Vol 59 No 12 | SUDAN Offensives and reshuffles 15th June 2018 A new cabinet is appointed in the midst of an economic meltdown as the army plans to wipe out the rebels in Darfur The proposal by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, the United Nations head of Peacekeeping Operations, on 11 June to halve the UN-African Union peacekeeping force to 4,050 soldiers over the next...
Vol 59 No 9 | SUDAN Diplomats down, spies up 4th May 2018 A veteran spy chief returns and the foreign minister is pushed out as President El Beshir tries to prolong his tenure The sacking of Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour on 18 April after he complained in parliament that diplomats hadn't been paid for seven months points to the depth of the economic ...
Vol 58 No 15 | SUDANUNITED STATES Sanctions test for Trump 21st July 2017 The US delays its sanctions decision, handing Khartoum a political defeat and rights activists a moral victory. But for how long? Washington's deferral for three months of a decision on the 'permanent' lifting of trade sanctions on Sudan was as much about domestic politics and disarray in the White House as a...
Vol 58 No 15 | SUDAN Khartoum comes to Kensington 21st July 2017 A supporter of Sudan's President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir in London has angered survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire. The 14 June blaze claimed at least 80 lives, including peop...
Vol 58 No 13 | SUDAN Split threatens food supplies 23rd June 2017 As the pre-harvest hunger gap begins and cholera spreads in Sudan and South Sudan, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North split threatens the sporadic food and medical suppli...
Vol 58 No 1 | SUDAN Money and the military 6th January 2017 As its foreign reserves dwindle, the Khartoum regime will face mounting protest on the street and a more determined opposition Rising economic pressure and growing popular protest will test the National Congress Party (NCP) regime again this year and much will depend on the ability of opposition groups, bo...
Vol 57 No 25 | SUDAN Breaking point 16th December 2016 Civil Disobedience Day on 19 December has created a widespread sense of expectation in what could be the biggest show of opposition since the government shot dead over 200 demonstr...
Vol 57 No 22 | SUDAN The securocrats get stronger 4th November 2016 Under pressure, President Omer is cutting the power of the party and the army and relying more on his security agents and enforcers The regime's power-base is shrinking after the formal end of its National Dialogue initiative on 10 October. President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir had hoped that the planned return...
Vol 57 No 20 | SUDAN Did Khartoum cross the line? 7th October 2016 France joins human rights groups to demand an international probe into claims that Khartoum used chemical weapons in its Darfur war Claims in an Amnesty International report released on 29 September that the Sudanese regime may have used chemical weapons in Darfur will again test United Nations and African Unio...
Vol 57 No 8 | SUDANUNITED STATES A last blast for sanctions 11th April 2016 During President Obama's final months in office, he should target sanctions more effectively at the Khartoum regime, argues a Washington lobby group A new report from the United States-based, Africa-focussed Enough Project proposes that President Barack Obama's government should use a similar range of finely tuned financial and...