Six years of bloodshed continue, on this 6th anniversary of the army HQ massacre that was carried out by those fighting today. Many wait for and demand justice and an end to impunity. The question is what would justice look like, and what would the next peace be like?

Mapping Gulf State Actors’ Expanding Engagements in East Africa. An extremely useful look at how Gulf states have become increasingly intertwined in the economies, port operations, politics, and security forces of East Africa. africacenter.org/spotlight/gulf…

A new policy paper from SPA & PDRC, with support from HBS Horn of Africa, maps out practical paths to fix federal–state tensions, constitutional review, & move to a new electoral model. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: hoa.boell.org/en/2025/08/09/… #Somalia #HornOfAfrica

Situation in #AlFasher is reaching new levels of horror & hopelessness. Fighting is escalating today. Countless civilians are trapped, bombed, starved. Food is missing & prices are spiralling. Leaving or staying is a terrible gamble. In both cases, civilians risk dying doing so.

#AlFasher: Sustained attacks, obstruction of aid and targeting of critical infrastructure demonstrate a deliberate strategy to break the civilian population through hunger, fear, and exhaustion. INGOs statement: reliefweb.int/report/sudan/i…

There's still a few days to apply for a position as researcher in our team at Clingendael Institute, working on the Horn of #Africa and on the intersection between business & politics / conflict. To know more and to apply, see: careers.clingendael.org/vacancy-job-2/….

Marhaba, This is the 34th issue of Atar English magazine, from Sudan Facts Center for Journalism. It will be coming to you on Monday, after every two weeks. In This issue, we are reading: - Editorial: No Land, No Home - Sudan Weekly News Central Bank of Sudan. Kaloqi city.

I know that abductions have been completely normalised in Ethiopia under Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹, but it really is astonishing that a top journalist at the country's most respected newspaper can be kidnapped by state agents for 6 days + counting with total impunity. thereporterethiopia.com/46502/

Emirati influencers are upping the ante on Sudan-focussed propaganda as condemnation of the UAE's documented support of the RSF picks up online. The women's rights angle is dark - the RSF has used sexual violence as a weapon of war against girls as young as 8 years old.

#News_Alert: #Ethiopia Central Bank Governor announces unexpected departure amid forex market reforms Mamo Mihretu, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE), made a surprise announcement of his departure after seven years of service in various high-profile economic roles.

The situation in alFashir is getting worse and worse: even animal feed is becoming too expensive, the barriers the RSF has dug around the city have been widened, and the hospital is running out of gauze as missiles rain down. It costs $1500 for a family to leave. Our story below.

This insect-riddled sack of ambaz (usually fed to animals) is on sale for $400 in al-Fashir today for human consumption as a result of the 500-day siege imposed by the RSF. More on the terrible conditions there in our story.

After two years of trying, we finally made it to North Darfur. We went to camps sheltering thousands of people who risked their lives to escape the RSF's suffocating siege on Al Fashir. They shared horror story after horror story of RSF torture. news.sky.com/story/sudan-wa…

Sudan's emergency response rooms are responsible for saving millions of lives in a 30 month war that has not had a single humanitarian pause or ceasefire. They are nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for the second year in a row. We celebrate them regardless of the outcome.