A spiralling Sudan will affect peace and security in the Lake Chad Basin region, of which Nigeria is a member.
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Three reasons getting the warring parties to stick to an agreement is so difficult.
An African-led process would take into account complex regional dynamics – which would lead to a better and more stable peace agreement.
Both residents and Sudanese in the diaspora invested in homes to secure the future. Now the conflict is destroying hope.
The Sudan army’s superiority is in its air force and arsenal of ground forces while the rival paramilitary force relies on nimble mobile units.
Sudan’s civilian protesters have gained a form of political power that traditional elites have struggled to attain.
There is a risk that Sudan’s conflict could spill over into neighbouring countries.
Sudan was formed by conquest, and its politics and, increasingly, its wealth have been controlled by the military ever since.
The Sudanese crisis is the culmination of three decades of contentious energy politics among rival elites.
Omar al-Bashir fell in 2019, but his military successors have preserved much of the authoritarian infrastructure of his regime.
Armed group, mercenaries, mining, power struggles. It’s a familiar story in Africa, sadly.
Hemedti ably used his commercial acumen and military prowess to build his militia into a force more powerful than the waning Sudanese state.
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Researcher, Helwan University
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Senior Lecturer in International Law, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Weber State University
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Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader for the Sudan Strategy Support Program, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Associate Professor of Urban & Environmental Design, University of Khartoum
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Researcher and lecturer, City University of New York
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Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik (OIIP)
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Associate Professor of History, University of Washington
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Research Professor and Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation at The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Trieste
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Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Small Arms Survey's Human Security Baseline Assessment project on Sudan and South Sudan, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University