Gérard Prunier is research professor at the University of Paris. He is the author of The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide (C Hurst, 1998), Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide (C Hurst, revised edition, 2007), and From Genocide to Continental War: The Congolese Conflict and the Crisis of Contemporary Africa (C Hurst, 2006).

Recent articles

A rooted conflict and a blocked peace spell political stalemate in Khartoum and its region, says Gérard Prunier.

The systemic realities of political violence in Kenya need to be dissected if the post-election crisis is to be understood, says Gérard Prunier.

The wars provoked or cultivated by Sudan's revolutionary Islamist regime are failing to deliver the regional control Khartoum seeks, says Gérard Prunier.

The post-election violence in Kenya can be explained by reference to the evolution of its ethno-political mosaic since independence, says Gérard Prunier.