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Not yet time to send peacekeepers to Sudan, says Guterres

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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. [...]

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

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. [...]

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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.

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

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

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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US Special Envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello, in Geneva, Switzerland, 23 August 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.

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

Libya, Sudan
Abdelhamid Dabaiba's futile bid to mediate in Sudan civil war

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, hoping to make his mark on the international stage, tried to mediate in the Sudanese conflict but his attempt went nowhere. Washington and Riyadh are meanwhile trying to relaunch talks to end the civil war.

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The Prime Minister of Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU), Abdelhamid Dabaiba, on 16 January 2023.

Inner circles | Africa
Ghazouani marshals his AU presidency team

To make his mark at the head of the African Union, the Mauritanian president can count on a host of officials who know the organisation well. Some will stay in Nouakchott, while others are already based at its Addis Ababa headquarters.

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President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Ghazouani in the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa on 17 February 2024.

Sudan
London puts Burhan and Hemeti under pressure at the UN

The UN Human Rights Council will vote next week on the creation of a commission of enquiry into abuses committed during the Sudan conflict. The draft resolution put forward by the United Kingdom, seen by Africa Intelligence, points the finger at both the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army.

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Botswana, South Africa
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

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

Sudan
Burhan plays for time before US election

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

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

Sudan
Mediators' retreat exposes divisions ahead of Swiss peace talks

Sudan
Washington changes strategy ahead of fresh talks in Jeddah

Libya, Sudan
Abdelhamid Dabaiba's futile bid to mediate in Sudan civil war

Inner circles | Africa
Ghazouani marshals his AU presidency team

Sudan
London puts Burhan and Hemeti under pressure at the UN