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Abu Dhabi watches closely as European Parliament votes on war resolution

The United Arab Emirates have sent their diplomats to Strasbourg as European deputies call for an end to foreign powers' support to the fighting parties in Sudan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 27.11.2025

Benjamin Bol Mel attends the burial of a commander of the South Sudan People’s Defense Forces in Juba on 19 March 2025. © Samir Bol / Reuters

Behind the scenes of Benjamin Bol Mel's fall from grace

The departure of the Juba strongman is evidence of the rising influence of Adut Salva Kiir, daughter of head of state Salva Kiir. The battle for the succession of the president is only just beginning.

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2025

EU Foreign Affairs Council set to discuss new sanctions

On 20 November, the 27 foreign ministers of the European Union are expected to discuss a new set of sanctions within the context of the war in Sudan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.11.2025

As MBS heads to Washington, Marco Rubio turns up the heat

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington, 10 November 2025. © Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.11.2025

Sissi's delicate balancing act since the fall of El Fasher

Confronted with the threat of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo's forces, Cairo is seeking to provide more support to the regular army, which has now been mobilised to defend the city of El Obeid. But for the Egyptian military, direct involvement in the conflict is a red line.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 07.11.2025

Port Sudan seeks Russian combat aircraft to lead strikes against RSF

A few weeks before the military defeat in El Fasher, the SAF high command had launched consultations to acquire Sukhoi fighter jets. Since the fall of the Darfurian city, the objective has been to halt the advance of the Rapid Support Forces using long-range aircraft.

Subscribers only Defence 06.11.2025

General Burhan reviews military alliances in light of El Fasher defeat

Discussions between Port Sudan and its main allies have intensified since the fall of the North Darfur capital. While awaiting a potential ceasefire, the Sudanese regular army hopes to catch up technologically with the RSF paramilitary.

Subscribers only Defence 04.11.2025

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From Washington to El Fasher, chronicle of an abortive truce

The talks overseen by Donald Trump's Africa adviser, Massad Boulos, seemed to get off to a good start, but they fell apart in just a few days. The taking of El Fasher, which played out at the same time, moved the goalposts.

Subscribers only Politics 30.10.2025

Screenshot of a video published by the Rapid Support Forces during the siege of El Fasher, in Sudan, on 26 October 2025.

In Port Sudan, an intense power struggle is underway over Ministry of Foreign Affairs

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's military leadership is reluctant to let the civilian government dictate foreign policy during wartime. The reshuffling continues at the head of the ministry.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.10.2025

General Burhan's camp riven by divisions in the light of the taking of El Fasher

SAF second in command, General Shams al-Dine Kabbashi, gathered the recommendations from political groups in mid-October for the start of a national dialogue. As there is a lack of consensus from the outset, this initiative risks suffering at the hands of the RSF advance in Darfur.

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2025

Khartoum tackles reconstruction of its electricity grid

Devastated by two years of war and largely deserted by its inhabitants, the Sudanese capital is beginning to rebuild its power infrastructure.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy 23.10.2025

A substation of the Sudanese Electricity Transmission company in Khartoum, June 2019.

Khartoum tries to reopen to civil flights and diplomatic life

With the help of Turkey, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are gradually reestablishing power in the country's former capital, which is expected to receive several visits from European diplomats at the end of October. Air services are gradually resuming to the Sudanese coast, and soon to Khartoum.

Subscribers only Business 22.10.2025

General Burhan lays out his conditions before Washington

The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces has agreed to be part of the diplomatic initiative put forward by the United States, but not at any cost. He outlined his expectations to Donald Trump's Africa adviser, Massad Boulos.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.10.2025

Trump dreams of peace deal in Egypt

The president's team are hoping to organise talks between the Sudanese warring factions in Cairo, in the hope of securing substantial mining concessions. A US delegation from the private sector is due to arrive in Port Sudan in the coming days.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.10.2025

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Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces

Qatar, a low-key General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan political and financial backer, also supplies the Sudanese Armed Forces with weapons. Doha's support for Sudan is yet another facet of its proxy war with the United Arab Emirates.

Subscribers only Defence 14.10.2025

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) meeting with Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) in Doha, on 7 September, 2023.

Future of UN fact-finding mission on the line

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is counting on a coalition of African and Gulf leaders not to renew the human rights probe that has been in place since civil war broke out in 2023. A vote by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva will determine its fate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.10.2025

Civil society conference in Addis Ababa postponed

Deploring a lack of consultation compared to previous attempts at dialogue, some of the 50 Sudanese participants expected refused to attend the African Union meeting.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.10.2025

Businessman Mohamed El Garhy fronts Egypt's bid for Sudanese gold

Backed by the General Intelligence Service, the El Garhy Steel Group owner has teamed up with Sudanese partners to invest in gold and iron mines, as Cairo moves to bolster central bank reserves.

Subscribers only Mining 02.10.2025

Civil society groups try to take back control in Addis Ababa

While the United States is ploughing a lone furrow in its mediation in Sudan, the African Union is setting store by civil society coalitions to bring the country out of crisis.

Subscribers only Politics 01.10.2025

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Burhan's Islamist allies endanger rapprochement with US

Weeks after a secret meeting between US envoy Massad Boulos and Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Washington sanctioned the Al-Baraa Ibn Malik brigade - an Islamist militia closely linked to Burhan's government and now key to the army's fight against the paramilitary RSF.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2025

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Port Sudan on 29 April 2025.

EU and AU attempt to keep momentum up on Sudan's critical infrastructure

The EU and the AU are keen to remain actively involved in the issue of critical infrastructure in Sudan. The two bodies are organising a meeting in New York on 24 September.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 19.09.2025

Abdallah Hamdok and his Somoud coalition seek boost in Pretoria

Sudan's main civilian coalition, neutral in the conflict, has quietly convened in the South African capital to reassess its strategy. Following the secret meeting between Donald Trump's US envoy and the SAF commander in Switzerland, Somoud wants to make its voice heard.

Subscribers only Politics 05.09.2025

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Salva Kiir's difficult balancing act on the Sudanese border

The Rapid Support Forces paramilitaries are taking advantage of South Sudan's generosity to use its territory as a logistics base. But Juba must show caution with regard to Port Sudan, through which its hydrocarbon exports transit.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.09.2025

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa on 15 February 2025.

Kuwait falls for appeal of Sudanese coast

Despite the ongoing conflict, Sudan and Kuwait have signed an investment partnership to develop a tourist resort on the shores of the Red Sea, in a location familiar to the emir.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 04.09.2025

Behind the resumption of Sudan-US dialogue

The recent talks between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Massad Boulos that took place in Switzerland have allowed the two countries to re-establish contact. They also set in motion a new diplomatic round on the Sudanese conflict, although Washington is imposing its conditions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.09.2025

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Sudan

Abu Dhabi watches closely as European Parliament votes on war resolution

Behind the scenes of Benjamin Bol Mel's fall from grace

EU Foreign Affairs Council set to discuss new sanctions

As MBS heads to Washington, Marco Rubio turns up the heat

Sissi's delicate balancing act since the fall of El Fasher

Port Sudan seeks Russian combat aircraft to lead strikes against RSF

General Burhan reviews military alliances in light of El Fasher defeat

Spotlight
From Washington to El Fasher, chronicle of an abortive truce

In Port Sudan, an intense power struggle is underway over Ministry of Foreign Affairs

General Burhan's camp riven by divisions in the light of the taking of El Fasher

Khartoum tackles reconstruction of its electricity grid

Khartoum tries to reopen to civil flights and diplomatic life

General Burhan lays out his conditions before Washington

Trump dreams of peace deal in Egypt

Spotlight
Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces

Future of UN fact-finding mission on the line

Civil society conference in Addis Ababa postponed

Businessman Mohamed El Garhy fronts Egypt's bid for Sudanese gold

Civil society groups try to take back control in Addis Ababa

Spotlight
Burhan's Islamist allies endanger rapprochement with US

EU and AU attempt to keep momentum up on Sudan's critical infrastructure

Abdallah Hamdok and his Somoud coalition seek boost in Pretoria

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Salva Kiir's difficult balancing act on the Sudanese border

Kuwait falls for appeal of Sudanese coast

Behind the resumption of Sudan-US dialogue

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Sudan

Abu Dhabi watches closely as European Parliament votes on war resolution

Behind the scenes of Benjamin Bol Mel's fall from grace

EU Foreign Affairs Council set to discuss new sanctions

As MBS heads to Washington, Marco Rubio turns up the heat

Sissi's delicate balancing act since the fall of El Fasher

Port Sudan seeks Russian combat aircraft to lead strikes against RSF

General Burhan reviews military alliances in light of El Fasher defeat

Spotlight From Washington to El Fasher, chronicle of an abortive truce

In Port Sudan, an intense power struggle is underway over Ministry of Foreign Affairs

General Burhan's camp riven by divisions in the light of the taking of El Fasher

Khartoum tackles reconstruction of its electricity grid

Khartoum tries to reopen to civil flights and diplomatic life

General Burhan lays out his conditions before Washington

Trump dreams of peace deal in Egypt

Spotlight Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces

Future of UN fact-finding mission on the line

Civil society conference in Addis Ababa postponed

Businessman Mohamed El Garhy fronts Egypt's bid for Sudanese gold

Civil society groups try to take back control in Addis Ababa

Spotlight Burhan's Islamist allies endanger rapprochement with US

EU and AU attempt to keep momentum up on Sudan's critical infrastructure

Abdallah Hamdok and his Somoud coalition seek boost in Pretoria

Spotlight Salva Kiir's difficult balancing act on the Sudanese border

Kuwait falls for appeal of Sudanese coast

Behind the resumption of Sudan-US dialogue

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From Washington to El Fasher, chronicle of an abortive truce

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Doha's discreet military support for Sudanese Armed Forces

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Burhan's Islamist allies endanger rapprochement with US

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Salva Kiir's difficult balancing act on the Sudanese border