Is Darfur Crisis Humanitarian or Socio-Political or Both?
By Isaiah Abraham June 27, 2007 — Well, this is an odd and possibly the lazy question that has frequently been in the public domain since the start of the crisis in 2003. There are many theories and schools of thought as there are different minds interpreting issues as to what is actually going on there in Darfur. It also depends on what piece of conflict one dissects from there. The bottom line though has been what kind of solution should it be- would it be humanitarian solution/intervention or an agreed political solution/settlement. All of the above are parallel but also are intertwining. Since the inception of this war in 2003, Darfur case never ceased to top world agendas in substance and character. It’s probably the world most discussed crisis ever at the moment, next to Iraq and the Middle East; but also the world lost war at given Khartoum ‘cat and mouse policies’. Protagonists in this conflict namely the Darfurian Rebels and the Government of Sudan lavishly served the world wi