Once mighty Sudan Armed Forces have made military and political errors, raising prospects of breakup of Sudan
The Sudan Armed Forces should be thought of as a complex institution. They are not just an amalgamation of caricaturised generals preoccupied with furthering their personal interests or ethnic agendas.
The institution itself is older than independent Sudan and has always guarded its autonomy from the state and society.
World questions whether Haiti PM Henry is fleeing from gangs at home or navigating safe return after Kenya trip
Prime Minister Ariel Henry travelled to Kenya last week to seal a deal to launch a UN-backed multinational security force to fight gangs in Haiti, which sparked violence and calls by a top gang leader for him to step down and stay away from the country.
Prospect of gangs taking control of government in Haiti is forcing US to push PM Henry to speed up transition
Jimmy Cherizier, alias Barbeque, who leads a broad alliance of criminal gangs that have been fuelling a dire humanitarian crisis in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, has signalled the gangs could fight the proposed mission as a united front and that the city’s international airport is no longer secure.
Senegal elects President Sall’s successor on March 24, ending uncertainty that had shrouded the West Africa nation
Prime Minister Amadou Ba, an election frontrunner who has been endorsed by the outgoing president, was replaced by Sidiki Kaba who was the interior minister.
Anti-Trump Republicans change name to ‘Haley Voters for Biden’ as Biden, Trump woo Haley voters
Almost 570,000 voters in three key battleground states – Nevada, North Carolina and Michigan – voted for Haley in the Republican nominating contest, a small but potentially significant group in races that have been decided by tiny margins in recent elections.
World’s largest hunger crisis is in the offing as ruinous Sudan conflict rages, UN official warns
Cindy McCain, head of the World Food Programme, said the fighting in Sudan, which pits the country’s military against a violent paramilitary group, has shattered the lives of millions across the northeastern African nation.
Kenyan opposition politician vows fresh challenge to Haiti police deployment
Ekuru Aukot said the agreement between President William Ruto and Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry was invalid and failed to address objections by the judge who blocked the deployment in January following a lawsuit by Aukot’s party.
Uganda’s lords of poverty: Where political elite find thrill in poverty for it earns them fat paycheques
Uganda has the largest percentage of the world’s freshwater resources, which are unfortunately being degraded by leaking chemicals and oil in them. Her freshwaters are naturally productive, but their productivity is in danger of plummeting due to unwise policies and use of the land and natural resources such as oil.
South Sudanese scholars charged in US with planning to illegally export arms to Juba to overthrow government
A federal criminal complaint unsealed on Monday in Arizona charges Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech, 44, of Utah, with conspiring to purchase and illegally export through a third country to South Sudan a cache of weapons in violation of the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Control Reform Act. The weapons that were considered included automatic rifles like AK-47s, grenade launchers, Stinger missile systems, hand grenades, sniper rifles, ammunition and other export-controlled arms.
Top UN official calls for greater political investment in South Sudan ahead of elections set for December
With both IGAD and the AU having expressed support for the elections the UN “will, therefore, offer as much support as possible in line with its mandate,” he said, stressing the importance of having the requisite architecture to ensure that polls are peaceful and credible.
