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Latest reporting and analysis on Sudan's war, regional spillover, diplomacy, displacement, and humanitarian impact.
NEW ALAMEIN, Egypt, Oct. 4, 2026 — Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia have adopted a joint declaration setting out common positions on Red Sea governance, Sudan’s territorial integrity, Somalia’s sovereignty and the Nile, while establishing a mechanism for continued coordination among the four countries.
Egypt reaffirmed support for Eritrea’s sovereignty as Presidents el-Sisi and Isaias met in New Alamein to discuss Red Sea security and economic cooperation.
Washington has removed any remaining doubt about why Abdel Fattah al-Burhan did not attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Eritrea's foreign minister raised what Asmara calls the provocative acts of Ethiopia's Prosperity Party towards its neighbours with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, alongside Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb governance and support for a united, sovereign Sudan.
A May 2026 SWP study calls the UAE one of the most aggressive external actors in African conflicts, and names Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Ethiopia. Ten countries — from the RSF's supply corridors to conflict gold in eastern Congo — show how Emirati military, financial and logistical networks connect wars that look domestic.
At the 81st UN General Assembly, President Taye Atske Selassie blamed “reckless external actors” for instability in the Horn — two days after seven Ethiopian armed groups formed an alliance against Abiy Ahmed's government. The record at home, the dispute with Eritrea and questions over Sudan tell a more complicated story.
Sudan is consumed by war, Ethiopia faces renewed armed confrontation, Somalia still battles al-Shabaab and Yemen remains mired in conflict. ACLED's Conflict Index places Eritrea well outside the region's main concentrations of political violence, a trajectory the essay argues deserves serious, evidence-based study rather than uncritical praise or blanket condemnation.
Egypt's president and the CIA director used talks in Cairo to put Sudan, Somalia, the Horn of Africa and Red Sea maritime security alongside Gaza, Iran and intelligence cooperation on a single regional agenda.
There are verified reports that the United Arab Emirates has been directly paying United Nations officials to silence them, and if that accusation alone shocks the conscience, it is only because the full architecture of influence that surrounds it has remained hidden for so long.
An AI-assisted influence campaign, documented supply networks and Ethiopia's military buildup expose the distance between the language of peace and the means of continuing war.
Investigators document substantial UAE-linked support for the RSF, while findings on Ethiopian fighters and separate evidence from Asosa raise further questions about the war’s regional support system.
African leaders agreed to strengthen the AU Peace Fund and improve monitoring of continental peace and security decisions at the Luanda summit.