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Child & Elder Care, COVID-19
Jok discusses Africa's health systems, coronavirus in Daily Nation
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Jok discusses Africa's low COVID-19 case numbers in Daily Nation
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Jok weighs in on the AU's Silencing the Guns agenda in Daily Nation
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Crime & Violence, Government
Jok discusses South Sudan's latest peace deal with Al Jazeera
"This government will be a mere postponement of conflict if it gives a blind eye to the corruption and grand theft that has created a ghastly and deadly form of inequality in South Sudan since 2005," writes Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Conflict
Jok op-ed on Sudan's former dictator published in Daily Nation
"Many Sudanese people from the areas that were terrorised by his security forces have said that trying him in Sudan would be a slap in the face of all these victims and their communities, for they cannot be confident that there won’t be Sudanese judges who might rig the process in his favour," writes Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok.
See related: Africa (Sub-Saharan), Government