Vol 67 No 11 | SUDANUNITED ARAB EMIRATES From Colombia to Khartoum 29th May 2026 Colombian private military contractors transited through United Arab Emirates military bases before being deployed to Sudan to support the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Human Rights Watch (HRW) said...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 10 | SUDANUNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi ups the stakes with weapons case against Sudan army insiders 4th May 2026 Charges against 13 people, including General Yasir al Atta in absentia, push the UAE’s confrontation with Gen Al Burhan’s camp into a more dangerous phase The United Arab Emirates has opened up a new front in its diplomatic war with the Sudan Armed Forces after charging 13 individuals and six companies with weapons... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 8 | SUDANUNITED STATESEUROPEAN UNIONGULF STATES Berlin raises €1.5bn for Sudan but fails to rein in its warlords 17th April 2026 Three years into a war that has killed 150,000 people, the world's diplomats found it easier to write cheques than to name the Gulf states fuelling the fighting More than 120 delegations met in Berlin on April 15 for an international conference marking three years of Sudan's civil war and raising pledges of over €1.5 billion...
Vol 67 No 8 | KENYASUDAN Ruto’s RSF ties under scrutiny 17th April 2026 Allegations over Kenya’s role in Sudan’s conflict – all denied by Nairobi – are straining relations with Khartoum The detail in a United States Treasury Department sanctions list in February that Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa, the youngest brother of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...
Vol 67 No 8 | ETHIOPIASUDANTURKEY A new axis emerges 17th April 2026 Fresh evidence reveals covert military cooperation on Ethiopia’s western frontier, reshaping the dynamics of Sudan’s war When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in February, he raised questions about Ethiopia’s rumoured involvement in Sudan’s war and the alleged presence...
Vol 67 No 7 | SOUTH AFRICASUDANSOUTH SUDANTRIBUTE The loss of a peacemaker: Adieu Nicholas Haysom 3rd April 2026 Fink Haysom, the anti-apartheid lawyer who helped end Sudan's north-south war and spent his final years trying to mediate in South Sudan serial crises, has died The death of Nicholas ‘Fink’ Haysom in New York on 17 March strips the United Nations of its most tenacious voice for accountability in South Sudan and is...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 6 | SUDANUNITED STATES Washington sanctions Muslim Brotherhood but spares Hemeti, for now 16th March 2026 Some of the most effective Islamist militias fighting alongside Burhan’s SAF could be hit by the US ban On the face of it, the US State Department’s designation on 9 March of the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation is a setback for General... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 5 | SUDANUNITED NATIONS UN says Hemeti’s RSF committed genocide in siege of El Fasher 23rd February 2026 Growing evidence of atrocities, and the UAE’s support for the militia, hasn’t changed the dynamics of the war The conclusions of the UN report that atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces militia in and around El Fasher bear the ‘hallmarks of genocide’ will increase pressure... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 3 | SUDANSAUDI ARABIAUNITED ARAB EMIRATES Riyadh flashes the gold card 2nd February 2026 Gulf State monarchies escalate their proxy war in Sudan with weapons and petro-dollars Saudi Arabia is set to cash in on the fury of the Sudan Armed Forces regime in Khartoum at the United Arab Emirates, which is seen by... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 1 | SUDANEAST AFRICAAFRICA IN 2026 Undoing what remains of the nation 9th January 2026 Geopolitical tensions are rising, clashes between the powers behind the warring parties are increasing, and the communal element of the fighting is worsening Sudan’s conflict is changing. What started as a military confrontation between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces in April 2023 has evolved into something else...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 1 | SUDAN Region’s leaders urge Burhan to back US peace talks 22nd December 2025 Sudan Armed Forces have so far refused idea of direct talks with RSF opponents Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el Sisi have put the hard sell on Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al Burhan... READ FOR FREE
