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Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs), a grassroots network of volunteer aid groups, have been awarded the 2025 Rafto Prize for human rights work, in recognition of their life-saving efforts amid the country’s deepening war and humanitarian collapse. Founded during the 2023 civil war between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the ERRs emerged […]
More than 42 million people across six East and Horn of Africa countries are facing acute food insecurity in 2025, according to a grim new report from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). The Regional Focus of the 2025 Global Report on Food Crises, released Tuesday (16 September), reveals that Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, […]
Egypt and Sudan have reiterated their opposition to unilateral actions on Ethiopia’s Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), declaring their water security “one and indivisible”. The position was made clear in Cairo during a “2+2” consultation meeting on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, that brought together the foreign and irrigation ministers from both countries. In a joint […]
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), was sworn in on Sunday, August 31, as leader of a self-declared parallel government in Nyala, capital of South Darfur State. The Sudanese Founding Alliance, a coalition aligned with the RSF, confirmed that Abdelaziz Adam al-Hilu was sworn in as Dagalo’s deputy, alongside a […]
In a growing diplomatic rift, Sudan is urging Somalia to help cut off what it calls a dangerous flow of foreign mercenaries and weapons — allegedly routed through Puntland with backing from the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sudan’s intelligence chief, Lt-Gen Ahmed Ibrahim Ali Mufaddal, met Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in Mogadishu this week, […]
On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, the United Nations has raised alarm over the dire humanitarian crisis in El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, where about 260,000 people remain trapped under siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The city has been a frontline in Sudan’s year-long conflict between the RSF and the national Army, […]
In the shadow of official diplomacy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a central — but often overlooked — force in Africa’s escalating conflicts, according to observers and experts on the region. “Most people blame the United States, while others are suspicious of China … however, … the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is […]
The Sudanese Government has convened in Khartoum on Tuesday, August 26, for the first time since the outbreak of war in April 2023, with Prime Minister Kamil Idris and 22 Cabinet members focusing discussions on launching an inclusive national Dialogue and restoring stability. The meeting also addressed foreign relations, peacebuilding efforts, and strategies to rebuild […]
Tunisia was flagged among four other African nations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for prolonged delays in completing their mandatory Article IV consultations. The other African nations are: Sudan, Eritrea, Liberia, and Senegal, among 13 member states globally. Article IV consultations are annual economic assessments conducted by IMF staff to evaluate a country’s macroeconomic […]
Senior officials from over 30 countries and international bodies have called for an immediate end to the siege of El Fasher in Sudan’s North Darfur, where hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped without essential supplies. In a joint statement issued on Thursday, August 14, signatories including the UK, Canada, Spain, Norway, Sweden, and the […]