The US said Chad’s presidential elections were a “milestone” in the transition process, despite shortfalls in organizing the vote and adjudicating electoral disputes. “We welcome the peaceful conduct of the voting and its aftermath, although we regret the multiple casualties from celebratory gunfire that followed the announcement of provisional results on May 9,” the US […]
World rating agency Standard & Poors has downgraded its long-term foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings of Egypt to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’. It has also switched its outlook is negative, citing recent political developments that weakened Egypt’s institutions and the increasingly polarized political discourse that could undermine the effectiveness of policy-making. According to S&P, a […]
A delegation of paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces, led by Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, arrived in Geneva on Wednesday August 14, for talks on a ceasefire in Sudan. The regular Sudanese army, for its part, continues to sulk at these new negotiations, even though the United States seems determined to move forward. “The talks have […]
