Sudan

This October 3, a historic peace agreement between the Sudanese power and rebel groups, officially ending almost 17 years of war in the country, is to be signed in Juba, South Sudan. A prior agreement has already been signed by all parties at the end of August, with the negotiations taking place for more than a year. It will therefore be the official signature theoretically in the presence of several heads of state from the region, representatives of the African Union and the regional organization Igad (intergovernmental…

Normalization with Israel, desired by the United States before next November, the date of the presidential election, is not realized in Sudan. Neither US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Khartoum last August nor Abu Dhabi's talks with US officials last week proved fruitful. The Sudanese authorities say they are under…

On Monday, the displaced persons installed at the Civil Protection (POC) site in Bentiu, in the north, demonstrated. Last week, Bor and Juba had done it. These displaced people do not want peacekeepers to leave as planned in an agreement with the government. The UN forces must be replaced by the South Sudanese authorities.…

French prosecutors have launched an investigation by banking giant BNP Paribas into allegations of complicity in crimes against humanity, genocide and torture in Sudan, sources said on Thursday. The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), which had lodged a complaint against the French bank, announced on Twitter that an investigation had been launched, confirming information to AFP from a legal source. Almost a year ago, nine Sudanese victims backed by rights groups, including FIDH, filed a criminal complaint…