Spanning from Sudan in the north to Tanzania in the south and centered around the strategic Horn of Africa, East Africa is a gateway to the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian Ocean. East Africa includes a diversity of states, ranging from the relatively successful developmental models of Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Kenya to the weak conflict-prone examples of South Sudan and Somalia. Playing host to the African Union and several other regional organizations, East Africa is a critical area with both high hopes for growth and demands for stability.
Prime minister promises "Sudan will never be the same again"
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok became the first Sudanese leader to travel to Washington, DC in more than thirty years, seeking to win more international support for his transitional government as it tries to guide Sudan towards democracy. "There is a success story that is emerging" in Sudan, Hamdok told an audience at the Atlantic Council on December 5. In a "region full of crises and riddled with conflicts, Sudan provides hope," Hamdok declared.
Event Recap by David A. Wemer
Democratic Transitions Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Sudan's prime minister comes to Washington
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok comes to Washington in search of a roadmap for ending decades of sanctions on Sudan. Since former ruler Omar al-Bashir came to power in a 1989 Islamist coup, Sudan has been numbered among the pariah nations of Iran, North Korea, and Syria. And for good reason: During Bashir's long rule, […]
AfricaSource by Cameron Hudson
Africa Civil Society
Sudan's power-sharing deal: An exercise in optimism
Until there is greater clarity on how the Sovereign Council will function, how it will relate to the prime minister and his Council of Ministers, and what the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the Legislative Council will be, the agreement will remain little more than words on a page.
Africa East Africa
Nyka Aukstuolis
Assistant Director, Digital Forensic Research Lab
Civil Society Disinformation
Digital Forensic Research Lab
Aleksandra Gadzala
Economy & Business Technology & Innovation
Africa Center
Bronwyn Bruton
Director of Programs and Studies; Deputy Director, Africa Center
Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense
Aubrey Hruby
Economy & Business Future of Work
Cameron Hudson
Economy & Business Sudan
Christopher Leins
Sudan's uncertain road ahead
Sudan has been wracked by nine months of civilian-led protests that had seemed to give way, by the end of 2019, to a period of relative stability. A civilian-led transitional government was established, and the country's affable new prime minister, Abdallah Hamdok, returned from a historic visit to Washington in early December, to focus his […]
Africa Democratic Transitions
Hudson quoted in the New York Times on Sudan's sentencing to death of twenty-nine intelligence officers
Africa Intelligence
Hudson quoted in The Hill on Sudan's bid for US sanction relief
Africa Politics & Diplomacy
Hudson quoted in Anadolu Agency on the prospects for US sanctions relief in Sudan
Africa Economic Sanctions
Hudson joins the BBC to discuss Sudanese plans to compensate US victims of terrorism
Wed, Dec 4, 2019
Hudson quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the US-Sudan agreement to exchange ambassadors
Thu, Nov 7, 2019
Hruby quoted in the Africa Report on US infrastructure financing in Kenya