Demagogue

Sudan has seen the report from the United Nations investigation into Darfur and claims that it does not describe the violence as "genocide." Other who have seen the report say the same thing: it was not genocide but rather crimes against humanity with an ethnic dimension, whatever that means.

The report documents violations of international human rights law, incidents of war crimes by militias and the rebels fighting them, and names individuals who may have acted with a "genocidal intention." But there was not sufficient evidence to indicate that Khartoum had a state policy intended to exterminate a particular racial or ethnic group, said diplomats familiar with the report.

The report, which is to be released to the Security Council on Tuesday, also recommends referring the cases to the International Criminal Court.

Sudanese officials are denying AU reports that the air force bombed villages in North Darfur last week, killing at least 100 people.

The government and the rebels have reportedly agreed to re-open peace talks.

The Washington Post's Sebastian Mallaby has a great article on Eric Reeves.