Sudan

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok announced Monday that the US had agreed to remove his country from the list of international supporters of terrorism, paving the way for Sudan to rejoin the international community and attract desperately needed international investment. Sudan’s revolutionary government has moved to ensure human and civil […]

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Revolutionary, Muslim-Majority Sudan Declares Separation of Religion and State

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The transitional government of officers and civilian revolutionaries in Sudan has separated religion and state. In an agreement signed Thursday in Addis Ababa with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N), Sudan’s prime minister Abdullah Hamdok agreed that Sudan would not establish any particular religion. The agreement included the language, “The state […]

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Sudan’s People Power Movement Forced the Military to Share Power, but is the Deal Falling Apart?

Middle East Monitor

Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – ( Middle East Monitor) – The gap between the military and civilian government in Sudan appears to be widening. The rift is threatening the political stability of the country and the power-sharing agreement. In less than ten days, three major disagreements have rocked the transitional government pitting the civilian […]

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Back to 1924: Trump mulls adding Pure anti-African Racism to Visa ban, in Addition to anti-Muslim Hate

Juan Cole

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Nicole Narea at Vox reports that Trump is considering adding some of Africa’s most important countries to his visa ban, in a transparent attempt to reduce African immigration to the United States. What is it about Africans, you might wonder that bothers Trump? Yomi Kazeem at Quartz adds that Trump […]

Sudan

Sudan’s new Shift toward Civilian Rule a Bitter Defeat for Saudi-UAE Authoritarianism

Middle East Monitor

By Thembisa Fakude | @fakudet| – “Sudanese are proud Arabs, they master the Arabic language and their firm Islamic adherence further emphasise their position as Arabs.” Most Sudanese are sceptical, for various reasons, of being referred to as Africans. Their political trajectory, therefore, over the years, has tended to mimic those of the Arab world. […]

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What the Press Gets Wrong about the Sudan Crisis: It isn’t (Mainly) about Secular Democracy

Peter Bechtold

Portland, Or. (Informed Comment) – Almost all reporting on the Sudan crisis has in common is that the reports have been uneven or flat-out incorrect. This pattern has persisted with the coverage of the uprisings against military rule earlier this year, primarily in the characterization of severe conflicts between the Sudanese military and democracy-seeking revolutionaries. […]

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As Sudan Crowds Demand Civilian Rule, Was Al-Bashir’s Overthrow just another Military Coup?

Middle East Monitor

By Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – According to well-informed sources, on the night of 22 February this year, as the invited guests in Sudan’s presidential palace gardens and television crews waited for the President to arrive and address the nation, the country’s former head of intelligence was also waiting. Enraged by President Omar Al-Bashir’s […]

Sudan

As Military Junta consolidates Rule in Sudan, Masses demand Civilian Government

Middle East Monitor

By Khalil Charles | @khalilcharles | – Historians and political scientists who have followed recent events in Sudan closely will point to the irony of the current dispute between the military and protest groups over the definition of, and demand for, civilian rule. In 1999, a well-documented split between former President Omar Al-Bashir and National […]

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In Killing 100 Protesters to Avoid Civilian Rule, Sudan’s Junta Committed Historic Blunder

Middle East Monitor

By Abdulwahhab Badrakhan | – It is still not clear what’s going to have a stronger influence on the choices of the military leaders in Sudan. The public mediation of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who delivered, through the African Union, a message from the international community demanding the immediate handover of power to a […]