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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
A Timeline of Key Events in Sudan
Mar 5, 2026Ingie Gohar
This timeline traces the key political and military developments in Sudan from the 2018 uprising that toppled former President Omar al-Bashir to the ongoing wa…
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Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Saudi Arabia Confronts the Israel–UAE Alignment in Somalia
Feb 26, 2026Giorgio Cafiero
Israel’s December 2025 decision to recognize Somaliland’s unilateral declaration of independence was of grave concern to Saudi Arabia. Riyadh sees Somalia’s te…
Collective Analysis
The Arab World
The Legacies of the Middle East in 2025 Are Likely to Repeat in 2026
Jan 6, 2026Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Elobaid Elobaid Samia Errazzouki Imad K. Harb Marwan Kabalan Nabeel A. Khoury Laurie King Assal Rad Rend Al-Rahim Mtanes Shihadeh
In 2025, the Middle East and North Africa saw Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians and destabilizing military attacks across the wider region, Sudan’s unsalu…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Sudan: International Actors Need to be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem
Dec 1, 2025Gregory Aftandilian
The war in Sudan has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with an estimated 150,000 people dead and millions displaced since the conflict broke…
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SudanJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Sudan’s War on Civilians: A Continuation of Decades of Atrocities
Dec 1, 2025Yara M. Asi
For more than a year, the al-Saudi Maternity Hospital was the only functioning hospital in al-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan. The largest…
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The Horn of AfricaEnergy and Economics
Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan
Nov 12, 2025Lama Elhatow
Ethiopia’s highly contested and controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2025, marking the completion of…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Sudan’s War: The Failure of Mediation and the Struggle for Civilian Rule
Oct 31, 2025Ingie Gohar
On April 15, 2023, a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led b…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Is Sudan Approaching a Resolution of Its Two-Year Crisis?
Apr 15, 2025Imad K. Harb
Sudan’s ‘war of the generals’ between the Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) …
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SudanMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
War and Displacement in Sudan
Oct 22, 2024Heba Gowayed
In April 2023, violence broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in a power struggle between Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), an…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan
Aug 19, 2024Ahmed Idris Mutawakil Daqash
The war in Sudan, which broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has entered its s…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
One Year On: The Calamities of the Sudan Conflict
May 14, 2024Imad K. Harb
Thirteen months have passed since the eruption of the military dispute between Sudan’s powerful generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed F…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
In Sudan, Where Is the International Community’s Responsibility to Protect?
Aug 29, 2023Imad K. Harb
It has been more than four months since clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Ra…