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Outsider chance: ending Sudan’s proxy war

The Economist: The week ahead by The Economist

Aug 7, 202628:00News & Politics

We look at the peace that has settled over Khartoum, the ruined capital. War rages on elsewhere, and a slim chance at a settlement rests largely with the belligerents’ foreign patrons. We ask why President Donald Trump h...

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Outsider chance: ending Sudan’s proxy war is an episode from The Economist: The week ahead by The Economist. We look at the peace that has settled over Khartoum, the ruined capital. War rages on elsewhere, and a slim chance at a settlement...

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Published Aug 7, 2026, 28:00 long, audio available.