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Nigeria, Sudan
Abuja seeks mediation role in Sudan

Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Paris on 28 November 2024. © Sarah Meyssonnier/POOL/EPA/MaxPPP

President Bola Tinubu is looking to carve out a role for Nigeria as a mediator in the Sudan peace process. Abuja, which has not been involved in previous efforts to resolve the bloody conflict, is now seeking to rally international support towards this goal. [...]

Published on 11/12/2024 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
African Union
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Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Cyril Ramaphosa
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Emmanuel Macron
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Mohamed Belaiche
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Olusegun Obasanjo
Rapid Support Forces
Ronald Lamola
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan
Sudanese Armed Forces
Yoweri Museveni
Yusuf Tuggar

Nigeria, South Africa
Pretoria invites Abuja to host a G20 event

South Africa's foreign minister Ronald Lamola, whose country currently holds the G20 presidency, has invited his Nigerian counterpart to host an event on home soil. Although the summit has yet to be confirmed, it marks a new stage in the rapprochement between the two African powers.

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South African Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola in Johannesburg, on 21 February 2025.

Sudan
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In an effort to safeguard her country's interests in Sudan, UAE Deputy Foreign Minister Lana Zaki Nusseibeh has requested a meeting with African Union Commissioner Paps Bankole Adeoye.

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Placed at the head of Nigeria's security apparatus, Nuhu Ribadu is meddling in political issues and attempting to deal with the multiple threats facing the country. To do this, he calls on a researcher, a number of specialists and his network in Western capitals.

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Nuhu Ribadu in Abuja, Nigeria, 10 December 2014.

East Africa
AU Commissioner Bankole Adeoye faces re-election challenge

Just when it seemed that his reappointment was a foregone conclusion, the outgoing PAPS commissioner is being rebuffed. His lack of response to certain critical issues, such as the war in Sudan and the DRC conflict, has irritated some African Union members.

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Bankole Adeoye in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12 May 2022.

Nigeria
President Tinubu expected to attend AI summit

Although it has not yet been officially confirmed, the Nigerian President may be attending the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on 10 and 11 February.

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East Africa
Sudan on the agenda at the United Nations Security Council

The council is working on its programme for March and one of the items set to be discussed will be the crisis in Sudan.

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British Permanent Representative to the UN Barbara Woodward at the UN Headquarters in New York City, 14 November 2022.

Spotlight | Sudan
Osama Daoud thrives in a war-torn land

The Sudanese mogul is a high-profile figure in his homeland and an expert at adapting to the country's ever-changing political landscape. His clout in the army and ties to the royal Emirati family place him at the heart of the conflict that has been waging since 2023.

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Osama Daoud Abdellatif, head of DAL Group, in Khartoum, Sudan, October 2018.

Sudan
World Bank releases $186m emergency aid for Sudan

The World Bank released two emergency financing packages for Sudan on 13 December - one for $100m and one for $86m. 13 million Sudanese have fled their homes and 24 million need emergency humanitarian aid due to the civil war that erupted in April 2023.

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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.

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

Nigeria, South Africa
Abuja and Pretoria trade diplomatic favours

In Cape Town, the Nigerian minister of state for foreign affairs has received South Africa's support for her candidate for the post of political affairs commissioner at the African Union. In return, the rainbow nation has asked Nigeria for help to obtain the presidency of the AfDB.

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The headquarters of the African Union (left) in Addis Ababa and of the African Development Bank in Abidjan.

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.

Spotlight | Nigeria
Bola Tinubu's private meeting with Keir Starmer

The Nigerian president and the UK prime minister held discreet talks at 10 Downing Street in early October. Since July, Britain's new Labour government has stepped up its contacts with Nigeria, where the UK foreign secretary is expected on 4 November.

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Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and British prime minister Keir Starmer.

Spotlight | Nigeria
Tinubu still struggling to organise foreign ministry, one year after election

Understaffed, a minister frequently absent from his home country, ambassadors recalled to Abuja... Nigeria's foreign ministry is in disarray, even though the president has been chair of ECOWAS since last July.

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Nigerian president Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Abuja, 29 October 2023.

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Pretoria invites Abuja to host a G20 event

Sudan
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AU Commissioner Bankole Adeoye faces re-election challenge

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