German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock received a briefing on the situation in South Sudan at the headquarters of the UN Blue Helmet mission in the East African country in the face of a worsening humanitarian crisis. Baerbock was welcomed in the capital Juba on Friday by the deputy head of the military observation mission and […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock held talks in Kenya in East Africa on Thursday on a trip that will largely focus on the conflict in Sudan. Kenyan President William Ruto received the top German diplomat at one of his country residences, the Sagana Lodge. It is located about 170 kilometres north of the capital Nairobi […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for increased efforts to find a negotiated solution to the power struggle in Sudan, ahead of a visit to the region. Together with partners in East Africa, she wants to explore ways of “finally getting the two generals who are enemies in Sudan to the negotiating table so […]
Sudan is suspending its membership of north-east African bloc Igad over an attempt to mediate the brutal conflict in the country. Igad has been trying to end the nine month-long war between Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). On Thursday Sudan’s government criticised Igad for inviting the RSF’s chief to […]
Editor’s Note: Justin Lynch is a researcher and analyst in Washington, DC. He is co-author of the book “Sudan’s Unfinished Democracy.” The views expressed here are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. CNN — Four years ago, almost to the day, the people of Sudan were celebrating a revolution after overthrowing longtime dictator Omar […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Wednesday it has determined that both sides in the ongoing conflict in Sudan have committed atrocities in the African nation’s western region of Darfur and elsewhere, saying the fighting “has caused grievous human suffering.” The State Department said the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces are […]
In August, fellow reporter Jason Patinkin and I crossed on foot from northern Uganda into rebel-held South Sudan. Over the course of four days, we walked more than 40 miles through the bush, escorted by rebel soldiers, to shed light on one of the world’s most underreported conflicts. Reporting on South Sudan’s war, which began […]