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South Sudan’s government said it placed First Vice President Riek Machar under house arrest after intelligence reports showed the former rebel leader was planning subversion trib.al/4vLvcFL

“Almost all of the government’s territorial gains since 2018 have been reversed, including the loss of three strategic bridges across the Shebelle River southwest of Mogadishu.” How Al-Shabaab is consolidating power and forming close ties with the Houthis. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Free Machar! Several European nations and the US have raised concern about the continued detention of South Sudan’s First Vice President Riek Machar and other high ranking opposition officials. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Proceeds of looted and smuggled gum arabic and gold helped the RSF in Sudan sustain access to sophisticated weapons, according to an unpublished report by UN investigators. RSF commanders in Darfur “condoned” the looting to ensure support from fighters. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

As Britain attempts to raise the alarm on the 2nd anniversary of Sudan's civil war, a major city in the Darfur region is once again under fire; 400k have fled a camp for the internally displaced and aid workers have been slain. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

US considering financing companies looking to invest in Congo through US EXIM Bank & the Int'l Development Finance Corp, Massad Boulos says. Pledges to support peace w/ Rwanda through political & economic pressure (not military) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Fighting in South Sudan has left more than 180 people dead and forced 125,000 others to flee their homes since March. Armed clashes and aerial bombardments in the Nasir and Ulang counties in the northeast of the country also injured more than 250 people. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Big development in the DRC where the government is pursuing legal action against the powerful former President Joseph Kabila for allegedly backing the M23.

A draft Trump administration executive order proposes a radical reduction and restructuring of the State Department. The order would eliminate dozens of positions and departments, including those dealing with climate, refugees, democracy, and Africa. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The top UN court threw out Sudan's genocide case against the United Arab Emirates, saying it lacks the jurisdiction to decide on the allegations related to the North African country’s civil war. bloom.bg/3GRJEaG

Explosions rocked the airport and port at Sudan’s main coastal city on Tuesday, the latest escalation in two years of conflict between the North African nation’s army and the Rapid Support Forces militia. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Following dramatic events in Port Sudan this week, where drone attacks on key infrastructure continue, Jennifer Zabasajja and I explain the background to why the Sudanese army blame the UAE for supplying the RSF. bloomberg.com/news/audio/202…

Incredible! Russia is recruiting young African women between the ages of 18 and 22 to work in a special economic zone in remote Tatarstan linked to drone production. Antony Sguazzin

Cuts in US funding for the United Nations is set to hamper efforts to reunite war-torn Libya, where deadly fighting and protests in the capital have sent tensions soaring once again. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

All eight members of the East African Community (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and the DRC) are at war or experiencing serious democratic backsliding characterized by heightened state repression and violence. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…