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Sudan stands today on the threshold of a new phase of its arduous transition to democracy with the imminent signing of a Framework Political Agreement between the October 2021 junta and the political opposition led by Forces of Freedom and Change-Central Committee (FFC-CC). In a brief published this week via the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker (STPT), prominent influencer Dr El Shafei Khidir Said calls at this critical juncture, on civilian and military political forces “to treat the nex...

In the first week of August, flash floods swept through more than 25 villages north of Atbara in Sudan’s River Nile state. The floods swept thousands of metric tons of mercury-contaminated mining residue into the Nile in a disaster that echoes the health and environmental threats that haunt communities in traditional gold mining areas across Sudan. A new briefing entitled How mercury is poisoning a nation by Mohamed Salah Abdelrahman for the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker (STPT), points...

Sudan’s Minister of Finance Jibril Ibrahim confirmed that the World Bank has promised to provide humanitarian support to Sudan. The minister acknowledged “the impact of the 2021 coup d’état on cooperation with international institutions” and said that “it is not easy to lift the freeze” at a press conference in Khartoum on Wednesday.

After the Sudanese economy showed ‘dismal performance’ in the first half of the 2022 financial year, a report published by the transparency monitor Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker (STPT) predicts a tough last quarter of 2022, and expects a tougher 2023 if military rule persists.

Tashrik Ahmed and co-workers study health-care use and maternal and child health outcomes across low- and lower-middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tashrik Ahmed and co-workers study health-care use and maternal and child health outcomes across low- and lower-middle-income countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Urban Indigenous Collective heard an overwhelming need for a physical space for community healthcare and other services. After three years of work, that space is now open in Midtown Manhattan.

The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published a new report yesterday on the situation in conflict-plagued Kereinik, West Darfur. They explain that the security situation in Kereinik and El Geneina, which has also witnessed severe violence in the past years, remains calm but unpredictable. An estimated 125,000 people are still displaced.

The wave of recent violence in West Darfur has left many shocked observers asking: who was involved in the mass atrocities that occurred, and what are the drivers of the violence and its root causes? In what ways does the violence relate to the October 2020 Juba Peace Agreement that should have brought peace to Darfur and other conflict areas in Sudan but is obviously failing to do so? Finally, what does the violence mean for the junta and the relationships between the different components?

Air New Zealand chief executive Greg Foran reflects on his first year at the airline. The Government missed chances to use the Covid-19 rebuild to speed progress towards being carbon-neutral, says a new analysis. Strings-free help for Air New Zealand and “reactive” decisions undermined other progress towards clean energy, according to analysts, who ran a ruler over the pandemic response. Energy Policy Tracker – a network of NGOs and universities tracking billions in spending on clean en...