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In Brief: The War in Sudan
Since April 15, 2023, two Sudanese armed groups – the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces – have been locked in a violent civil war that has killed at least 15,000 people and displaced over 8.2 million. The conflict has had an enormous humanitarian toll – according to the World Food Programme, over 18 million people in the country are facing acute hunger and nearly 5 million people are facing emergency levels of hunger.
The Sudanese state is collapsing, but does the US or Africa really care?
GLOBAL DEMOCRACY OP-ED Just as this senseless war of two narcissistic sides is a choice so, too, is the inadequacy of the responses so far. This is not the best the West or Africa can or should do nor the most the Sudanese people should hope for or expect. As Sudan rushes headfirst into state collapse, the complexity of the crisis should not obscure two basic facts.
Abdulaziz Al Sager
Abdulaziz Al Sager is the chairman and founder of the Gulf Research Center. Sager is also the president of Sager Group Holding in Saudi Arabia, which is active in the fields of information technology, aviation services, and investments. Sager is a member of the Makkah Province Council and serves on the advisory board to various organizations. He has a special interest in Gulf strategic issues and is a regular contributor and commentator in international and regional media.
Sudan faces an inflection point - and needs US leadership
When a military junta backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deposed Sudanese president Omar al Bashir in April, the United States was seemingly on the sidelines.
Africa must escape from being a prize for world powers
Africa’s fast-growing array of choices in external partners is raising the prospect of a 21st century scramble for Africa — a modern-day race to secure privileged, if not exclusive, access to the continent’s economic, security and political assets and resources.
A Path to Justice in South Sudan – Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Proposed justice measures in South Sudan – including the Hybrid Court – can be pursued despite disruptions in the implementation of the peace agreement. The Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan (ARCSS) negotiated in 2015 has been the cornerstone of efforts to reestablish stability in Africa’s youngest nation.
To Save South Sudan, Put It on Life Support
South Sudan marked its fifth anniversary as a state this month not with celebrations but with rival armed factions shooting at each other in the streets of the capital. Several hundred people were killed in less than a week, tens of thousands displaced, and even sacrosanct UN camps protecting civilians were attacked.
To save South Sudan, put it on life support
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