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To ease its pivot to Asia, the U.S. outsourced diplomacy in Sudan. Now, faced with the threat of worsening violence and instability, it must reassess its priorities. Can it achieve both peace and democracy for the Sudanese people?

Some of those options may be on the table tomorrow if, of course, the fighting continues. joining me from washington is susan stigant, director of africa programs at the us institute of peace. and also sir simon fraser. hes former head of the foreign office from 2010 to 2015 and is now managing partner for flint global. thank you for being with us. susan, can i stay with you, first of all? has been working with various stakeholders into down for many years. was there a point for you when the vio...

The two sides are in a dispute over who governs the country. violence is also being reported in several other cities across the country. the reuters news agency is reporting eyewitness accounts of sudanese army air strikes in the city of 0mdurman. the target is a base belonging to the rsf paramilitary group north—east of the capital, khartoum. both sides have issued conficting claims of control over key installations, from airports to the presidential palace. in a post on facebook, the sudanes...

States government. and i anticipate that that will be done in close partnership with leaders from the region, with the african union, with the united nations, with the united kingdom, with the united arab emirates, saudi arabia. i think these are all countries that have influence and interest in seeing a stable sudan and countries that are absolutely important in reaching some of the people who are actually the ones who are creating the situation on the ground right now. susan stigant, director ...

Palace. in a post on facebook, the sudanese army has labelled the rsf a rebel militia and said there will be no negotiations or talks until the dissolution of the group. lets get more on this now with susan stigant, who is the director of africa programs at the us institute of peace, an organisation aimed at promoting national and global security. welcome to you, susan. thank you so much for taking the time. we are witnessing a pretty remarkable turn of events today, and i understand that you we...

On March 27, USIP hosted a conversation with two prominent women, peace and security champions from the Horn of Africa on the sidelines of the U.S. Summit for Democracy. The discussion looked at the role of women’s inclusion and participation in advancing democratic political transitions to achieve sustainable peace.

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African agritech innovators from all four corners of the continent claimed victory in the 8th edition of Pitch AgriHack. The 2022 competition saw a 30% increase in completed applications with entries rolling in from 37 African countries. Representing Egypt and Tunisia in the north, Zimbabwe in the south, Ghana and Nigeria in the west, and […]