May 07
Ethiopia: Displaced Yet Again - Ethiopian and Eritrean Refugee Subjectivities in War Torn Sudan
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April 16
Sudan: On the Offensive - Military Tactics and Peace Talks for Sudan's Takeover
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February 19
Africa: 'We Demand' - a Collective Statement to the African Union
A movement of dozens of African civil society groups call on the AU to take actions in pursuit of climate justice, peace, and equality. Read more »
January 23
Chad: A Crisis Undeclared - 21 Years of Refuge in the Chad-Sudan Borderlands
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October 25, 2023
Sudan: The Sinews of Sudan's Latest War
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August 29, 2023
Sudan: Sudan's Crisis - Can Cash Transfers Prevent Starvation and State Collapse?
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August 16, 2023
Sudan: 'One Army, One People'? the Ethnic and Regional Politics of Sudan's Military and Militias and Its Role in Coups and Wars Past and Present
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July 28, 2023
Sudan: Not the Last Chapter - Making Sense of a Senseless War, Readings On Sudan
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July 21, 2023
Sudan: A Road Full of Corpses and a Town Empty Save for Rebel Militias
Two more mass graves with over 146 bodies in West Darfur are only the "tip of the iceberg", residents say. As peace efforts stall and the ICC opens a new investigation, when will… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Sudan: At What Point Will the Security Council Intervene?
Mediation initiatives, not least the US-Saudi one, have failed. Under Chapter VII of the UN charter, the Security Council could deploy troops. Read more »
June 19, 2023
Sudan: Libya, Washington and Khartoum
Washington's obsession with the Wagner Group is clouding its efforts to contain Russia's growing influence in Libya and Sudan. Read more »
June 05, 2023
East Africa: The Sudan Crisis Viewed From Juba - The Path Towards Resolution
Given their strong historical bonds, and Juba's track record, what is the argument for Juba to mediate the conflict in Sudan? Read more »
May 30, 2023
Africa: 'Don't Agonise, Organise!' Remembering Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem's Advocacy On Sudan
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May 27, 2023
Sudan: How the Generals Disappeared the People On the Way to the Economy
Is independent Sudan's history the haunted tale of military generals meeting their fates on the economic paths they were trying to avoid? Read more »
May 25, 2023
Sudan: Making Pariahs of Al-Burhan and Hemedti Will Unlock the Talks
Until the parties feel that their financial interests are in jeopardy, they won't be prepared to participate in genuine discussions. Read more »
May 18, 2023
Sudan: Calling It a Fight Between the Generals Is Simplistic
Northern and Central elites have always prosecuted violence from the centre. Now, the periphery brought the eternal war to Khartoum. Read more »
May 17, 2023
Sudan: Sudan - The Quiet Scramble to Broker the Peace
The Horn's geopolitics are increasingly shaped by rich Gulf hegemons who view the region as a theatre for their competing interests. Read more »
Sudan: Sudan's Catastrophe - a Long History of Failed Responses to Structural and Direct Violence
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May 15, 2023
Sudan: As the Generals Fight, Who's Playing Chess With the Old Islamists?
The clash between Burhan and Hemedti was inevitable. In the mediation scramble, nobody can afford to side with Bashir's Islamists. Read more »
May 05, 2023
Sudan: Revolutionary Reflections, Amid a Raging War
If the popular revolution of 2019 was badly undermined by its rejection of representative politics, how can it be revived? Read more »
April 19, 2023
Sudan: What Will Happen in Sudan?
The current crisis exposes the motives of the men with guns. It requires, paradoxically, the intervention of a distracted international community that has done little to support a… Read more »
February 08, 2023
Sudan: (Un)doing Resistance - Three Decades of the Regime's Assault On the Arts in Sudan
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October 05, 2022
Sudan: Sudan's Misguided Fixation With Finding a Transformative Constitution
A constitution can only be transformative if it is powered by the people, empowers the people, and is part of a broader political project. Read more »
July 01, 2022
Sudan: Why Sudan's Protest Movement Has Toppled One but Not Yet Two Dictators
What has changed between the 2019 protests, when the people rose up to remove al-Bashir, and today's movement? Read more »
June 13, 2022
Sudan: Why the Latest Attempt At Peacemaking in Sudan Won't Work
Since Sudan's military coup on 25 October 2021, the United Nations mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) has tried to find a compromise to the country's political crisis. In January 2022, it… Read more »