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The number of refugees leaving Sudan is particularly high because Sudan was itself host to a million refugees.
Sudan’s location and natural resources have attracted international partners keen to benefit either geopolitically or economically.
The region’s forces are seen as important in addressing the long-running conflict in the DRC – but their involvement is complicated.
Omar al-Bashir fell in 2019, but his military successors have preserved much of the authoritarian infrastructure of his regime.
Violence in Sudan threatens to throw the troubled nation into chaos. A scholar of the region explains what is going on and what’s at stake.
The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.
South Sudan’s diplomatic support around energy and water is much sought after in Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan.
A review of Transparency International’s recently released global corruption ranking confirms that corruption fuels war, and vice versa.
Pope Francis will be part of a peace mission to South Sudan, where thousands have been killed in ongoing violence.
He will have a joyful welcome but a difficult task - to challenge negative values while enabling a more African Catholic church.
African Catholics are growing in number. They are also reinventing and reinterpreting Christianity.
The East African Court of Justice has been a keen promoter of the rule of law, democracy and human rights.
Conflict is prevalent in the region characterised by harsh climate, vast wilderness and low levels of development.
States with more capacity, more political inclusion and that make good use of foreign aid tend to see better outcomes.
Smuggling in Uganda’s West Nile region is seen as an act of defiance – a way to make ends meet in the face of perceived state neglect.
When tackling an Ebola outbreak speed is a critical element - every hour counts.
Mega infrastructure projects entrench existing inequalities when they ignore the economic realities of vulnerable groups.
Kenya’s ethnic-based politics often leads to electoral violence that hurts regional trade.
Countries have used starvation as a war strategy for centuries, historically without being prosecuted. Three experts on hunger and humanitarian relief call for holding perpetrators accountable.
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