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Future of UNITAMS up in air

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“The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur”

Sudan

The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

Fighting has been ongoing since 15 April 2023 between the two strong men of Khartoum, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces, and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The open conflict is having a knock-on effect across the sub-region. The international community has rallied, and numerous attempts at mediation are underway including from the UN, the African Union, the Arab League and the IGAD. [...]

The Security Council is pondering the future of the UN mission in Sudan, which has been on hold since fighting broke out in April. Its mandate may be extended for a few months but its long-term fate is uncertain. [...]

Published on 23/11/2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Antonio Gutteres
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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Ramtane Lamamra
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Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

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The United Nations Headquarters building in New York City on 16 July 2024.

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Sudan to get new humanitarian coordination mechanism

The organisers of the Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Conference held in Cairo in late November are hoping to set up a new mechanism in January to better coordinate the humanitarian response to the Sudanese conflict.

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EU states at odds over Sudan sanctions

Brussels is set to decide sanctions against the two Sudanese belligerents. But member states don't see eye to eye on who to target.

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Algeria, Sudan
Guterres poised to appoint Algeria's Lamamra as UN special envoy for Sudan

Article published on 17/11/23 at 4:35pm - The UN Secretary-General spoke to Algeria's former foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra on 16 November and officially asked him to be the UN special envoy for Sudan.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.11.2023

Algeria's then FM Ramtane Lamamra at the UN General Assembly, NYC, US, 26 September 2022.

Spotlight | Sudan
US casts wider net to keep Jeddah peace talks alive

Much criticised, the United States is attempting to keep the Jeddah peace talks on track by broadening its mediation efforts to secure a ceasefire. To this end, it has also rung the changes in its own team.

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

As fighting continues between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's capital city, some diplomatic missions are being forced to find alternative ways of resuming their activities. Port Sudan and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia are among the preferred options.

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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.

Spotlight | Sudan
AU sets out plan to take the reins on Sudan de-escalation

The African Union Commission, riding a wave of virulent criticism against US-Saudi mediation efforts on Sudan and amid the failure of various ceasefire agreements, is working on its own de-escalation plan, which Africa Intelligence has seen.

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Bankole Adeoye, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, and Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), talk between themselves as they arrive at the AU headquarters for a meeting of the Extended Mechanism on the Sudan Crisis in Addis Ababa on 2 May 2023.

Sudan
Security Council mulls renewal of UNITAMS mandate

The UN Security Council is holding a series of consultations as it prepares to renew the mandate of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan. But more than a month after hostilities broke out, the situation on the ground remains volatile.

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Spotlight | Sudan
Security Council paralysed by internal tensions

Since hostilities broke out on 15 April, the three African members of the UN Security Council have been promoting the principle of 'subsidiarity' to push for IGAD to take the lead on the mediation of the Sudanese crisis.

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Spotlight | Sudan
International community struggles to evacuate foreign nationals

As the fighting in Khartoum intensifies, the United States, the United Nations and EU countries are looking at various scenarios for the evacuation of their nationals and staff.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2023

Aerial view of Khartoum airport targeted by gunfire on 20 April 2023.

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