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Sudan crisis may destabilize wider region as army-rebels truces fail

As fighting continues to rage in Sudan’s capital Khartoum after a 24-hour-ceasefire failed to hold, African and world leaders warned of the real danger that the escalating crisis in Sudan could spill over to the wider region and degenerate into a security and humanitarian crisis on a disastrous scale. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday […]

Libya: political agreement due for September 20, Leon exalted

The ongoing Libyan dialogue in Geneva may yield a quick agreement by September 20 according the UNMIL Chief Bernardino Leon who praised the climate of talks. The UN envoy for the Libyan political crisis sounded very optimistic on the second day of the dialogue that has registered the participation of the hardline General National Congress […]

Somalia offers U.S. exclusive access to key ports and airbases amid rising tensions

Somalia has extended an offer to the United States for exclusive control over strategic airbases and ports in the Gulf of Aden, thus adding a new geopolitical twist to great-power competition in the Horn of Africa. In a letter from president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to U.S. president Donald Trump, Somalia proposed granting the U.S. operational […]