Human rights and democracy advocates are expressing relief at the release of Sudanese civil society activists convicted of publishing fake reports or spying: Khalafalla Al-Afif, Midhat Hamdan and Mustafa Adam… Read more »
Following its independence in 2011, three years of civil war have left South Sudan on the cusp of full-scale genocide, with its sovereignty discredited by warring elites, asserts a new… Read more »
South Sudan’s government says it will take legal action against a US-based watchdog that has accused the leaders of the country’s warring sides of amassing fortunes during a nearly three-year… Read more »
A peace plan for South Sudan that was intended to end three years of fighting in the world’s newest nation has failed largely because it “depends on the cooperation of… Read more »
It’s been more than a month since soldiers in South Sudan, a country that gets more than a billion dollars a year in U.S. assistance, singled out American aid workers… Read more »
A leading Sudanese journalist has been released on bail so he could receive medical treatment for a previously existing condition. On July 16, South Sudanese national security agents arrested… Read more »
Africa’s recent coups should not be misinterpreted as reformist, according to a new analysis. Military coups that occurred within already authoritarian governments—Chad, Gabon, Sudan, and Zimbabwe—were led by actors who… Read more »
Seven countries in Africa have experienced successful coups since 2020, notes CSIS (above).* Six of the countries that have experienced military takeovers in recent years – Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso,… Read more »
Russia and China provide surge capacity to Africa’s kleptocratic networks, says a new report from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 showcased the… Read more »
George Clooney and John Prendergast on how the West can kill the Wagner virus https://t.co/PGI4wzZAzC from @TheEconomist - @IanECox – mentions Sudan but word #Darfur is absent https://t.co/PGI4wzZAzC — AfriCommons… Read more »