Oil reserves in Sudan and South Sudan remain underutilised, largely due to war. Meanwhile, lack of stability has curbed potential foreign investment in East Africa's oil fields.

This state of schizophrenia leaves Sudanese citizens in a state of confusion. They are forced to choose between the warring parties that were, until recently, partners in power.

A notable feature of this year's Arab summit is that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will be attending for the first time since 2011

Two separate military forces, too many civilian groups all serving their own self-interest and ineffective international guidance undermined moves toward democracy. War is the price of that failure.

Sudanese novelist Mansour Al-Souaim journals his life in Sudan, where war continues to rage and the future looks bleak

As conflict grips Sudan yet again, the country's instability relates to insecure national foundations of interlocking treaties between a complex range of ethnic and tribal rivals

As Sudan plunges into conflict, the prospect of a long-term war becomes a likely scenario.

Sudan's two military factions and offshoot militias are all part of the intricate web of foreign interests in Sudan and are merely tools to protects these interests

Why Washington prioritised shutting down the embassy and sending its staff home over helping US citizens escape the dangerous situation unfolding in Sudan

Whoever emerges the winner must meet certain expectations and understand that backsliding into Islamism is not acceptable or the conflict is at risk of reigniting once more