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Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step

Left: The meeting between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mahamat Idriss Déby on 31 March. Right: Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. © Presidence.td - @GeneralDagllo/Twitter

Domestic political agendas are in the process of remodelling the regional balance of power between Sudan and Chad while, in the neighbouring Central African Republic, the role of Wagner, which is an ally of Sudan but hostile to Chad, is raising questions. [...]

Published on 14/04/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 4 minutes

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
African Union
Ahmed Kogri
Bichara Issa Djadallah
Chad-Sudan Joint Force
Coalition of Patriots for Change
European Union
Faustin-Archange Touadera
Francois Bozize
Idriss Deby Itno
Mahamat Idriss "Kaka" Deby
Maxime Mokom
Mohamed Hamdan "Hemeti" Dagalo
Nourredin Adam
Omar al-Bechir
Patriotic Front for the Renaissance in the Central African Republic
Rapid Support Forces
Sergey Lavrov
Vladimir Putin
Wagner
Yevgeny Prigozhin

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Khartoum's closed embassies find ways to get back to work

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Smoke billows over buildings in southern Khartoum on 29 May 2023, amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals.

Sudan
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In an article, a journalist at Le Figaro called on the international community to support Hemeti rather than his rival for Sudan's presidency, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who he said is "close to the Islamists".

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Central African Republic, Sudan
Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

The US and French intelligence services believe the Russian paramilitary group has sent light weapons and anti-aircraft guns from the Central African Republic to Sudan's Rapid Support Forces.

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Sudan
EU adds Sudan to agenda amid violent clashes

Les ministres des affaires étrangères de l'Union européenne (UE), qui doivent se réunir le 24 avril au Luxembourg, ont ajouté à la dernière minute le Soudan à leur agenda à la suite des violents combats qui ont éclaté dans le pays

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Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

As his RSF fighters do battle with the Sudanese army, the militia leader is also waging a propaganda war on social media with the help of an experienced team based in Khartoum and Dubai.

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Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

The EU, after appointing more than a dozen new ambassadors in Africa last year, is putting the finishing touches to another major reshuffle of staff in at least 13 embassies on the continent.

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Central African Republic, Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

The Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby, aka Kaka, will pay an official visit to his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui this spring to signal the reconciliation between the two countries.

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In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

US intelligence agencies are closely following the activities of Sudan's deputy junta leader in Chad, the Central African Republic and in his own country. They suspect him of links to an alleged plot to topple Chad's interim president and are scrutinising his mining interests and dealings with Russian entities including the paramilitary firm Wagner.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 06.03.2023

The vice president of the transition in Sudan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as 'Hemeti'.

Central African Republic
Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

The US is currently engaged in advanced negotiations to convince CAR's president, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, to break with the Russian paramilitary armed group Wagner, and has offered to sponsor Bozizé's departure from Chad.

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Central African Republic
Funding shortfall could scupper local elections

After numerous postponements, Central African Republic is to hold its first elections in 40 years this July. But the financing is far from secure, and international backers are proving reluctant to fork out for the process.

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Spotlight | Africa, Israel
Netanyahu revs up for his return to Africa

Whether in Guinea-Bissau, the DRC or Sudan or at ECOWAS or the African Union, the Israeli prime minister is always looking for chances to highlight the difference between his pro-active diplomacy in Africa and the wait-and-see approach of his predecessor.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Chad
Chad's new director of customs under pressure from the IMF

Chad's new director of customs, Ahmat Abdelkerim, has been tasked with rapidly boosting the country's customs revenue, the country's main source of tax income, under the watchful eye of the IMF. Abdelkerim, a former Bolloré executive, hopes to draw inspiration from neighbouring Niger.

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Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

The border region straddling Sudan, the Central African Republic and Chad has been the focus of intense manoeuvring in recent weeks. At stake is the control of the Vakaga gold mines and the expansion of the Wagner group, against a backdrop of high-level rivalry in Khartoum.

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General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

South Sudan
Doubts hover over joint border force as deployment nears

Salva Kiir and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have announced they will create a military unit to secure their shared border. Bilateral talks have begun to determine the details of this joint action, the first of its kind since South Sudan's independence in 2011.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.01.2023

Sudan
Western donors ready to resume aid and counter Russian influence

A coup in 2021 brought Sudan's economy to a standstill, putting debt negotiations on hold, freezing budget support and scaring off investors. But the country hopes that the imminent appointment of a new prime minister will turn the tide, signalling to the West that it can resume aid and return to the fray to compete with Moscow and the Gulf states.

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Africa
EU pushes ahead on roadmap with the AU

The European Union (EU) and African Union (AU) joint committee is to convene in Brussels on 30 November.

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Central African Republic
Wagner's phantom reinforcements

It was supposed to have been one of the outcomes of the United Nations (UN) Security Council's easing of its arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR) on 30 July.

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Spotlight | Central African Republic, Sudan
CAR rebel chief Noureddine Adam seeks to rally dissident groups in country's north

The leader of the FPRC militia has left Khartoum, Sudan, where he was living. At the same time, once rival rebel groups appear to be regrouping in CAR's diamond-rich Vakaga province where the rebellions began.

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Noureddine Adam, the chief of the FPRC, poses in Birao, northern Central African Republic, on December 20, 2017.

Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti seeks to polish international image and prepare presidential race

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the number two in Sudan's interim regime, is trying to polish his international reputation. His aim is to play down his links with Moscow and prepare for a possible presidential election battle with regime leader Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan.

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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo speaks during a constitutional declaration signing ceremony in Khartoum, Sudan, 4 August 2019.

Eritrea, Sudan
Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

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Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 18.08.2022

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in Khartoum in 2019.

In Focus | Africa, Ukraine
Zelensky's Sudan connection - how Ukraine armed itself in Khartoum

Behind the display of harmony between Russia and its African allies during foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's recent tour, the war in Ukraine is taking its toll on Moscow's relations with the continent. Traditionally pro-Russia Sudan has agreed to serve as a layover for military equipment heading to Ukraine.

Subscribers only Defence 29.07.2022

Russian president Vladimir Putin and leader of Sudan's transitional council Abdel Fattah Al-Abdelrahman Burhan attend a meeting at the 2019 Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.

Chad
Kaka finally obtains draft timetable for peace talks after pressuring Qatar

More than two months after preliminary peace talks opened in Doha, with Qatar's help, N'Djamena has finally managed to obtain a date for the end of discussions with the rebel groups, and hopes that this will lead to an agreement.

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The President of the Chadian CNT, Mahamat Idriss Déby received the delegation from the Emir of Qatar on 16 February 2022.

Sudan
Burhan resurrects Bashir's Green Zone gum arabic export vehicle

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Chad
Amid gold fever, Italy's Ara Pacis offers to mediate with defectors turned rogue miners

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West Africa
EU ministers to discuss Africa

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Sudan
Darfur kingpin Minni Minnawi struggles to emerge from Khartoum's shadow

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Suliman Arcua Minnawi, known as "Minni Minnawi", Governor of Darfur.

Chad
As opponents tear each other apart at Doha talks, Kaka and his entourage push on

The preliminary talks in Doha between the political and military forces and the Chadian government, which began three weeks ago, are stalling. Splits within one of the main rebel group have come to light. At the same time, the presidency is working on extending the transition period by several months.

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Sudan
Al Burhan's militia allies in Khartoum on edge in Darfur

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Mali
Mahamat Déby flies to Bamako on mission to stop Wagner

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Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Baba Laddé, master spy of the three borders

By installing the former rebel leader Baba Laddé as its head of intelligence, N'Djamena is hoping to keep a close eye on all its neighbours. His appointment comes amid tensions within the ANS intelligence agency run by Ahmed Kogri.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.10.2021

Undated photo of Chadian intelligence director Baba Laddé.

Chad, Sudan
Déby's Darfur orphans

Sovereignty Council president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan was in N'Djamena on Friday for the funeral of Idriss Déby, who was very active in Sudan, where he mediated between the transitional authorities in Khartoum and several armed groups.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.04.2021

Chadian President Idriss Déby in Darfur in September 2016.

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step

Africa
New book exposes inner workings of Wagner

Sudan
Khartoum's closed embassies find ways to get back to work

Sudan
Alarm bells ring over Le Figaro journalist's pro-Hemeti article

Central African Republic, Sudan
Wagner suspected of backing Hemeti from CAR

Sudan
EU adds Sudan to agenda amid violent clashes

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Africa
EU prepares another major diplomatic reshuffle in Africa embassies

Central African Republic, Chad
Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation

In Focus | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
CIA follows Hemeti trail from N'Djamena to Bangui

Central African Republic
Washington proposes Brazzaville and Bissau for ex-president François Bozizé's exile

Central African Republic
Funding shortfall could scupper local elections

Spotlight | Africa, Israel
Netanyahu revs up for his return to Africa

Chad
Chad's new director of customs under pressure from the IMF

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan
Burhan-Hemeti feud plays out in CAR to Washington's dismay

South Sudan
Doubts hover over joint border force as deployment nears

Sudan
Western donors ready to resume aid and counter Russian influence

Africa
EU pushes ahead on roadmap with the AU

Central African Republic
Wagner's phantom reinforcements

Spotlight | Central African Republic, Sudan
CAR rebel chief Noureddine Adam seeks to rally dissident groups in country's north

Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti seeks to polish international image and prepare presidential race

Eritrea, Sudan
Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

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Kaka finally obtains draft timetable for peace talks after pressuring Qatar

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Amid gold fever, Italy's Ara Pacis offers to mediate with defectors turned rogue miners

West Africa
EU ministers to discuss Africa

Sudan
Darfur kingpin Minni Minnawi struggles to emerge from Khartoum's shadow

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Al Burhan's militia allies in Khartoum on edge in Darfur

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