Middle Eastern Studies

Recent Articles:

• Foreign meddling and fragmentation fuel the war in Sudan (ACLED, December 12, 2024)
• The Gold Rush at the Heart of a Civil War - New York Times (Declan Walsh, December 11, 2024) (UCLA Access)
• The Global War Machine Supplying Colombian Mercenaries to Fight in Sudan - New York Times (December 11, 2024) (UCLA Access)
• People in Sudan and Gaza are starving. The international community must act - The Guardian (Alex de Waal, November 15, 2024)
• How Sudan’s Wars of Succession Shape the Current Conflict - Foreign Policy Research Institute (Alden Young, July 3, 2024)
• Rule by Militia - Boston Review (Joshua Craze, June 26, 2024)

Academic Articles (UCLA Access):

• Luke Patey, “Oil, Gold, and Guns: The Violent Politics of Sudan’s Resource Re-Curse,” Environment and Security 2, no. 3 (2024): 412–30.
• Federico Donelli and Altea Pericoli, “Foreign Aid, Identities and Interests: Qatar and the UAE in Sudan,” The International Spectator (2024): 1–23.
• W Berridge. "Western Sudanese marginalization, coups in Khartoum and the structural legacies of colonial military divide and rule, 1924-present," Journal of Eastern African Studies 17, no. 4 (2023): 535–556.
• Harry Verhoeven, “Surviving Revolution and Democratisation: The Sudan Armed Forces, State Fragility and Security Competition,” Journal of Modern African Studies 61, no. 3 (2023): 413–37.
• M Hassan and A Kodouda, "Sudan’s Uprising: The Fall of a Dictator," Journal of Democracy 30, no. 4 (2019): 89–103.

Reports and Data:

• The Sudan Conflict Observatory | "The Sudan Conflict Observatory has been monitoring the ongoing civil war by documenting the destruction of critical infrastructure, disruption to humanitarian aid, and alleged crimes against civilians."
• Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) Reports on Sudan | "Yale HRL generates evidence for operational response and accountability in humanitarian crises. Yale HRL analyzes and preserves open source and remote sensing data, including satellite imagery and information shared via social media, consistent with international legal standards for use in ongoing and future accountability mechanisms."
• "Recommendations for the Protection of Civilians in the Sudan" (UN Security Council Secretary General Report, October 21, 2024).
• Sudan: War Crimes in South Kordofan (Human Rights Watch, Dec 10, 2024).
• International Crisis Group Sudan 
• Armed Conflict Location and Event Data on Sudan (ACLED) 

Short Films:

• What's Happening in Sudan's Civil War? | Al-Jazeera
• Sudan's conflict, explained | Vox

• On the Front Lines of Sudan’s Civil War, a ‘Catastrophic Situation’ | WSJ

Newspapers (English):

• Sudan Tribune (UCLA Access)
• Dabanga Radio TV Online - Latest Sudan News
• Al Jazeera English 
• Sudan War Monitor (Open Source Journalist Collaboration)
• Ayin Network | Sudanese Investigative Journalism

Newspapers (Arabic):

• Sudan Tribune (Arabic) (UCLA Access)
• أخبار السودان - Dabanga Radio TV Online
• Al Jazeera Arabic 
• Darfur 24 
• Ayin Network | Sudanese Investigative Journalists

Organizations:

• Yale Humanitarian Research Lab
• Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) | Following the war in Sudan, the Sudanese American Physicians Association (SAPA) has been instrumental in improving healthcare access and fostering resilience, delivering critical medical aid and support that has transformed countless lives in the region.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Sudan 
• Sudan News Agency (SUNA) | Official News Agency of the Government of Sudan
• International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) Sudan |