Sudan Crisis

Screenshot 2023-04-21 at 14.23.55 The headquarters of telecom operator Sudatel in Khartoum. © Yasuyoshi CHIBA/AFP

Conflict implication

Premium badgeWhat impact does Sudan crisis have on operators Managem, MTN & OCP? The armed conflict in Sudan has multiple implications. While all sectors are affected, the extent will be measured by the conflict’s impact on the ind...
© Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Khartoum on February 9, 2023. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)

taking sides?

Premium badgePutin, Prigozhin, Hemeti, Burhan… Five questions to understand the Russians’ double game in Sudan Since the resumption of fighting between the troops of Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, known as Hemeti, and the army of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Russia and Wagn...
A convoy leaving Khartoum advances on a road towards Port Sudan, on April 23, 2023, as people flee the battle-torn Sudanese capital.

left behind

Sudan: Mass exodus of foreigners as fighting rages Foreign nations continue their frantic evacuations of their citizens from Sudan this Monday, as heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loy...
© IGAD Summit, the East African Development Authority, in Nairobi, 5 July 2022. State House Kenya

Plan B

Premium badgeSudan: From Djibouti to Kenya, last-chance at diplomacy  The African Union, Djibouti, Kenya, and South Sudan are at the forefront of mediating the conflict between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan D...

Sudan Crisis top stories

© Smoke billows in southern Khartoum on May 29, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. A one-week ceasefire aiming to allow humanitarian aid for civilians in war-torn Sudan expires on May 29 at night, one of numerous ceasefires previously announced and immediately violated in six weeks of urban warfare which killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. (Photo by AFP)

feuds abound

Premium badgeSudan: Ceasefire extension brings renewed fighting and little aid Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to r...
© Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno received by the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Hassan Shoukry in N’Djamena, on 8 May 2023. Presidency of the Republic of Chad

diplomatic dilemma

Premium badgeConflict in Sudan: How Egypt intends to impose itself in the mediation Diplomatic initiatives are expanding around the Sudanese crisis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to take the lead.
© Activists demonstrate in front of the White House, calling on the US to intervene to stop the fighting in Sudan, in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Under pressure

Premium badgeUS hints at sanctions on Burhan and Hemeti if Sudan peace talks falter The Joe Biden administration warned this week that it had a package of sanctions at the ready if talks that the US and Saudi Arabia are mediating in J...

Sudan Crisis top stories

© Smoke billows in southern Khartoum on May 29, 2023, amid ongoing fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. A one-week ceasefire aiming to allow humanitarian aid for civilians in war-torn Sudan expires on May 29 at night, one of numerous ceasefires previously announced and immediately violated in six weeks of urban warfare which killed more than 1,800 people, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project. (Photo by AFP)

feuds abound

Premium badgeSudan: Ceasefire extension brings renewed fighting and little aid Fighting flared again in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest ceasefire pledges of the two warring generals, meant to allow desperately needed aid to r...
© Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno received by the Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Hassan Shoukry in N’Djamena, on 8 May 2023. Presidency of the Republic of Chad

diplomatic dilemma

Premium badgeConflict in Sudan: How Egypt intends to impose itself in the mediation Diplomatic initiatives are expanding around the Sudanese crisis, and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is hoping to take the lead.
© Activists demonstrate in front of the White House, calling on the US to intervene to stop the fighting in Sudan, in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2023. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Under pressure

Premium badgeUS hints at sanctions on Burhan and Hemeti if Sudan peace talks falter The Joe Biden administration warned this week that it had a package of sanctions at the ready if talks that the US and Saudi Arabia are mediating in J...

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© Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno and General Hemeti. Montage JA / AFP

taking caution

Premium badgeChad – Sudan: Itno mobilises security networks amid neighbouring violence With the conflict between President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former second in power-cum-foe Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo continuing to wear on, Chad is...
© Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemetti), during Sergei Lavrov’s visit to Khartoum on 9 February 2023. Russian Foreign Ministry Press S/SIPA 

Russian assistance

Premium badgeIn Sudan, Wagner’s shadow looms behind General Hemeti Engaged in a conflict with Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, is seeking material support from the Russian paramilitary...
Sudan’s Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L) in Khartoum on December 5, 2022, and Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), in Khartoum on June 8, 2022.

fight for power

Premium badgeSudan: Burhan and Hemeti, the duelling brothers of Khartoum The enmity between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo ‘Hemeti’ has inevitably devolved into a conflict that is increasingly rese...
Egyptian soldiers captured by General Hemetti’s Rapid Support Forces at the Merowe base in Sudan.

unarmed officers

Egypt: The capture of Egyptian soldiers in Sudan alarms Cairo Images of an Egyptian brigade in Sudan have sparked concern and indignation on social networks in Egypt. While some demand Egypt’s armed forces to int...
© File photo of General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, head of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). (REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah)

power play

Premium badgeEgypt, UAE, Israel… How will the region react to the Sudan conflict? With Khartoum and Darfur in violent chaos following the clash between rival Sudanese generals, regional actors are wary of how the conflict may spill ...
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fraternal enemies

EXPLAINER: Sudan generals’ deadly fight for power Nearly 100 civilians have died and hundreds wounded in ongoing battles between Sudan’s regular army and a powerful paramilitary force after long-runni...