Publications​

STPT’s Executive Director Suliman Baldo and Chatham House Senior Researcher Ahmed Soliman co-authored this paper, published by Chatham House. The gold trade connects Sudan’s civil war to the wider region and highlights the roles that commodities play in perpetuating violent conflict. Even before the start of the civil war in 2023, Sudan’s main warring parties...

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Elwathig Kameir [email protected] Toronto, January 27, 2025 Some friends ask me: What impact will U.S. sanctions against the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have on the state of war in the country? In turn, I asked, searched, and left no stone unturned to provide an objective answer and offer an analysis of...

(January 29, 2025) The April 15, 2023 war has altered economic governance. State control of revenue collection has been degraded, in part due to the loss of control of territory and infrastructure to the RSF. The RSF took control of 136 headquarters of government ministries and agencies as well as agriculturally productive areas. Although it...

While international news outlets report jubilation in Wad Madani as SAF forces takeback territories in Jazeera State from the RSF, we have seen horrific reports from theground of widespread revenge killings and sexual violence against civilians perceived tohave supported RSF fighters – or simply for being perceived as foreign. These revengeatrocities are serious violations of...

By Shamsaddin Dawalbeit This paper is a personal account of the author’s multiple displacements during Sudan’s ongoing war: from Gezira state to Khartoum in 2023, back to Khartoum again and then from Khartoum by road to Kampala in June 2024. The author, founder of the “The Democratic Thought Project”, and its subsidized book series “Readings...

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In times of great adversity, we must think smart, sharpen our resolve, and pursue effective solutions to pressing dilemmas. This was exemplified in the approach of the transitional government led by former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (September 2019 – October 2021) to acquiring strategic commodities following the December Revolution, in the midst of severe economic...

The livestock sector in Sudan has experienced significant challenges due to the ongoing conflict and instability in the region. Despite these difficulties, the demand for livestock and meat imports in key markets such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt has led to an increase in livestock exports. In 2023, Sudan’s livestock exports to Saudi Arabia were...

By Suliman Baldo The SAF’s Defense Industries System (DIS), formerly the Military Industrial Corporation, is positioning itself to dominate Sudan’s post-war economy by capitalizing on the anticipated reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure destroyed during the conflict. Sudan’s military has long dominated the economy, with the military having monopolized 82% of the state’s budgetary resources as...