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Spotlight | Sudan
Washington, Brussels and London seek common ground on new sanctions

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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. [...]

US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello, in Geneva, Switzerland, 23 August 2024. © Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA/MaxPPP

While the United States is trying to negotiate a humanitarian agreement between Sudan's warring parties in Geneva, Western powers are preparing a new set of sanctions. The two agendas risk clashing. [...]

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“The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur”

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The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Advancing Lifesaving and Peace in Sudan
African Union
Ali Karti
Antony Blinken
European External Action Service
Hemeti
Mirghani Idriss Suleiman
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Omar al-Bashir
Rapid Support Forces
Sudanese Armed Forces
Tom Perriello
United Nations

Sudan
Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

After failing to broker a ceasefire between the two warring parties, Washington is now trying to reconvene the members of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Sudan. The US Secretary of State may attend the meeting in person.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 24 September 2024.

Sudan
Former Janjaweed warlord Musa Hilal's faltering comeback

Musa Hilal, a long-standing rival of paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in the Darfur region, is manoeuvring behind the scenes and waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback as the country's civil war rages.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 29.11.2024

Sudanese Janjaweed militia chief Musa Hilal in Khartoum on 11 March 2021.

Sudan
Burhan expands his team of lobbyists in Washington

As they attempt to recapture Khartoum from the RSF, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's SAF is increasing its PR campaigns, hiring a bevvy of lobbyists in Washington.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.11.2024

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, 12 November 2024.

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Cargo planes are making almost daily flights between Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan. This lends weight to claims about Kampala's alleged support of the Rapid Support Forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.11.2024

Africa
UK slowly fine-tunes new Africa strategy

The British government's new roadmap for the continent had been due before the end of the year, but it's now been pushed back to mid-2025. It will address security, economic growth and climate change.

Subscribers only Politics 13.11.2024

British PM Keir Starmer at the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, 12 November 2024.

Sudan
Sudanese political parties nudged to resume Cairo talks

A group of independent politicians are preparing to organise a new meeting in November, following a gathering in Cairo in July.

Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2024

Sudan
Not yet time to send peacekeepers to Sudan, says Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is due to present a report to the Security Council on 28 October on the protection of civilians in Sudan's civil war. It will say that conditions are not yet right for the intervention of a UN force in the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.10.2024

António Guterres at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on 11 October 2024.

African Union
AU security bigwigs to meet in Abidjan this week

Senior officials from the UN, EU, and OIC have also been invited to attend the retreat organised by the AU's Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 22.10.2024

Sudan
Sudanese religious leaders to meet in Cairo

The gathering is to take place on 13 and 14 November.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 18.10.2024

Spotlight | Africa
Dubai traders Coral Energy and Demex in Washington's sights over sale of Russian oil

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Subscribers only Energy 14.10.2024

An oil terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia, May 2018.

Sudan
Sudan fails to derail lawsuit over alleged 9/11 support

On 3 September, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dismissed an appeal brought by Christopher Curran, a lawyer at White & Case, which is representing Sudan in this case.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.09.2024

Sudan
Burhan plays for time before US election

Following the failure of mediation in Geneva, and as the United States gets closer to its presidential election, the war in Sudan is intensifying. The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, is seeking to take advantage of the situation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 23.09.2024

Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Beijing, China, 3 September 2024.

Spotlight | Somalia, Sudan
Khartoum, Mogadishu: crises in the Horn the focus of tense UN negotiations

With just a few days to go before the opening of the United Nations General Assembly, the European and American blocs are struggling to speak with one voice as the number of conflicts in Africa grows and Western donor funding dries up.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.09.2024

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

South Sudan
Kiir waits for turn as chair of disrupted IGAD

Juba is preparing to take over the helm of the regional organisation that plays a key role in its domestic affairs, but the mandate could well prove challenging as several IGAD member states are facing crises.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 30.08.2024

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir at the State House in Nairobi on 9 May 2024.

Sudan
Mediators' retreat exposes divisions ahead of Swiss peace talks

The agenda for this month's Sudan peace talks, co-organised by the US and Saudi Arabia, dominated discussions at a mediators' retreat in Djibouti. Intended to harmonise initiatives, the event instead revealed the tensions that are shaking the Horn.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.08.2024

Internally displaced Sudanese from Sennar state, in Gedaref city, in the east of war-torn Sudan on 14 July 2024.

Sudan
Burhan clan divided ahead of Jeddah talks

The head of the Sudanese Armed Forces is walking a tightrope ahead of Saudi-hosted peace talks a year after civil war erupted, with several voices now calling for dialogue to resume.

Subscribers only Politics 24.04.2024

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan greets military personnel in Gedaref state, 10 April 2024.

Sudan
Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Talks led by the US and Saudi Arabia aimed at resolving Sudan's civil war are due to resume in the coming days. The new US special envoy for Sudan, Tom Perriello, hopes to learn from his predecessors' failings.

Free access Diplomacy 12.04.2024

US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello.

Sudan
Taqaddum civil movement in Juba to talk peace

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Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2024

Sudan
EU states at odds over Sudan sanctions

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Spotlight | South Africa
Ramaphosa skipped Saudi-Africa summit over Riyadh's BRICS prevarication

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Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.11.2023

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a press briefing of the BRICS Summit at the Sandton Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa on 24 August 2023.

Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti's youngest brother emerges from shadows in bid for RSF prominence

Under new international sanctions, the leadership of the Rapid Support Forces is increasingly divided. With Hemeti's inner circle no longer able to travel freely, the general's youngest brother al-Gony Hamdan Dagalo is trying to establish himself as the paramilitary group's new ambassador.

Subscribers only Defence 17.11.2023

General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Khartoum, Sudan, on 19 February 2023.

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.10.2023

In Focus | Sudan
Fugitive NCP veteran Ali Karti ready to pounce from the shadows

Ali Ahmed Karti, once a devotee of the late Hassan Turabi and the unchallenged leader of Sudan's Islamic political movement, is one of the richest men in Sudan. After four years on the run, he has reappeared in the thick of the war between the regular army and a paramilitary force - and he intends to make the most of the opportunities this presents.

Subscribers only Politics 10.07.2023

From left: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Omar al-Bashir, Ali Karti and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

In Focus | Sudan
Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex

At the heart of the disputes between civilians and the military, which led to the October 2021 coup, are the hundreds of Sudanese companies owned by the army and which remain an obscure maze in which public and private interests are intertwined.

Subscribers only Defence 25.07.2022

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Sovereign Council and commander of the army, in Khartoum on 27 June 2022.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight | Sudan
Washington, Brussels and London seek common ground on new sanctions

Sudan
Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

Sudan
Former Janjaweed warlord Musa Hilal's faltering comeback

Sudan
Burhan expands his team of lobbyists in Washington

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Africa
UK slowly fine-tunes new Africa strategy

Sudan
Sudanese political parties nudged to resume Cairo talks

Sudan
Not yet time to send peacekeepers to Sudan, says Guterres

African Union
AU security bigwigs to meet in Abidjan this week

Sudan
Sudanese religious leaders to meet in Cairo

Spotlight | Africa
Dubai traders Coral Energy and Demex in Washington's sights over sale of Russian oil

Sudan
Sudan fails to derail lawsuit over alleged 9/11 support

Sudan
Burhan plays for time before US election

Spotlight | Somalia, Sudan
Khartoum, Mogadishu: crises in the Horn the focus of tense UN negotiations

South Sudan
Kiir waits for turn as chair of disrupted IGAD

Sudan
Mediators' retreat exposes divisions ahead of Swiss peace talks

Sudan
Burhan clan divided ahead of Jeddah talks

Sudan
Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Sudan
Taqaddum civil movement in Juba to talk peace

Sudan
EU states at odds over Sudan sanctions

Spotlight | South Africa
Ramaphosa skipped Saudi-Africa summit over Riyadh's BRICS prevarication

Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti's youngest brother emerges from shadows in bid for RSF prominence

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

In Focus | Sudan
Fugitive NCP veteran Ali Karti ready to pounce from the shadows

In Focus | Sudan
Inside Sudan's labyrinthine military-industrial complex