This parliamentary roundtable took place on Monday 14 September 2026, 16:00–18:00, in Committee Room 20, House of Commons, Westminster. It is now in the archive.

CERHA and Fair Observer convened parliamentarians, former diplomats, regional experts and civil society to examine conflict, political Islam and the future of civilian governance in Sudan and Yemen.

Chair

Claire Whitaker, Chair of Fair Observer and former BBC and AFP journalist.

Speakers

• Atul Singh — CEO of Fair Observer
• Ambassador Edmund Fitton-Brown — former British Ambassador to Yemen; former Coordinator of the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team concerning ISIL, Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
• Ambassador Khaled al-Yemany — former Foreign Minister of Yemen; former Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations
• Dr Abd al-Ghalil Shaif — Chair of Friends of South Yemen
• Anas Himedan — Sudanese biomedical scientist and human rights advocate

Themes discussed

• The influence of armed and political movements
• The role of political Islamist networks
• Prospects for peace, democratic transition and civilian governance
• Implications for UK foreign policy and the wider international response

Photographs, video and a longer written report will be added to this page when they are cleared for publication. Related programme notes appear under Research & Publications.

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