Sudan

As long as the Renaissance Dam remains an instrument in Ethiopia’s bid to control the Blue Nile, negotiations are doomed.

Media bubbles get a reality check, Sudan toys with Tel Aviv, and the ivory tower comes full circle.

Normalizing ties with Israel could mean removal from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list, allowing the country to rebuild its shattered economy—but U.S. legislators are standing in the way.

U.S. diplomacy has failed. African diplomacy can’t afford to.

Bipartisan congressional support for removing Sudan from U.S. terrorism lists grows as Khartoum pledges hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation to American victims.

With Bahrain also recognizing Israel, Washington hopes for a new era of Arab rapprochement with Israel—but that may prove more elusive.

Some U.S. officials fear the move will harm Washington’s relationship with Addis Ababa.

The deal could pave the way for Sudan’s removal from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list.

Geopolitics, water security, and health will keep the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam alive.

Big and small powers increasingly handpick U.N. special representatives, testing the authority and independence of the U.N. secretary-general.

The massive Ethiopian dam is a flash point for tensions in Africa—and is now sowing confusion and discord within the U.S. government, with many officials concerned Washington is too much in Egypt’s corner.

The country’s democratic transition is working, but without international support, it could fail.

Ethiopia and Egypt are at odds over a Nile dam. Washington should be helping them compromise, rather than doing Cairo’s bidding.

From meeting with Netanyahu to working with the ICC, the new government is reversing the foreign policy of the Bashir era.

In a surprise move, Sudan indicated it might turn over former autocrat Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court, which he flouted for so many years, over Darfur.