'Given his past affinity with the Gulf monarchies, it is entirely plausible that Donald Trump’s foreign policy will empower those responsible for transforming Sudan’s war into a proxy conflict' writes Michael Jones. rusi.org/explore-our-re…

In #Sudan 🇸🇩, the Sudanese Armes Forces (SAF) are about to lift the siege of the General Command of the Armed Forces, encircled for 21 months. The city of Bahri is about to be liberated, a week after the SAF liberated Wad Madani. 🧵THREAD🧵⬇️

#Sudan 🇸🇩 MAP UPDATE: the situation in Sudan as of 01/02/2025. This past month was a very significant one on the battlefield with the #SAF make major advances on several fronts, including the capital Khartoum. The cities of Wad Madani and Umm Ruwaba were liberated of #RSF rule.

A very interesting article on the pro-democracy protesters who have joined the military of #Sudan 🇸🇩 in its war against the RSF. These young activists who for years protested against Burhan & military rule, consider Hemedti & the RSF to be the bigger evil foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/03/sud…

When the Army moved to the offensive phase of the War in September there were about 20 major strategic locations that needed to be liberated in order to defeat the militia in Khartoum and central Sudan. Less than 5 months later only 6 Major Strategic objectives remain.🧵thread on

Some thoughts on what the RSF is doing with the announcement of a new government: 1⃣It is trying to achieve at the negotiating table that which it has failed to achieve on the battlefield 2⃣Their effort to portray themselves as a broader-based movement than just Darfur wont work;

"Do not think we will retreat." Hemedti tells RSF fighters to hold the line in Khartoum, even as SAF gains ground. With RSF troops at risk of encirclement, the battle for Sudan’s capital enters a critical phase. sudanwarmonitor.com/p/hemedti-spee…

This is worth 5 minutes. The most succinct explanation of the UAE role in #Sudan, among several other places across the region, and why it is seeming to risk its reputation and undermine the international consensus over these conflicts.

Absolutely right. Selling arms to the UAE while it backs the RSF, the perpetrators of mass atrocities in Sudan, is not just morally bankrupt, it’s complicity in genocide. Over 15 million displaced, a million refugees in Chad, entire communities wiped out. These are war crimes,

The Guinea-Bissau army announces taking full control of the country, suspending the electoral process, and closing the borders, official elections results have not been announced so far, yet another West African country falls to a military regime.

Guinea Bissau 🇬🇼: full statement of Bregadier general Denis N'Canha in which he announces the military has taken full control of the country.

The government of Patrice Talon has seemingly been overthrow in a coup, the motivation for which is unclear. Talon had abide by the two term presidential limit and was set to step down ahead of Benin's April 2026 presidential elections

Long interview with Massad Boulos I didnt see last week. What's so shocking about it is not so much what he says, it's that a person so clearly unqualified for the position he is in has the freedom to speak authoritatively on every topic big and small: Yemen, Gaza, Gulf

‼️A new war may be starting in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 ‼️ Only 3 years after the ceasefire of the devastating Tigray war (600 000 dead), a new war is on the verge in northern Ethiopia This time, Sudan🇸🇩 Erytrea🇪🇷 Somalia🇸🇴 the UAE🇦🇪 Egypt🇪🇬 and others may be implicated. 🧵THREAD🧵1/17 ⬇️

Reuters confirmed Ethiopia 🇪🇹 is hosting a large Rapid Support Forces base near the Sudanese 🇸🇩 border. For the first time, Ethiopia is directly supporting the RSF in the war in Sudan. The base was probably financed by the UAE and his hosting thousands of Ethiopian, South