Spotlight | Sudan
Burhan's Islamist allies endanger rapprochement with US

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