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

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

As 2023 comes to a close, here are the top ten most notable world events of the year.

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.

The ICC was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.