Rapid Support Forces

Sudan
Composition of UN panel of experts called into question

The mandate of the experts has been renewed until next March, but is currently paralysed by the United Nations Security Council. Port Sudan is subtly opposing the appointment of two of its members.

Sudan
No UN return to Khartoum until at least 2026

A UN evaluation team considers that the Sudanese capital is still too dangerous for the relocation of its activities, while the Sovereignty Council has set a six-month deadline for reinstating its government in Khartoum.

The New Guard
Burundi, Sudan, Central African Republic

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

BurundiTabitha Mukamusoni, from Bujumbura to Canadian airwaves

SudanHauam Mohammed Bushra, guardian of civil society

Central African RepublicSouleymane Bi Hassan wants to put livestock farmers on the map

The New Guard
South Africa, Morocco, Sudan

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

South AfricaJaco-Louis du Plessis, soldier turned business diplomacy consultant

MoroccoAsmaa Chakir Alaoui, queen of the pros on two wheels

SudanHozaifa Elsiddig, art against arms

Chad, Sudan
The winding arms supply routes from Beijing to N'Djamena via Abu Dhabi

Chad has taken delivery of the latest generation of Chinese anti-aircraft defence systems. They were supplied by the UAE, which is regularly criticised over their support for the Rapid Support Forces that are battling the regular Sudanese army in the civil war.

Sudan
RSF and allies to hold meeting in Nairobi

Almost two years since the start of the civil war, the Rapid Support Forces and their supporters will meet for the second time in the Kenyan capital from 12 to 14 April.

Central African Republic
Wagner launches recruitment drive in the north

The Russian group's paramilitaries have begun training young militiamen from the Gula ethnic group to extend their control and secure their interests in the Vakaga prefecture, on the border with Sudan and Chad.

Kenya, Sudan
Kenyan tea squeezes into Sudan despite import ban

The diplomatic wrangling between the two states rumbles on, after Sudan's embassy responded to remarks by William Ruto. The Kenyan president had insisted his country was still exporting tea to Sudan, despite a recently imposed embargo.

Sudan
UAE solicits new AU Commission

In an effort to safeguard her country's interests in Sudan, UAE Deputy Foreign Minister Lana Zaki Nusseibeh has requested a meeting with African Union Commissioner Paps Bankole Adeoye.

Sudan
With new Constitution signed, RSF and allies plot parallel state

The newly-formed Sudan Founding Alliance is expected to pave the way for a future alternative government to that in Port Sudan. A yet-to-be revealed transition timetable is also in the works.