Spotlight | Sudan
US casts wider net to keep Jeddah peace talks alive

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African Union, Sudan
AU struggles to advance inter-Sudanese dialogue

In the absence of the Taqaddum coalition and other movements who have not taken sides in Sudan's civil war, a preparatory meeting co-organised by the African Union and IGAD was criticised for lacking balance.

Sudan
Taqaddum coalition uncertain about attending AU's Sudan summit

The Taqaddum movement claims that there was insufficient consultation on the agenda and list of participants invited to the pan-African institution's extraordinary summit on Sudan, due to begin on 10 July. As such, it is reluctant to send representatives.

Sudan
Taqaddum civil movement in Juba to talk peace

A Taqaddum delegation is visiting the South Sudanese capital for a few days. It is due to meet President Salva Kiir and Sudanese rebel leaders who have sought sanctuary there.

Senegal
Presidential candidate Daouda Ndiaye's wide-ranging networks

The malaria specialist, who is a candidate in next month's presidential poll in Senegal, is particularly well connected in the US. He is also benefiting from the advice of a French consultant familiar with Africa.

Sudan
Sudan to get new humanitarian coordination mechanism

The organisers of the Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Conference held in Cairo in late November are hoping to set up a new mechanism in January to better coordinate the humanitarian response to the Sudanese conflict.

Sudan
Future of UNITAMS up in air

The Security Council is pondering the future of the UN mission in Sudan, which has been on hold since fighting broke out in April. Its mandate may be extended for a few months but its long-term fate is uncertain.

Sudan
Tensions emerge amid efforts to draft new constitution

The Max Planck Foundation is helping Sudanese civilians lay the groundwork for a constitution, but the involvement of a coalition close to the army has sparked uproar.

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

The position has been vacant since the resignation on September 13 of Germany's Volker Perthes, who had been appointed in 2021.

Sudan
London puts Burhan and Hemeti under pressure at the UN

The UN Human Rights Council will vote next week on the creation of a commission of enquiry into abuses committed during the Sudan conflict. The draft resolution put forward by the United Kingdom, seen by Africa Intelligence, points the finger at both the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army.

Sudan
Global Fund and health minister clash over aid millions

The world's largest financier of AIDS, TB, and malaria prevention and treatment has redirected its grants for Sudan to the United Nations Development Programme. The country's health minister fears the money now won't reach key healthcare programmes.

Sudan
Sudan civil war spreads to judicial arena

The Sudanese Armed Forces plan to submit a file on alleged abuses by Hemeti's Rapid Support Forces militia to the ICC by the end of the month. A civilian close to ousted president Omar al-Bashir's regime has been tasked with compiling it.

Sudan
EU to penalise Hemeti and Burhan's entourage

The EU is preparing to slap sanctions on some in the entourage of the two belligerents in Sudan's conflict. The European External Action Service is finalising a list of people and companies linked to the country's two strongmen.

Sudan
Brussels attempts conflict resolution through political concord

In light of the failed US-Saudi-led talks, Europe's diplomats are trying to get actors from civil society and political parties on the same page, a task fraught with difficulties given the many points that divide them.

Sudan
Hemeti gains recruits in Darfur rear base

The Rapid Support Forces have been joined by a division of the Central Reserve Police, a paramilitary unit inherited from the Bashir era that has fought alongside the army in the current conflict.