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Representatives of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council said it had chosen to abandon the Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s inaugural African Peace and Security Dialogue in Gauteng on Sunday. (Thabo Mbeki Foundation)
ABDEL FATTAH AL BURHAN

Sudan’s government abandons Thabo Mbeki Foundation’s peace dialogue

The foundation hosted its inaugural Africa Peace & Security Dialogue to identify solutions to the continent’s conflicts This content is restricted to registered users and…

  • Umamah Bakharia
1 min read
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Pretoria, South Africa on January 04, 2024. (Photo by Presidency of South Africa / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Why did Cyril Ramaphosa gladhand a genocidal general?

Hemedti’s stop in Pretoria was part of a continent-wide trip to shore up support and gain legitimacy

  • Jesse Copelyn
3 min read
Gutted: Businesses and homes have been torn apart in Sudan’s capital. (Photo by Omer Erdem/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
CEASEFIRE

Sudan fighting hits home

First, they took away people’s dreams of democracy and peace. Now the men with guns are looting and occupying their homes

  • Liban Mahamad
  • The Continent
2 min read
Soldiers listen as Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan speaks after the Sudanese army foiled a coup attempt in the country in Khartoum, Sudan on September 21, 2021. (Photo by Sovereignty Council of Sudan / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
ABDALLAH HAMDOK

Why handing over ICC suspects could help Sudan’s transition

A failed coup in September, weeks of brinkmanship, and a looming crisis in eastern Sudan have laid bare tensions between civilians and military leaders

  • Jehanne Henry
6 min read