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July 27, 2023

Sudan
The President’s Inbox Recap: Sudan’s Civil War

The deadly conflict in Sudan has displaced millions and could roil the region.

Smoke as viewed rising above the Khartoum skyline.

June 15, 2023

Sudan
Seeking Urgency on Sudan

Sudan’s crisis is deepening, and the international response is utterly inadequate.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken sits across from Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

October 25, 2021

Sudan
Sudanese Military Leaders Seize Power, Dissolve Transitional Government

Monday’s coup in Sudan represents an attempt by forces who were never interested reform or democracy to derail the country’s transition and protect their own interests at the expense of the rest of the country. While General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan claims that “the Armed Forces will continue completing the democratic transition,” his actions and those of the military leadership reveal the undeniable reality—they will forcefully resist any attempt to finish the work of the revolution, reform the security services, and establish real lines of accountability between the people and their leaders.

A large crowd of protesters stands in the street.

September 18, 2023

Democracy
A Democratic Inquest

Pervasive despondency about democracy in Africa urges the imperative to strengthen democratic institutions and practices.  

A large group of protesters in Nigeria raise their hands in a fist formation on Democracy Day.

April 20, 2023

Sudan
Sudan in Crisis

Amid protracted conflict in Sudan, the United States should work to lower the temperature amongst external actors, and support Sudanese citizens, who remain steadfast in their aspirations for a civil…

A man walks in the streets of Khartoum, as smoke billows in the sky amidst conflict between rival forces.

August 10, 2021

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
United States Names Five African Jihadis as Specially Designated Global Terrorists

U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday announced that the Department of State added to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) five terrorist leaders operating in Africa.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with a world map and a U.S. flag behind him, walks away after giving an address.