This is a hard time for the President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and his main rival, former Vice President Riek Machar. Unless they sign a final draft of a compromise deal prepared by IGAD-plus (the Intergovernmental Authority on Development), a (...)
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the governing coalition that has won the past four elections, is preparing to face an organised challenge from a determined opposition come elections in May 2015.
An uneasy sense of (...)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), which is mediating the negotiating process seeking to end the civil war in South Sudan, has announced that negotiations between Juba and the rebel forces will resume on 22 September in (...)
A coalition of politicians and military commanders opposed to the government of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has started a new campaign to topple the Khartoum government through peaceful means.
Meeting in Paris on 8 August, the National Ummah (...)
Israeli intelligence officials have said that they believe that Sudan is the source of Hamas' armaments, according to the newspaper Yediot Ahronot.
According to a report in the Israeli paper, some of the missiles that have hit Israel during the (...)
Buffeted by internal divisions, locked in endless wars with rebels, isolated by the international community, and teetering on the verge of bankruptcy, the government of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir is now reaching out to long-estranged friends (...)
If the governments of Khartoum and Juba are serious about peace, they are not offering enough to make it happen. After several days of talks with rebel groups in both countries, the Sudanese and South Sudanese governments cannot seem to reach a (...)
Talks between the governments and rebels of Sudan and South Sudan got underway in Addis Ababa a week ago, with UN and African negotiators trying to mediate a political settlement to the ongoing conflicts in both countries.
In the first set of talks, (...)
Negotiations in Addis Ababa between the government of President Salva Kiir and rebel groups led by former vice president Riek Machar have come to an impasse.
The rebel delegation walked out of the talks as fighting continued in various parts of (...)
African mediators addressing the tribal conflict in South Sudan have set Friday, 7 February, as a deadline for the forces of both President Salva Kiir and his opponent, former Vice President Riek Machar, to respect a ceasefire. For the past few (...)
In its third week, the fighting among South Sudan's rival factions doesn't show a sign of abating. What was initially declared a botched coup d'état is proving to be a more durable kind of conflict, one summoning deeper grievances and latent (...)
Sudan now has a new cabinet and presidential team, with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) appointing Bakri Saleh as vice president, replacing Ali Taha, and Hasabu Abdel-Rahman as second vice president. Ibrahim Ghandour is now presidential (...)
The Joint Security Committee of South Sudan and Sudan concluded its meetings in Khartoum last Thursday, 28 November. The talks, co-chaired by the intelligence chiefs of both Khartoum and Juba, the capital of South Sudan, Siddiq Amer and Mag Paul, (...)
The leaders of the Sudanese opposition umbrella organisation known as the National Consensus Forces (NCF) have taken a step further in their effort to challenge President Omar Al-Bashir's 30-year hold on power.
On Monday 11 November, the NCF held a (...)
A delegation from Sudan's Revolutionary Front (SRF) argued its case with European officials and international organisations last week. Touring France, Belgium, Norway and Germany, the delegation tried to rally diplomatic support for what they (...)
On Sunday 27 October 2013, Abyei held a referendum that could at best complicate the efforts for peace, and at worst lead to a conflagration of animosities.
Only members of the Dinka Ngok tribe, which organised the vote, took part. And, not (...)
When President Omar Al-Bashir travelled to Juba, 22 October 2013, observers took note. This was his fourth visit to the capital of South Sudan since the latter gained independence in July 2011, and one conducted almost under duress.
But Al-Bashir's (...)
Sudan may have calmed visibly, but it is still roiling beneath the surface. Soaring prices, triggered by the lifting of subsidies on fuel and foodstuffs, have not gone away. Sudan is under pressure from the IMF and other international funding (...)
On 23 September, crowds took to the streets across many cities in Sudan to vent their anger at the recent price hikes.
Caused by the government's removal of subsidies on fuel and basic consumer goods, the price rises were seen as the last straw for (...)
On 19 September, the International Criminal Court (ICC) served yet another warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir in the event he goes to New York to attend the UN General Assembly meeting due to be held later this (...)
Once again, fighting renewed in Jonglei State in South Sudan, pitting tribal insurgents led by David Yau Yau against the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).
In July 2013, the confrontation became particularly bloody, with the locals claiming that (...)
Four years ago, Sudan made international headlines because of the case of Lobna Hussein, a woman journalist who landed in court because she had worn trousers. Now a similar case is rocking the country once more.
Charges have been brought against (...)
The oil-rich region of Abyei, hotly disputed by Sudan and South Sudan, is likely to surface on the international scene as the date of a self-determination referendum due in October approaches. Khartoum has been trying to postpone that date, which (...)
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has tightened his grip on power and risked losing everything.
The composition of South Sudan's new government shows how determined President Kiir is to shore up support among various tribal groups, ensure loyalty to (...)
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan has done it. He fired his entire cabinet, dismissed vice president Riek Machar, and had the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) secretary-general, Pagan Amum, investigated for corruption.
Machar and Amum (...)