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Three people killed as Sudan's security forces used live ammunition to suppress demonstrations against the military coup. Various groups have stopped sending aid to Sudan - but Joseph Tucker from the U.S. Institute of Peace says much greater pressure is needed from countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt - and warns that there's a risk of further violence in days ahead...
Sudan’s move toward democracy is in peril, after the military seized control of the country’s transitional government in a coup. The country’s democratic project began just two years ago, after Sudan’s longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir was ousted amid mass protests in 2019. Civil society and protest leaders and the military ultimately reached a power-sharing arrangement that put both in charge of the country with the commitment of transitioning to full civilian rule, which would lead to a new constitution and elections in 2023...
Sudan’s top generals seized power on Monday, plunging the country into chaos. The coup leaders arrested Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and imposed a state of emergency. To discuss the latest in Khartoum, we’re joined today on the Warcast by Joseph Tucker. Joseph is a senior expert for the Greater Horn of Africa at the U.S. Institute of Peace...
After the military takeover of the Sudanese government, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with deposed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was released from custody Tuesday. The U.S. is calling for a return to the civilian-led transition to democracy, as VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports...
Jeffrey Feltman’s plane took off in the early hours of Monday morning after a frantic weekend of high-stakes diplomatic meetings in Sudan. Feltman, U.S. President Joe Biden’s special envoy for the Horn of Africa, was in Khartoum meeting with top Sudanese power brokers to try to shore up the country’s shaky transitional government and try to salvage its uneven path to democracy...
The U.S. has been trying to help Sudan emerge from decades of a brutal regime that was accused of genocide and terrorism. This week, the U.S. envoy for the region thought he was making progress in keeping a transitional government on track. But Sudanese generals had other ideas and launched a military coup just as he left...
U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman will visit Khartoum this week amid what Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has called the “worst and most dangerous" crisis of Sudan’s transition to democracy, two sources with direct knowledge tell Axios...
The Biden administration is narrowing the list of potential candidates to be the first U.S. ambassador sent to Sudan in decades, and a top counterterrorism official is at the top of the list, according to...
Sudan has overcome a major hurdle in its path toward massive debt relief that could see nearly 90% of the country’s debt burden cleared over the coming years. The announcement by the International Monetary Fund means Khartoum is now able to get loans, along with international aid and development...
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has named a new cabinet in keeping with the Juba Agreement. But is this new government a genuine step towards meeting popular demands or simply a smoke screen for keeping the military in power?