ICTJ’s Gender Symposium, held on February 2 to 4, 2019, in Tunis, Tunisia, brought together fearless women leaders working in 8 countries to advance the needs of victims and to bring gender issues to the center of transitional justice processes. What was achieved? What experiences cut across these diverse contexts? Kelli Muddell and Sibley Hawkins reflect on these questions and more in this short podcast. 

EU Ambassador to The Gambia, Attila Lajos, has said that as long as The Gambia progresses in its democratic transition, the country can count on the EU as a reliable and predictable partner. The partnership is growing in strength, with over 347 million of a promised 365 million euros already invested in projects across the country.

South Sudan’s once-warring parties have agreed to delay key next steps in a fragile peace deal by six months, after the main opposition party warned it might walk away. On May 12, opposition leader Riek Machar was due to return to the country and again become President Salva Kiir’s deputy in a power-sharing arrangement. But Machar’s supporters have said security arrangements are insufficient for him to return safely.

Amid the chants praising the “revolution of the people,” a new slogan appeared this week at a massive sit-in protest in Sudan’s capital: “We do not want Saudi aid even if we have to eat beans and falafel!” The chant underscored the suspicion in the protest camp about the motives of Saudi Arabia and its close ally, the United Arab Emirates, after they jointly pledged USD $3 billion in aid to Sudan’s transitional military government.