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, by AKRAM-BOSHAR Shireen, ALHAJ Muzna, BEAN Brian
Shireen Akram-Boshar and brian bean interview Muzna Alhaj, a member and organizer of a Khartoum Resistance Committee, about the escalating armed conflict between rival factions of the ruling junta and its impact on the revolutionary dynamic in Sudan.
by brian bean and Shireen Akram-Boshar (...)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
In the face of the nightmare that Sudan is going through these days, we have a dream... [Translated from the Arabic]
In the face of the nightmare that Sudan is going through these days, we have a dream: the dream that the infighting between military factions in a country whose history has (...)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
Professor of international relations at SOAS in London Gilbert Achcar explains that it would be simplistic to represent the conflict in Sudan as a proxy war in an interview with Dina Ezzat
On day nine of the conflict that has erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid (...)
, by RAMANI Samuel
Analysis: In Sudan’s power struggle, the Russian mercenary group Wagner sees clear advantages in prolonging the conflict and strengthening the bargaining power of the Rapid Support Forces.
On 23 April, US officials revealed that the Wagner Group offered powerful weapons, such as surface-to-air (...)
, by MENA Solidarity Network, The Alliance of Demand-based Campaigns (TAM)
In recognition of the urgency of the situation in Sudan and in internationalist solidarity, Tempest reprints two items published by the MENA Solidarity Network. The first is an updated Network appeal from April 19, 2023. The second is a statement from the Alliance of Demand-Based Campaigns (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
In 2014, Ugandan MPs passed a law punishing homosexuality with penalties up to the death penalty. It was censured by the country’s Supreme Court. Ugandan MPs have now done it again. Solidarity with the LGBTI community is needed!
What has mobilized parliamentary activity in Uganda is not the (...)
Only two MPs voted against Uganda’s anti-LGBT bill, passed this week. We talk to one of them, Fox Odoi-Oywelowo
Fox Odoi-Oywelowo is one of only two Ugandan MPs who voted against the country’s controversial and draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which was passed by Parliament this week and (...)
Supreme court rules for freedom of association but landmark decision sparks backlash from government and churches
The supreme court of Kenya has criticised the government for failure to register an association for LGBTQ+ people, saying the decision discriminates against the rights of the (...)
, by HOUELAND Camilla
A few days after Nigeria’s presidential elections, with a disputed winner declared, here are some initial conclusions and prospects.
On Monday, March 1st, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of one of Nigeria’s two big political parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the (...)
, by HALL Amy
Could a Kenyan court case point the way towards a more just tax system? Amy Hall investigates.
Although Kenya has one of the highest concentrations of healthcare workers on the African continent, the government estimates that they are still down 3,238 medical officers. The shortage is (...)
, by KIMEU Caroline
‘Racist’ inequalities leave sub-Saharan region bearing burden of more that half world’s new HIV infections, says Winnie Byanyima
The head of UNAids, Winnie Byanyima, has strongly criticised pharmaceutical giants for prioritising profits over saving lives, and warned that “racist” inequalities are (...)
, by LODGE Tom, MASISI Lesego, MYERS Bob
Friends in South Africa have responded to the article “Russia and South Africa: the oppressors make a deal”, by Bob Myers, published on People & Nature last month. Here are two comments, by Tom Lodge and Lesego Masisi, and a further comment by Bob.
Tom Lodge: ‘Treating Russia’s rulers as (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
The Pope has once again spoken out against wars and the economic plundering of Africa. The Vatican has been making free elections its hobbyhorse for some time now and has taken a stand against the aggression suffered by members of the LGBT community.
This is the fourth time the Pope has (...)
, by ALNEEL Muzan
Four months after a historic popular upsurge in Sudan in December 2018 and the government repression that followed, the military deposed long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir. Civilian and military forces then governed in partnership, with democratic sectors pressing for an all-civilian government. (...)
, by MYERS Bob
The South African government of the African National Congress (ANC) has decided to join military exercises with Russia and China. They were announced during a visit to South Africa this week by Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov – who was given a warm welcome by Nalendi Pandor, the South (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
As a result of a consumerist economic model, rich countries are faced with an ever-increasing mass of waste. To process it cheaply, the temptation is to ship them to Africa with serious environmental and health consequences for the people.
A few weeks ago, Spanish customs put an end to an (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
Thousands of young girls, victims of sexual violence or forced marriages, are excluded from the school system because of their pregnancy or their status as mothers. Although positive developments are perceptible, they are held back by a patriarchal policy shared by African leaders.
The right (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
In Toulon on 9 November 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron, in a speech presenting the national strategic review, formalized the end of Operation Barkhane, the French military’s operation against Islamist groups in Africa’s Sahel region , which had begun nine years earlier. The unsatisfactory (...)
, by MARTIAL Paul
One year after the coup d’état organized by the military against the transition process following the fall of Al-Bashir, the mobilization continues against a weak and divided government. Structures of self-organization of the populations have taken over the political field and are fighting (...)
, by No to the Oppression of Women (La liqahr al-nisa’a)
The Sudanese movement No to the Oppression of Women (La liqahr al-nisa’a) published this statement on their Facebook page in Arabic.
The regime of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan, who was overthrown by a popular uprising in 2019, used similar tactics to the Iranian regime to instil fear and division by (...)
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