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Week in Review

Andrew Parasiliti

Week in Review , Andrew Parasiliti

Apr 21, 2023

Sudan refugees — People fleeing street battles between the forces of two rival Sudanese generals wait with their belongings along a road in the southern part of Khartoum, on April 21, 2023. — AFP via Getty Images

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On Africa tour, Sudan's Hemedti takes victory lap, touts himself as future leader

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict

Egyptian and Sudanese military officials

Sudan takes center stage in US regional strategy

Week in Review

A Sudanese man wearing a face mask waves his country's national flag during protests in the capital Khartoum to mark the second anniversary of the start of a revolt that toppled the previous government, on December 19, 2020. - Frustrated by the lack of change in their daily lives, thousands of demonstrators, mostly young, marched in several towns in Sudan. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudan’s fragile transition boosted by turnaround in ties with US, Israel

Week in Review

his combination of pictures created on April 18, 2023 shows Sudan's army chief, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (L), in Juba on October, 14, 2019 and Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (R), who commands the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), addressing the media upon his return from Russia at Khartoum airport on March 2, 2022. - Explosions rocked the Sudanese capital Khartoum on April 18, 2023 as fighting that has claimed nearly 200 lives entered a fourth day, despite growing (Photo by Akuot Chol and Ashr

Washington ignored warnings on Sudan days before descent into chaos

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military