Sudan
Riyadh wires millions of dollars for two RSF defectors

The New Guard
Senegal, Egypt, Morocco

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

SenegalAbdoul Ahad Ndiaye, the president's new transport tsar

EgyptTamim Khallaf, a key diplomat sent to Beirut

MoroccoMunicipal Councillor Azelarab Hilmi becomes voice for youth

Sudan
Hemeti challenges Port Sudan's currency stranglehold

As the Rapid Support Forces organise themselves around a financial ecosystem, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's government is seeing its efforts to reintegrate international financial circuits run up against Washington.

Ethiopia, Sudan
Quintet mediation in Addis Ababa derailed by divisions

The delicate attempt to unite Sudan's political class around a common roadmap fell apart on the margins of talks in Addis Ababa at the start of June. Beneath the veneer of agreement on a preparatory committee, deep fault lines paralysed international mediation.

Sudan
Burhan undermines the RSF from within

By orchestrating the defection of Major General Al-Nour Guba, the SAF intelligence services managed to outmanoeuvre the paramilitaries. However, the role Guba played in the El Fasher massacres raises questions, even within the ranks of the regular army.