A Civilian Façade: Riyadh’s Push to Rebrand Burhan Collapses on His Record
Saudi Arabia is quietly trying to build a civilian political base around Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, according to Africa Intelligence,...
Sudan: Burhan’s ‘arms-first’ diplomacy is aimed at surviving an unwinnable war
Sudan’s army leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has no plans for peace in Sudan, let alone a civilian‑led, internationally supported settlement. Instead, he is...
Reality check: Kamil Idris’ Al-Jazeera article misses the Sudan peace point again
There will not have been many international leaders taken in by Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris’ opinion article published this week on the Al-Jazeera...
Integration of Islamist Forces by Sudan’s Yasser al-Atta Set to Deepen, Not Ease, International Alarm
Lieutenant General Yasser al-Atta, member of the Sovereign Council and Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), stated on Saturday that arrangements are...
Sudan: Another tradeable chip in the Saudi-Iranian rapprochement
The US-Israeli air war against Iran has thrown into relief a curious symmetry of interests between Iran and Saudi Arabia in the future of...
Sudan: CNN and Lighthouse Reports publish evidence of SAF ethnically motivated atrocities
CNN has reported that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias have carried out a campaign of ethnically targeted killings in Sudan’s Gezira...
Sudan: The SAF’s tap-dance over talks continues
Will they or won’t they? The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are tap-dancing their way around the latest negotiations for a ceasefire, always imposing new...
A ‘New Sudan’: Is Hemedti’s ‘vision’ closer to reality than Burhan’s?
As the world’s pontificators and peacemakers gather over the coming months in their various forums—be those the UN General Assembly or the backrooms of Europe and the United States—to discuss the world’s worst conflict-driven...