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Only the Sudanese Can Save Sudan — Even If Trump Stops the War

Photo: Marco Rubio hosts the DRC and Rwanda to sign a peace deal STPT is publishing two opinion pieces yesterday and today on the prospects for success of the upcoming Washington, D.C., meeting of the Quad mechanism—comprising the US, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt—in achieving its stated goal of ending the war in Sudan.Today’s piece, […]

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Three Messages to President Trump Before the Washington Quad Meeting on Sudan

By Mohamed Elshabik As the Sudan Quad, comprising the United States, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt prepares to meet in Washington on July 30, 2025, the Sudanese people watch with cautious hope and deep apprehension. The summit marks the first major diplomatic initiative under the new US administration aimed at stopping the […]

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Regional and international dimensions of conflicts in eastern Sudan

Photo credit Ayin International and regional interventions in Sudan are not new; they are rooted in a complex web of historical relations ties and strategic interests linking Sudan with its neighbors. These relationships and interests change over time in response to shifting political dynamics and regimes across the region. Substantial evidence suggests that Eritrea, in […]

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Sudan Conflict Monitor # 22

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U.S. Sanctions: Where Lies the Impact?

Elwathig Kameir kameir@yahoo.com 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...
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Customs

Corruption In revenue collection in Wartime Sudan 

(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...
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Ethnically motivated Revenge killings in Sudan must StopWe urge all actors to prevent the further spread of atrocities against civilians

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...
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Khartoum at War: A personal story

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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Sudan Conflict Monitor #17

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Money

The Strategic Commodities Fund (Apr 2020-Jan 2023): What lessons for a new effort?

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...
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Livestock

How Sudan’s Warring Parties Exploit the Livestock Sector

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...
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How SAF is Positioning to Dominate Post-War Reconstruction and the Economy, and What to Do About It

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...
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Is Sudan turning into a hotbed for terrorism?

Dr. Issameldin Abbas Ahmed The Islamists have tried many times to deny their role in igniting the Sudanese war, but the evidence against them has been stacking up. Even before the war, many of their leaders made explicit calls to undermine the framework agreement, even if it led to bloody clashes. As soon as the...
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Sudan war: Initiatives falter, fighting escalates, the nature of the war changes, and then what?

By Bakry Eljak Elmedni October 15 marked 18 months since the start of the current war in Sudan. Negotiations in Geneva, jointly convened by the US and the Swiss governments, stalled due to the refusal of the armed forces to attend, leaving not a glimmer of hope on the horizon, and no light either at...
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