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Beja community authority in Sudan splits and threatens to gain an authonomy

The drift of Khartoum junta regime away from democracy stimulates minorities in the East of Sudan to fight for self-determination. Disputes within the High Council of Beja Nazirs and Independent…

September 1, 2022Eritrea, Sudan

Coup Governance

Sudanese political forces skeptically meet El Burhan’s proposal

The announcement about military’s withdrawal of the Sudanese current civilian government has been skeptically taken and rejected by the mainstream parties, resistance committees and other opposition groups of the country. On…

July 6, 2022Sudan

Geoeconomics

Africa loses gold deposit sovereignty and turns into Russian colony

Sudan has lost effective control over its gold deposits. Moscow expands its presence in the country and gets more involved in mining by using corrupt ties with the military junta…

June 29, 2022Russia, Sudan

Coup Estimates Governance

The possible failure of Sudanese democracy future

Sudan was plunged into further political turmoil when Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned, citing his failure to ensure a peaceful transition to democracy. With his resignation, Sudan appears to have once again…

January 3, 2022Sudan

Coup Democracy

The coup in Sudan: more external influence and higher domestic tension

RLI's forecast on vulnerability of power in Sudan following the coup failure on September 21, 2021, has been confirmed. The presence of ex-President al-Bashir in Sudan and the external influence…

October 25, 2021Sudan

Coup Intelligence ops

With military coup failed, Sudanese regime is still at risk

The takeover attempt in Sudan on September 21 rises from a national scale crisis and domestic discord among powerful institutions, including the army, amid foreign intervention, and points to the…

September 23, 2021Russia, Sudan

Conflict

Ethiopia in efforts to back Sudanese rebels, targeting to have a voice in Sudan and roil it

Khartoum is accusing Addis Ababa of arming rebels in its territory. Officials in Sudan said Ethiopia has provided "logistical support" to SPLM-N rebel groups led by Maj. Gen. Joseph Tuka Ali in the southern state of Blue Nile. However, Tuka…

March 18, 2021Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan

Conflict

Tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan and prospects for this standoff

Tensions between Ethiopia and Sudan continued to escalate, less than a week after Sudan accused an Ethiopian military aircraft of crossing into Sudan. The violation of Sudanese airspace and the…

January 22, 2021Ethiopia, Sudan

Geopolitics

Russian military buildup in Sudan to control the Red Sea transport routes and provide its mil presence in the Indian Ocean

Sudan has approved the deployment of Russian naval logistics base on its territory by pledging to develop and modernize the country's infrastructure in order to maintain and supply Russian warships, and provide…

November 16, 2020Sudan

Democracy Healthcare

Criminalization of FGM/C in Sudan is a good signal, but couldn’t change the situation with human rights

Sudan's government has criminalized female genital mutilation (FGM), clamping down on a practice that most of the country's women and girls have endured. Globally, more than 200 million of girl and…

May 26, 2020female genital mutilation, FGM, Somalia, Sudan

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