As a consultant to the African Union, Alex de Waal, senior fellow at Harvard’s Global Equity Initiative and author of “Darfur: Short History of a Long War,” helped broker the Darfur Peace Agreement. In an interview with Jerry Fowler, he explains that the agreement is deteriorating because a solution was rushed, not enough parties signed onto the deal, and Darfur is still missing a political solution. Taking a different stance than most, Alex asserts that before protection can be provided to the people of Darfur, a political settlement must be reached.

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