Africa

Sudan coup could offer boon for Moscow

Sudan’s military coup could hurry along the process of Russia’s deeper military involvement in the country. The Sudanese military detained the country’s prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, on Monday along with several other members of the government. Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who led the coup and alongside Hamdok headed the …

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Guinée : qui est Lauriane Doumbouya, la nouvelle première dame ?

Le 1er octobre, lors de la cérémonie d’investiture de Mamadi Doumbouya, la présence de cette Française aux côtés du putschiste a été remarquée. « Jeune Afrique » a enquêté sur cet officier de gendarmerie devenue première dame. Le téléphone sonne désespérément dans le vide. Il n’y a plus personne pour …

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Military coup opens new chapter in Sudan’s regional ties

The Sudanese army carried out a military coup that will undermine the fragile democratic transition process in the country and deepen its economic crisis. The Sudanese army has overthrown its civilian partners in power through a military coup that is bound to undermine the fragile democratic transition process in the …

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Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa

When the news circulated that Morocco’s leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), has been trounced in the latest elections, held in September, official media mouthpieces in Egypt celebrated the news as if the PJD’s defeat was, in itself, a blow to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement. Regionally, …

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Sudan’s ambassador to US vows to oppose coup in Khartoum

The United States is coordinating with Gulf states on messaging in hopes of avoiding bloodshed in Sudan. Sudan’s ambassador to the United States said in a statement today that he and other Sudanese envoys abroad would “resist” a military coup that deposed his country’s civilian-led transitional government on Monday. Nureldin …

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Reversing Sudan’s Dangerous Coup

Sudan is in peril. On 25 October, just weeks after a failed coup attempt, the country’s generals removed the civilian-led government that had been piloting a transition after an uprising unseated long-serving ruler Omar al-Bashir in April 2019. Soldiers surrounded Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s residence in the capital Khartoum, detaining …

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Israeli Intelligence Aids African States Threatened By Islamist Insurgencies In Return For Normalization – OpEd

Sudan’s military junta overthrew the democratic transitional government and arrested key civilian leaders, including the prime minister. It has shut down the internet and phone service, closed the airport, and declared itself the sole rulers. However, a mass democratic movement overthrew the last dictator, Omar Bashir and ushered in an …

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Political Islam and Democracy Crisis in North Africa

When the news circulated that Morocco’s leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), has been trounced in the latest elections, held in September, official media mouthpieces in Egypt celebrated the news as if the PJD’s defeat was, in itself, a blow to the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood movement. Regionally, …

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Sudan general declares state of emergency after coup, says will form government

Soldiers open fire in Khartoum toward demonstrators protesting power grab; EU following development with ‘utmost concern’; office of detained PM says events are a ‘complete coup’ Sudan’s top general on Monday dissolved the government and announced that the military will run the country after his forces arrested the acting prime …

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Sudan’s Military Arrests PM, Declares State of Emergency, in Apparent Coup

Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was detained on Monday and moved to an undisclosed location by the country’s military, in an apparent coup. Hamdok was arrested after refusing to support the coup by issuing a statement in favor of it, Reuters reported, citing the country’s information ministry. Five other senior …

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