Sudan

Next Year's Wars

Ten conflicts to watch in 2012.

BY LOUISE ARBOUR | DECEMBER 27, 2011

Springtime in Sudan

Omar al-Bashir's many opponents are organizing to end his 22-year rule. But can the Arab Spring reach Khartoum?

BY DAVID OTTAWAY | NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Two Plus Two Equals Five

What numbers can we trust? A second look at the death toll from some of the world's worst disasters.

BY PHILIP WALKER | AUGUST 17, 2011

Famine Is a Crime

Civilization has defeated mass starvation. So why are so many Somalis dying of hunger?

BY CHARLES KENNY | JULY 25, 2011

Redrawing the Map

South Sudan may be independent, but new countries are becoming increasingly rare.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY 13, 2011

Free at Last

South Sudan has earned independence, but keeping it won't be easy.

BY MAGGIE FICK | JULY 8, 2011

Bashir's Choice

The brutal means that the Sudanese president has used to keep his country together have instead blown it apart in the most chaotic way possible.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JULY 8, 2011

From Khartoum to Juba

Images of Sudan and its people on the eve of the country's division.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY TIM MCKULKA | JULY 7, 2011

The World's Most Dangerous Borders

Thirteen places you don't want to be stuck at.

BY PHILIP WALKER | JUNE 24, 2011

Twilight of the Nuba

Is the Sudanese regime embarking on another war of extinction?

BY DAN MORRISON | JUNE 23, 2011

States of Change

Which countries gained and declined the most in this year's Failed States Index?

BY J.J. MESSNER | JUNE 20, 2011

Trouble in Khartoum

Everyone’s rightly worried about the future of Southern Sudan. But what if it’s the north that’s actually in the most danger?

BY REBECCA HAMILTON | JUNE 17, 2011

Terror in Abyei

The first interviews with fleeing residents of this Sudanese border town make one thing clear: the regime in Khartoum knows exactly what it is doing.

BY REBECCA HAMILTON | MAY 31, 2011

Osama the Icon

The global cult of the terrorist mastermind.

MAY 2, 2011

Our New Man in Sudan

Can Washington's fourth envoy in five years finally get things right?

BY REBECCA HAMILTON | APRIL 4, 2011

The Qaddafi I Know

The Libyan leader was no saint. But the West was wrong to intervene in African affairs.

BY YOWERI MUSEVENI | MARCH 24, 2011

Heading South

South Sudan, Africa's newest country, is starting off on the wrong foot.

BY MAGGIE FICK | MARCH 21, 2011

Legal Limbo

How the International Criminal Court is freezing the conflict in Darfur.

BY JÉRÔME TUBIANA | FEBRUARY 23, 2011

The LWOT: Terror camp trainer pleads guilty at Gitmo; House passes 90-day Patriot Act extension

Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The LWOT: Chechen rebel leader claims Moscow attack; Cameron criticizes 'multiculturalism'

Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Welcome to Juba U.

Southern Sudan's premiere university, relocated to the north during years of civil war, is finally back. Is it up to the task of training a new country's next leaders?

BY PIOTR ZALEWSKI | FEBRUARY 7, 2011

More Sudans, More Problems?

If and when Southern Sudan becomes independent, it may mean two troubled Sudans instead of just one.

BY MAGGIE FICK | JANUARY 25, 2011

After the Break Up

Sudan has 99 problems, but secession isn't one.

BY CHARLES KENNY | JANUARY 25, 2011

The LWOT: Protests greet Guantanamo anniversary; FBI interrogates American in Kuwait

Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation bring you a twice weekly brief on the legal war on terror. You can read it on foreignpolicy.com or get it delivered directly to your inbox -- just sign up here.

BY ANDREW LEBOVICH | JANUARY 14, 2011

Breaking Away

Scenes from the next wave of new countries.

JANUARY 13, 2011

Breaking Up Is Good to Do

Southern Sudan is just the beginning. The world may soon have 300 independent, sovereign nations ... and that's just fine.

BY PARAG KHANNA | JANUARY 13, 2011

The Unfree World

Freedom House's 2011 list highlights an ongoing democratic decline.

JANUARY 12, 2011

A High Price for War

How much would it cost if conflict erupted in Sudan once again?

BY NICK DONOVAN, MATTHEW BELL, VICTORIA BARR | JANUARY 11, 2011

The World's Newest Capital?

On Jan. 9, Southern Sudan votes on whether to become an independent state. If the north and south separate, as most analysts expect them to do, Juba will be the world's newest capital city. Juba-based photographer Pete Muller gives FP an exclusive tour.

PHOTOS BY PETE MULLER | JANUARY 6, 2011

Next Year's Wars

The 16 brewing conflicts to watch for in 2011.

CAPTIONS BY INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP | DECEMBER 28, 2010