Sudan & South Sudan

Khartoum, Sudan.- Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo (left) meets with the Chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, General Abdel Fattah el-Burhan (right), in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 25, 2020. Pompeo arrived this Tuesday ( 25) to Sudan in the first visit by a head of US diplomacy in 15 years, as part of a regional tour to convince other Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates. Pompeo, arrived directly from Israel on a first historic flight between the two countries.

Podcast Episode

What’s the significance of the US-Israel-Sudan normalization deal?

Zach Vertin and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 23, 2020

Sudanese protesters march in a demonstration to mark the anniversary of a transitional power-sharing deal with demands for quicker political reforms in Khartoum, Sudan August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Order from Chaos

Normalizing Sudan-Israel relations now is a dangerous game

Payton Knopf and Jeffrey Feltman

Thursday, September 24, 2020

Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok lift copies of a signed peace agreement with the country's five key rebel groups, a significant step towards resolving deep-rooted conflicts that raged under former leader Omar al-Bashir, in Juba, South Sudan August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Samir Bol

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Sudan peace deal, Ethiopia elections, and Eastern and Southern Africa updates

Payce Madden

Saturday, September 12, 2020

REFILE - REMOVING ERRONEOUS WORD Sudanese protesters march during a demonstration to commemorate 40 days since the sit-in massacre in Khartoum North, Sudan July 13, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah - RC18149625F0

Sudan & South Sudan

US inaction is handicapping Sudan’s revolution

Zach Vertin and Jon Temin

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Reports

A Saudi border guard patrols Saudi Arabia's maritime border with Yemen along a beach on the Red Sea, near Jizan April 8, 2015. Iran sent two warships to the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, state media reported, establishing a military presence off the coast of Yemen where Saudi Arabia is leading a bombing campaign to oust the Iran-allied Houthi movement. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser - GF10000052482

Gulf States

Red Sea geopolitics: Six plotlines to watch

Zach Vertin

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stands next to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt November 27, 2018. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY? - RC171E79B100

Gulf States

Toward a Red Sea forum: The Gulf, the Horn of Africa, and architecture for a new regional order

Zach Vertin

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Report

The role of civil-military-police coordination in supporting durable solutions to displacement

Elizabeth Ferris and Sarah Deardorff Miller

Friday, May 29, 2015

Report

An African Solution to Internal Displacement: AU Leaders Agree to Landmark Convention

Andrew Solomon

Friday, October 23, 2009

Report

Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons

Walter Kälin

Monday, August 3, 2009

Blog Posts

A handout satellite image shows a view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia July 12, 2020. Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE WATERMARK

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Election updates, Ethiopia begins to fill the GERD, and Sudan’s democratic transition moves forward

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, July 25, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- Community leaders closed Sophumelela High School, sending all students home after 4 teachers tested positive for COVID-19 and one of them died in Cape Town, South Africa on June 18 2020. Health Minister Dr. Zweli Mkhize admitted that, according to the World Health Organization, South Africa did not qualify to go to level 3 reopening, thus increasing the number of Covid-19 infected in the country, with 83,890 positive cases. (NO RESALE)

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: COVID-19, debt relief, and political updates

Payce Madden and Mary Treacy

Saturday, June 20, 2020

Members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) lift empty ballot boxes at a voting station during the Presidential, Legislative and Communal council elections, under the simmering political violence and the growing threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Gitega, Burundi May 20, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana

Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Burundi, Benin, South Sudan, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski

Saturday, May 23, 2020

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Experts

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

@ Brookings Podcast: The Sudan Referendum–Path to Peace?

Friday, February 25, 2011

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Reports

Arab Spring 2.0? The shifting sands threatening MENA politics

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South Sudan: The untold story from independence to civil war

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