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ERITREA SUDAN

Red Sea ambitions of Isaias Afwerki thwarted

Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in Khartoum in 2019.
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki in Khartoum in 2019. © Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
The Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki has been snubbed by the authorities in Khartoum after trying to increase his influence in eastern Sudan by playing on local community tensions. [...] (835 words)
Issue dated 18/08/2022 Reading time 4 minutes
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Left: The meeting between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mahamat Idriss Déby on 31 March. Right: Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. © Presidence.td - @GeneralDagllo/Twitter
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD SUDAN Diplomacy 14/04/2022

Unease in Khartoum and N'Djamena as Kaka, Hemeti and Wagner dance a three-step 

Domestic political agendas are in the process of remodelling the regional balance of power between Sudan and Chad while, in the neighbouring Central African Republic, the role of Wagner, which is an ally of Sudan but hostile to Chad, is raising questions.
Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki. © Ministry of Information/Facebook
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HORN OF AFRICA Diplomacy 27/01/2022

Afwerki's diplomatic blitz to mediate between Khartoum and Addis 

With implicit support from the Emirates and with less than two weeks to prepare, the Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki took on the role of mediator between his neighbours. An initiative which could be seen as an act of defiance directed towards international institutions, and not least the UN, which has placed sanctions on Eritrea.

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