Aly Verjee

2013: a new year, but an old set of issues for Sudan and South Sudan.  Presidents al-Bashir and Kiir concluded the latest round of bilateral talks in Addis Ababa this weekend.  The statement of outcomes of the summit, issued by

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Princeton Lyman, US special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, is stepping down. A White House source characterised Lyman’s departure as “the kind of personnel change that is normal at the end of a president’s first term and start of

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Part one of this article examined the details of the security and border protocols agreed in the new Cooperation Agreement between Sudan and South Sudan.  To conclude this piece, I want to consider elements of some of the other protocols,

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The maxim that the test of any agreement is in its implementation is familiar to those who follow Sudanese politics, even from a distance.  This article reviews the latest agreements reached between Sudan and South Sudan on September 27 in

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The Republic of Djibouti rarely makes the headlines.  Overshadowed by much larger countries in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and with trouble spots Eritrea and Yemen a respective camel and dhow ride away – not to mention

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