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The case for the White House’s Security Council resolution on Sudan, made by two senior administration officials. Foreign Policy ->

This essay concludes a three-part series by the author on agriculture in Sudan. Read the previous instalments here and here. A different approach is needed to determine what to invest in, where to invest, who should benefit, how investments …

When four members of Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms travelled to London in March 2026 to accept the Chatham House Prize on behalf of the movement, the ceremony was widely celebrated as a moment of recognition for one of the most …

Rival Sudanese factions are scrambling to win over Washington ahead of this month’s UN General Assembly. The Africa Report ->

On Foreign Interest, the Ideal Militia, and What a Coloniser Prays He Leaves Behind My grandmother never said displacement. She said: we left the house and the water took it. But the water did not take it. The state took it. A state that …

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has discovered dialogue again. After years of promises, a military coup, emergency rule, war rhetoric and political exclusion, Sudan’s army chief now says he wants a comprehensive dialogue inside the country …

Less than 200 kilometres from Darfur, Abéché, the capital of Chad’s Ouaddaï province, has become one of the main havens in the Sudanese crisis. Refugees, aid workers, traders and soldiers cross paths in a city where ties with its neighbour …

US Trump envoy Massad Boulos goes after drone warfare that has given the Sudanese Armed Forces a battlefield edge against the Rapid Support Forces. The Africa Report ->

This article is translated and adapted from an Arabic article published in Sudanese Online. The ideas reflect arguments presented by the author in his book on agriculture in Sudan. For decades, Sudan has been described as one of Africa’s …

Central African Republic Prime Minister Félix Moloua visited Vakaga following attacks, but the population fears a fresh assault amid a simmering crisis. The Africa Report ->

In February 2026, the US and Israel went to war against Iran. Since then, there have been multiple attempts at partial de-escalation through negotiations. However, the recent Memorandum of Understanding signed by the US in June in …

“Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen’s possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society.”  Fernando Hen

Sharmout, a traditional Sudanese dried meat, is already popular among Sudanese communities abroad where it is transported and sold through the ‘suitcase trade.’ The challenge now is turning an informa

In February 2026, the Ghana Revenue Authority deployed Publican AI at Tema Port —software that analyses import declarations, benchmarks values against global trade databases, and flags anomalies befor

I. Magdala The mountainside fortress is called Magdala. It is perched above the Ethiopian highlands, a stone fist raised against the sky. In its austere regality an eleven-year-old boy named Sahle Mar

For twenty years I have worked strengthening African governance and multilateral institutions. Across each sector – security, economic development, education reform and humanitarian aid – I heard insp

What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the climate crisis, structural underdevelopment in Africa and the f

One year after his passing, how should we remember Ngugi? 1. The early years At first, it was just enough to write. Because the silence had gone on for too long. In just a hundred years, between 1860

For decades, Africa’s place in the global oil economy was not merely subordinate; it was designed to be so. Crude flowed out. Refined fuel flowed back in. Value accumulated elsewhere. This was not an

Artificial intelligence is lowering the cost of authoritarian control in Africa. The danger is not only mass surveillance, but a state that can abort reformist change before it is even born. Dictators

As international diplomatic efforts intensify in attempts to overcome Libya’s prolonged political deadlock, a renewed US approach has emerged, marked by a noticeable tone of optimism that sits uneasil