The Treaty of Lausanne is due to expire in 2023. This has triggered a debate on how Turkey sees the opportunity and how it would choose to act. Will it seek to resurrect the Ottoman Empire or something resembling it in Europe? Will the geopolitical maps be redrawn? Will Turkey project hard power leading to […]
Sudan
Sudan’s Darfur refugees wonder when their turn will come
‘When we arrived here, there were TV crews and photographers, but now nobody comes,” said Abdallah, amazed to see a journalist turn up at his Sudanese refugee camp in Chad. He fled over the border from Sudan’s western Darfur region in 2004, a year after the armed forces and their allies, the Janjaweed horseback militia, […]
One week after Bashir ousted, Sudan ‘revolution’ unfinished
Sudan on Thursday marks one week since the army ousted president Omar al-Bashir after protests against his 30-year rule, but the “revolution” remains unfinished as demonstrators campaign against their new military leaders. On April 11, the army removed Bashir as tens of thousands of protesters camped outside its headquarters in central Khartoum demanding support in […]
US says Sudan’s new regime can exit terror list if progress made
The United States is willing to remove Sudan from its blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism if its new military leaders take tangible steps, a US official said Tuesday. Sudanese officials have for years sought to get off the list, engaging in inconclusive talks with the United States. A State Department official said that Washington […]
Deposed Bashir moved to Khartoum’s Kobar prison
Sudan’s deposed president Omar al-Bashir was moved to Kobar prison in the capital Khartoum late on Tuesday, two family sources said. Bashir is being held under tight security in solitary confinement, a source at the prison said. Since his removal by the military last Thursday, Bashir had been detained under heavy guard in the presidential […]
African Union threatens to suspend Sudan’s membership unless military council steps down
Sudan’s protest leaders piled pressure on the country’s new military rulers on Monday to hand over power immediately to a civilian government. ? They were joined by the African Union, which threatened to suspend Sudan’s membership unless civilian authority is in place within 15 days. ? The replacement of former ruler Omar Al-Bashir with a […]
Egypt parliament to vote on extending El-Sisi rule
Egypt’s parliament, packed with loyalists of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, is to vote Tuesday on changes to the constitution that could keep the former military chief in power until 2030. The proposed amendments were initially introduced in February by a parliamentary bloc supportive of El-Sisi and updated this week after several rounds of parliamentary debates. […]
Regime insider emerges as the new ruler of Sudan
Sudanese General Awad Ibn Ouf, who led the overthrow of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir and has emerged as the country’s new ruler, is already under US sanctions for his alleged role in the brutal Darfur conflict. In a sombre televised statement on Thursday, Ibn Ouf announced the ouster of Bashir, who ruled the northeast African […]
Sudan after Omar-al-Bashir
Months of anti-government rallies and sit-ins have led to Sudan’s President Omar-al-Bashir being ousted and arrested by the country’s military. The country is now in for a two-year military-run transition government, as well as a three-month-long emergency period. This has thrown a dark shadow over what was supposed to be a moment of celebration and […]
Sudan’s Bashir ousted by military and placed under arrest
President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan with an iron fist for 30 years, was on Thursday overthrown in a coup by the armed forces which announced a two-year period of military rule to be followed by elections. In an address on state television, Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf said Bashir, 75, was under […]