Sudan: No Place for People Like Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

 Aljazeera published on 11 January 2024 a commentary titled "Sudan Should Avoid the Mistakes that Kept Angola in Conflict for 27 Years" by Tafi Mhaka, Aljazeera columnist.

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo recently toured East Africa and met with President Cyril Ramphosa in South Africa in an effort to portray himself as a reasonable statesman.  The author argues that, at best, Dagalo is a political reincarnation of his former boss, ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, or, at worst, a rebel without a cause, palpable ideology, or moral compass.  

The author compares Dagalo to Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, who was killed in battle.  He concludes that a democratic Sudan will have no place for people like Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo or Sudan Armed Forces leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.  

Is Angola's Honeymoon with China Coming to an End?

 The Observer Research Foundation published on 26 July 2022 a commentary titled "Angola's Honeymoon with China Ends but Will that End Its Woes?" by Malacha Chakrabarty.  

Heavily dependent on loans from China for most of the 21st century, Angola is trying to rebalance its relationship with China and the West.  China may have overexposed itself as it provided more loans to Angola than any other African country.  

Looking Back: China and South Africa's Apartheid Government

The Daily Maverick published on 6 November 2017 an expose titled "Declassified: Apartheid Profits--China's Support for Apartheid Revealed".

Drawing on declassified South African government documents, the article reports that China supplied South Africa's apartheid military with guns, ammunition and weaponry beginning at least as early as 1980, a period when South Africa had diplomatic relations with Taiwan. At least one of the shipments appears to have made its way from Durban to units of UNITA in Angola and RENAMO in Mozambique, liberation groups supported at the time by both China and South Africa.