Sudan over the Past Year

The Rift Valley Institute published on 25 May 2016 an overview titled "This Year in Sudan" by Douglas Johnson and Guma Kunda Komey. It summarizes key political and economic developments in Sudan over the past year.

Failure of the Addis Ababa Talks on Sudan

The Sudan Democracy First Group published on 30 November 2015 a commentary titled "The Failure of the Addis Ababa Talks: Insistence on War, Prevention of Humanitarian Aid and Monopoly on Political Solutions." 

It discusses the suspension of negotiations between the government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement North, on the one side, and between the government of Sudan and the Justice and Equality Movement and Sudan Liberation Movement Minni Minnawi, on the other. 

Conversation with Former US Special Envoy for Sudan

The U.S. Institute for Peace published a three part interview with Princeton Lyman, former U.S. special envoy for Sudan.  Part I dated 28 April 2014 is titled "Sudan National Dialogue."  Part II dated 30 April 2014 is titled "Sudan and the West."  Part III dated 2 May 2014 is titled "Sudan Looking Ahead."  The series offers useful insights on U.S. policy and the challenges for finding solutions to the problems in Sudan and South Sudan.

Sudan's Opposition Groups

Writing on the Good Governance Africa web site, Simon Allison recently provided a commentary on the various opposition groups that oppose the National Congress Party (NCP) and Omar al-Bashir.

Click here to read the commentary.