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Spotlight | Sudan
AU sets out plan to take the reins on Sudan de-escalation

Bankole Adeoye, African Union (AU) Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, and Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), talk between themselves as they arrive at the AU headquarters for a meeting of the Extended Mechanism on the Sudan Crisis in Addis Ababa on 2 May 2023. © Amanuel Sileshi/AFP

The African Union Commission, riding a wave of virulent criticism against US-Saudi mediation efforts on Sudan and amid the failure of various ceasefire agreements, is working on its own de-escalation plan, which Africa Intelligence has seen. [...]

Published on 30.05.2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 5 minutes

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Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
Abiy Ahmed Ali
African Union
Bankole Adeoye
Catherine Phee
Hemeti
Intergovernmental Authority on Development
Ismail Omar Guelleh
John Godfrey
Kaka
Mahamat Idriss Deby
Mary
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Mohamed Ibn Chambas
Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Molly Phee
Moussa Faki Mahamat
Olusegun Obasanjo
Peace and Security Council
Ramtane Lamamra
Rapid Support Forces
Salva Kiir
Sameh Shoukry
Sudanese Armed Forces
UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan
United Nations Security Council
Volker Perthes
William Ruto

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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo in South Africa, 2 November 2022.

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Algeria's then FM Ramtane Lamamra at the UN General Assembly, NYC, US, 26 September 2022.

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The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, in Addis Ababa, on 18 February 2023.

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South Sudan's Vice President Riek Machar in Juba, 3 February 2023.

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Sudan
Sudan civil war spreads to judicial arena

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Sudan
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Sudan
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Smoke billows over buildings in southern Khartoum on 29 May 2023, amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals.

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Sudanese men pan for gold at the village of al-Abidiya in northern Sudan in 2010.

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Sudan
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Sudan
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Sudan
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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo during a press conference at Rapid Support Forces headquarter in Khartoum, on 19 February 2023.

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Satellite image of Khartoum International Airport, 17 April 2023.

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Spotlight | Sudan
Hemeti and Burhan prepare to cross swords

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Top: Hemeti (right) with Russian Deputy Defence Minister Alexander Movin on 26 February 2022. Bottom: Burhan (left) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince MbZ on 10 March 2022.

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

Spotlight | Sudan
AU sets out plan to take the reins on Sudan de-escalation

Inner circles | Africa
Ghazouani marshals his AU presidency team

Spotlight | Africa
Nairobi bets on AU reform to place Odinga as commission head

Sudan
African Union: Sudan on the agenda at heads of state summit

Nigeria
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Somalia
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Future of UNITAMS up in air

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Algeria's Ramtane Lamamra in pole position for UN special envoy post

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Political players opposed to Sudan civil war seek to unify voices

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South Sudan
Machar camp threatens to boycott 2024 elections

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Chad all but deprived of trade routes after Niger coup

Sudan
Sudan civil war spreads to judicial arena

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AU takes issue with its partners over Sudan mediation

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Spotlight | Sudan
Security Council paralysed by internal tensions

Spotlight | Sudan
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