A major test for this whole #Quad process on #Sudan is the RSF siege on #ElFasher. Just today, the RSF massacred dozens of civilians in a mosque. It just does not look like the Emirati minister is engaged "to press all parties to the conflict to protect civilians" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/w...

Playing with fire, again and again. #Ethiopia #Eritrea www.ena.et/web/eng/w/en...

"El-Fasher is falling", assesses Yale's HRL. The RSF have taken the last IDP camp there as well as the joint forces base of operations. A quarter million people remain trapped. The risk of further mass atrocities is very high. #Sudan #Darfur files-profile.medicine.yale.edu/documents/45...

Great conference with civilian perspectives on peace and humanitarian action in #Sudan yesterday in Berlin. I had the honour to moderate the first panel, delving into political perspectives of prospectives for peace following the QUAD statement a week ago. Thanks for a great exchange during the day!

„Jede Diskussion über die europäische Migrationspolitik in Libyen sollte mit der [...] Tatsache beginnen, dass sich diese Politik in ihrem Kern auf die Internierungszentren & die Hinnahme der in ihnen begangenen Verbrechen stützt.“ So @wlacher.bsky.social hier👇 www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

People trapped in the RSF siege of #ElFasher face "a dire set of choices. Stay, and risk being bombed or starved. Run, and risk being killed, robbed or sexually assaulted." #Sudan www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/w...

In #SouthSudan, Oyet Nathaniel Pierioni, the acting chairman of the SPLM-IO, called the government "illegitimate" and called on all citizens to "use all means available to regain their Country and Sovereignty", in reaction to charges brought against Riek Machar.

Imagine you go to a school, where no one manages to pass the final university entrance exams. That is the case at 1,249 schools in #Ethiopia. Only 8.4% of students passed overall - an improvement compared to last year, but still dismally low. borkena.com/2025/09/14/g...

According to this report, operatives of #Hamas and the #IRGC had been involved in #drone maintenance and operation near Omdurman #Sudan, before withdrawing to #Eritrea for fear of persecution by #Israel after its strike in Doha. rakobanews.com/sudan-news/p...

After the RSF attacks on Port Sudan in May, there were many questions where the drones may have come from. Now new analysis of satellite pictures from the time indicate kamikaze drones with 2,000 range present in Nyala. So far, this seems to be the most probable case. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

RSF suicide drone strikes on key infrastructure and military targets in #Khartoum state shows that drones remain an important feature of the war in #Sudan. These strikes are meant to undermine the "normalization" narrative of Port Sudan and deter further returns. open.substack.com/pub/sudanwar...

"Deutschland trägt zur Finanzierungskrise des Systems und damit zur globalen Triage bei. Echte Befürwortung humanitärer Hilfe wird erst glaubwürdig, wenn den Kürzungen entschieden widersprochen wird." taz.de/Kuerzung-der...

Krieg um Wasser? Das ist angesichts der heutigen Eröffnung des #GERD nicht zu erwarten. #Äthiopien ist darauf angewiesen, dass das Wasser abfließt - nur wenn es längere Dürren gibt, könnte das #Ägyptens Versorgung gefährden. www.zdf.de/play/magazin...

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam #GERD will be inaugurated next week. It’s part of a much larger story that we’ve attempted to capture in our book. 👇🏽

According to the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, a Sudanese NGO, there have been 227 attacks by the RSF on #ElFasher since the start of the war in #Sudan. Around 250k people still remain in the city despite famine, cholera, and shelling. www.acjps.org/publications...

The Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (#GERD) will be opened next week. It has already produced electricity, though not reached full capacity yet. In the fiscal year 2024/25, it produced around 9.8 TWh. At the same time, the crypto mining sector is expected to absorb around 8 TWh in 2025. #Ethiopia

Just noticed that RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo has an account on Trump's Truth Social ("proudly made in the United States of America"). Hemedti was also expelled from X. #Sudan

In #ElFasher, there is "no aid, no trade and hardly any way out." A city, besieged for 16 months by the RSF, where #famine is rife, and the attacks hardly stop. #Sudan #Darfur #KeepEyesonSudan www.france24.com/en/live-news...

The military attention for #Yemen and #Somalia far outweighs the political engagement by the US.

Wie beeinflussen die Konflikte in Nahost die Lage am Horn von Afrika? Darüber habe ich zusammen mit Hans-Jacob Schindler bei der @fnfreiheit.bsky.social gesprochen. Hier kann man die Veranstaltung nachschauen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn1F...

The incredible story of how EU naval op Irini, supposedly tasked with enforcing the UN arms embargo on Libya, intercepted a shipment of APCs & ammo destined for the RSF via Libya - and then allowed the shipment to continue to Libya, where eastern and western forces split the cargo between themselves

Great new resource on peace processes!

Selten seit dem Kalten Krieg waren Zivilist:innen so von Gewaltkonflikten betroffen wie in den letzten Jahren. Was steckt dahinter? Judith Vorrath und @aljoscha-albrecht.bsky.social analysieren in ihrem neuen SWP-Aktuell, wie die „neuen Kriege 2.0“ mit einer globalen Schutzkrise einhergehen.

There was some misleading reporting recently about #Sudan's official #gold reports @thecontinent.org in otherwise important first-hand reports. The claim is that "100%" of Sudan's gold was exported to #Egypt in 2024, according to "official data". 1/ www.thecontinent.org/_files/ugd/2...

1402 besuchte eine äthiopische Delegation den Dogen in Venedig, es folgten weitere diplomatische Kontakte in Europa. Interessanter Einblick über mittelalterliche #Diplomatie und spätere kolonial getriebene Geschichtsschreibung. www.spiegel.de/geschichte/a...

Es ist höchste Zeit, den internationalen Druck auf die externen Unterstützer der Konfliktparteien in #Sudan zu erhöhen, allen voran die #VAE, sage ich DIE WELT. www.welt.de/politik/ausl...

"Die Sponsoren der Kriegsparteien sind nicht an der Kontrolle über einen Staat interessiert, sondern an der Ausplünderung seines Wracks." Andrea Böhm über die externen Mächte und die deutsch-europäische Ignoranz gegenüber #Sudan. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

As this article makes clear, transferring Palestinians from #Gaza to #SouthSudan "would amount to transferring people from one war-ravaged land at risk of famine to another". Unfortunately, that doesn't mean it won't happen, albeit never on any large scale. apnews.com/article/isra...

Es scheint die Strategie der RSF in El-Fashir zu sein, die Menschen auszuhungern oder ihre Lebensumstände so zu beinträchtigen, dass sie die belagerte Stadt verlassen, sage ich SR Info (ab 11:50). #Sudan www.sr-mediathek.de/index.php?se...

Fascinating OSINT investigation that shows how new vehicles and their fighters moved from Southern #Libya to #Sudan, where the RSF used them in the attack on Zam-Zam camp earlier this year. www.info-res.org/articles/how...

Important reporting @theguardian.com with a detailed account of the worst attack on civilians in #Sudan this year, when the RSF attacked Zam Zam camp in North #Darfur. Two days later, the London Sudan conference convenors' statement did not even mention it. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Welche historischen Hintergründe hat der Krieg in #Sudan? Darüber habe ich mit dem Magazin Uneins für ihre Ausgabe zu Krieg und zivilgesellschaftlicher Organisation in Sudan gesprochen. uneins-mag.de/ausgaben/imp...

📖 Hier geht es zum Artikel: atarnetwork.com/wp-content/u...

Interesting observation about the drawbacks of a perpetual crisis framing.

Brief assessment of new round of EU sanctions on #Sudan: - Kaikal is a militia leader responsible for atrocities in Al-Jazeera, associated with both SAF and RSF - Barsham is linked to atrocities in West Kordofan. Sanctions thus target violence across Sudan 1/ www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

This is the opposite of protecting civilians. Taking flight remains a key method of self-protection for Sudanese. #Sudan

If a „humanitarian“ foundation is where hungry people go to get shot, and if a „humanitarian“ city is where people are herded together before being expelled — then this phrase has lost all meaning and we have entered a dark era. #GHF

"Zam Zam is a symbol of what happens when the international community looks away — of what becomes of civilians when those with guns act with impunity." #Sudan #Darfur www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/firs...

Over the weekened, the RSF attacked several villages without military presence in North Kordofan and reportedly killed around 450 civilians, including 35 children. #Sudan Protecting civilians remains an urgent priority. www.unicef.org/sudan/press-...

"The long-term stability and unity of Ethiopia depend on the courage to enforce the peace it signed" Balanced op-ed on the tasks ahead for peace to prevail in Northern #Ethiopia, in particular #Tigray. addisstandard.com/unfulfilled-...

"the committed efforts of Sudanese citizens to protect themselves and others around them deserve more attention and support. Pro­tection efforts can help alleviate the suffering of the civilian population, even if an end to the war remains out of reach." #Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #Darfur

"Für einen dauerhaften Frieden reicht eine rein taktische Entspannung nicht aus". Interessante Einschätzung meines @swp-berlin.org Kollegen @aydin2025.bsky.social zur Annäherung zwischen PKK und türkischer Regierung. Auch hier dient Frieden der Machtsicherung. www.swp-berlin.org/wissenschaft...

Auseinandersetzungen auf Stellvertreterebene seien wahrscheinlicher als ein formaler, zwischenstaatlicher Krieg zwischen #Äthiopien und #Eritrea, sage ich DW. Die Spannungen nehmen derzeit aber merklich zu. www.dw.com/de/kriegsang...

Thirty years after #Srebrenica, the #Bosnia negotiations remain a key experience in international #mediation. Richard Holbrooke's inside account shows what high-stakes engagement can achieve, and the severe limitations that remain. #Fridayread www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/81566/...

Für viele Staaten, einschließlich Deutschland, "sind die bilateralen Beziehungen zu einflussreichen Staaten wie den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten oder Ägypten offensichtlich deutlich wichtiger als deren Einfluss in Sudan einzudämmen." sage ich dem Portal Watson. politik.watson.de/politik/inte...

Peace & security aid is shrinking fast — just as global violence surges. GPPi's new study warns: without smart investment in peacebuilding and localization, Europe and its allies face rising risks. Defense alone won’t be enough. @rotmann.net 🔗 gppi.net/2025/07/09/p...

The war in Sudan, which broke out on 15 April 2023, has triggered the world's largest humanitarian crisis. According to @gerritkurtz.bsky.social, international actors could improve the protection of the civilian population from violence, even without a ceasefire. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

Now out in English: My policy brief on the #protection of civilians in #Sudan. @swp-berlin.org www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati...

When I think about Sudan and the ways ppl sometimes describe it in the media as the "forgotten war" I think about these words by @policingblack.bsky.social from Robyn and @biidaasamose.bsky.social's book Rehearsals for Living: “Forgotten places are not, after all, forgotten by all....(1/2).

There are reports of first clashes between the Tigray Defense Forces and the so-called Tigray Peace Forces which have claimed to have entered #Tigray. With both #Ethiopia and #Eritrea involved in the background, there is still high time for conflict #prevention. addisstandard.com/calls-for-pe...