Germany temporarily shuts embassy in South Sudan amid fears of civil war
Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the ...
Sudan Ravaged by a Civil War the World Has Overlooked
A long-simmering dispute between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group exploded into a full-blown civil war in April 2023. At ...
How South Sudan Returned to the Brink of War
An attack on a U.N. helicopter has highlighted rising tensions in the world’s youngest country, where a seven-year-old peace ...
Ethiopia and Eritrea on path to war, Tigray officials warn
Longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea could be headed towards war, officials in a restive Ethiopian region at the centre of the ...
The Economist10d
Another civil war looms in South Sudan
Many South Sudanese worry that Juba could soon be consumed by violence again. In 2020 the two main adversaries in the civil ...
The Trump administration’s Africa blind spot
I fear that a period of darkness is descending on our entire neighborhood as the world looks on,” one senior East African ...
Middle Eastern monarchies in Sudan’s war: what’s driving their interests
Sudan’s conflict didn’t break out because of the UAE and Saudi Arabia – but local actors felt able to go to war because of ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Uganda deploys special forces to South Sudan to protect the government as fears of civil war grow
Uganda has deployed an unknown number of troops to South Sudan in a bid to protect the fragile government of President Salva ...
The Wall Street Journal on MSN11d
The Travel Agent Who Brokered Peace Between Rivals in a Brutal Civil War
KAMPALA, Uganda—The property manager of a shabby office building in this congested East African capital has achieved what ...
The Economist3d
The success of Ivory Coast is Africa’s best-kept secret
Ivory Coast’s success is not unqualified. Entrepreneurs grouse about a lack of skills among the young, not surprising since ...