Sudan

Last week, Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu was gripped by an escalation of armed conflict as political confrontation over stalled elections reached breaking point.

Sudan has been implementing democratic reforms and transition to civilian governance after the deposal of the former military-turned civilian leader, President Omar al-Bashir in 2019.

On February 22, 2020, South Sudan’s erstwhile belligerent leaders Salva Kiir and Riek Machar formed a unity government based on the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South …

On August 17, 2020, Sudan will mark one year since the signing of a power-sharing agreement that had ushered in democratic transition after decades of autocratic and oppressive rule.

Only a day after Sudanese women protested their marginalization, and less than a month since Sudan’s Transitional Government (TG) signalled its intentions to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) …

South Sudan recently formed the long-anticipated unity government, and is now getting into the business of realizing the same – prioritizing appointment of key government officials, and settling matters relating …

South Sudan is now on a new path following the formation of the Revitalised Transitional Government of Nation Unity (R-TGoNU) on February 22, 2020. 

The signing of the Revitalized Agreement for the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS) in September 2018, cultivated an atmosphere of hope and expectation in the world’s youngest nation.

n July 2011, South Sudan gained independence, and became the world’s youngest country. Just two and a half years after this momentous event, the country was gripped by civil war, …

During the 2003 Darfur conflict, a tribal (Arab–Abbala and Baggara ethnicities) militia, Janjaweed, emerged instrumental for former president Omar al-Bashir’s anti-insurgency campaigns in Darfur, Nuba Mountains, and Kordofan regions. However, …