New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof writes yesterday that the Sudanese government "seems to be preparing to start the second [genocide] here among the thatch-roof huts of southern Sudan." Kristof reports, "South Sudan is rich in oil, but its people are among the poorest in the world, far poorer than those in Darfur." His basic argument is that while the world turns its attention elsewhere, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in 2005 is collapsing and a return to war imminent. We have long been following the situation in southern Sudan and arguing that fresh violence could destabilize the region, dooming peace efforts in northern Uganda. Read the full column here.