What Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis can teach us about Ethiopia - Devex

Thursday, November 26, 2020

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Earlier this month, tensions between Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s national government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a rival political party that controls the Tigray region in the north, escalated into catastrophic violence. To-date, more than 40,000 civilians...

The Fall of Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the 'Spider' at the Heart of Sudan's Web - New York Times

Thursday, April 11, 2019

News Type: USIP in the News

President Omar Hassan al-Bashir loved to tell the story about his broken tooth. As a schoolboy working on a construction site, he told supporters in January, he fell and broke the tooth while carrying a heavy load. Instead of seeking treatment he rinsed his mouth with saltwater and kept working. Later, after he...

Will South Sudan's New Peace Agreement Hold This Time? - NPR

Thursday, November 8, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

Tens of thousands of South Sudanese cheered, paraded and danced around the grounds of the John Garang Memorial Park in the capital city of Juba last week, celebrating a fresh peace deal. It was a striking change of mood for a country that has seen little joy in the past five years, ripped apart by a civil war that has displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands dead. Rebel leader, Riek Machar, who once served as the country's vice president, had flown back from exile and took the stage last Thursday along with South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir. The arch...

South Sudan: Juba residents jubilant over new peace deal - Al Jazeera

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

News Type: USIP in the News

Thousands of residents of South Sudan's capital Juba have been celebrating a peace deal struck between President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar, which rekindles hope that the guns will stop firing. The second power-sharing agreement deal was signed on Sunday in Khartoum...