Let's give credit where it's due. That was not a BBC journalist but Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. I remember reading his analyses of Darfur in The African Studies Review. I recommend that article of his strongly because of the contrast with CNN, where they had an "expert" saying that Sudan had no history of democratic rule, when in fact labor unions and professional associations there have been so successful in overthrowing military regimes that a former dictator of Nigeria once used Sudan as an example of how civilians could also stage coups d'etat. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59050473
On Oct 27, 2021, at 22:41, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> wrote:here's what the bbc said: "Not only was the army commanding a vast - and still-increasing - share of the national budget, but military-owned companies operate with tax exemptions and often allegedly corrupt contracting procedures."
John Edward Philips, Professor Emeritus
International Society, College of Humanities, Hirosaki University
"Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto." -Terentius Afer
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