In the corridors of Sudan's intricate politics, the Alliance of Freedom and Change (AFC) is witnessing increasingly difficult tests, with domestic and foreign pressures the consequences of which are almost impossible to predict.
The AFC is an (...)
In the corridors of Sudan's intricate politics, the Alliance of Freedom and Change (AFC) is witnessing increasingly difficult tests, with domestic and foreign pressures the consequences of which are almost impossible to predict.
The AFC is an (...)
Hours of talks between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Alliance of Freedom and Change (AFC) ended Sunday and Monday without agreement.
The Sunday meeting, which took place at the presidential palace, had started at 9pm and lasted for (...)
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Tuesday that two oil-pumping stations for the East-West pipeline had been hit by explosive-laden drones, calling the attack “an act of terrorism” that targeted global oil supplies.
Al-Falih said that (...)
Hours of talks between the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Alliance of Freedom and Change (AFC) ended Sunday and Monday without agreement.
The Sunday meeting, which took place at the presidential palace, had started at 9pm and lasted for (...)
Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Tuesday that two oil-pumping stations for the East-West pipeline had been hit by explosive-laden drones, calling the attack “an act of terrorism” that targeted global oil supplies.
Al-Falih said that (...)
Events in Sudan are taking a turn familiar to previous revolts in sister Arab countries. The toppled president is being investigated for corruption by the state prosecution — which he created — as counter-revolution clouds loom over the country that (...)
Sudan's transitional military council (TMC) has announced that its head, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, will chair a presidential council that will include representatives of the Declaration of Freedom and Change, a broad coalition of opposition parties.
On (...)
Events in Sudan are taking a turn familiar to previous revolts in sister Arab countries. The toppled president is being investigated for corruption by the state prosecution — which he created — as counter-revolution clouds loom over the country that (...)
Sudan has the solid support of its African neighbours which agreed, in a consultative meeting in Cairo on Tuesday, to give Khartoum “more time” to carry out the measures announced by the Transitional Military Council (TMC) that has been governing (...)
On 19 December 2018, protests erupted across Sudan, quickly becoming the largest movement against the 30-year rule of president Omar Al-Bashir, writes Haitham Nouri.
Demonstrations broke out against the hiking prices of food, particularly on bread, (...)
Sudan's political conflict entered a new phase as “counter-revolutionary” forces have come to the fore. A number of extremist and Salafi leaders have been mobilising their followers to hold “a million-man protest for the victory of Islam” and (...)
Sudan's transitional military council (TMC) has announced that its head, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, will chair a presidential council that will include representatives of the Declaration of Freedom and Change, a broad coalition of opposition parties.
On (...)
No sooner had protesters caught their breaths to celebrate the ouster of president Omar Al-Bashir than events took a worrying turn in Sudan Monday.
Demonstrators camped outside the army headquarters in Khartoum spent the day trying to protect their (...)
Change is in the air in Khartoum as popular protests continue in front of the General Command of the Armed Forces and amid “reports” about President Omar Al-Bashir stepping down.
The winds of change did not begin just this week with rumours that (...)
Observers are expecting that Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir will be stepping down "soon," and that it is only a matter of time before the army decides who will be the transitional leader of the Arab African country, which has been witnessing (...)
Change is in the air in Khartoum as popular protests continue in front of the General Command of the Armed Forces and amid “reports” about President Omar Al-Bashir stepping down. The winds of change did not begin just this week with rumours that (...)
It may be a first in the Arab world, but Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi announced on Saturday that he would not be seeking re-election.
Despite the fact that Tunisia's 2014 Constitution gives Essebsi the right to run for a second term and (...)
“We, the leaders of the Arab countries gathered in Tunisia... express our rejection and condemnation of the United States' decision to recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan,” Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Abul-Gheit said as the two-day (...)
Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir is taking steps unprecedented in his 30-year rule — the longest in Sudan's modern history — as world reactions vary between support for and opposition to the Khartoum regime.
On 8 March, as the world celebrated (...)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) spent last week touring Asia's three nuclear powers amid a lavish reception by Asian leaders and despite visible tensions amongst them. Bin Salman's tour was meant to convey that he was still an active (...)
Africa has been called “the continent of the future” and “the cursed continent” and both phrases reflect a facet of the truth. The continent possesses a cornucopia of riches that have long lured great powers.
Their rivalries sowed tensions and (...)
The Venezuela crisis is escalating rapidly as divides sharpen in public opinion worldwide between supporters of socialist President Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido who, last month, declared himself acting president of the oil-rich (...)
Africa has been called “the continent of the future” and “the cursed continent” and both phrases reflect a facet of the truth. The continent possesses a cornucopia of riches that have long lured great powers. Their rivalries sowed tensions and (...)
Egypt's relationship with Africa dates back millennia. In the modern age, however, starting with the irrigation projects under Mohamed Ali in the early 19th century, Cairo increasingly focused on the Nile and its sources. This beginning laid the (...)
