Jan. 14, 2025
Sudan War: Why did the transition agreement collapse in 2021?
The coup in 2021 was not against a democratic transition. No democratic transition was under way in the first place for Burhan to overthrow. Instead, Burhan’s coup was a revolt against an agreement brokered between unelected parties vying for power between themselves. It is a fall-out between political actors who collectively came together to deny democratic agency to the Sudanese people.
Jan. 14, 2025
Context building up to Sudan’s 2019 ‘revolution’
A background to the climate in which mass protests erupted in 2019 to ultimately topple longtime ruler Omar Al-Bashir.
Jul. 28, 2023
Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas invited to temper backlash over Netanyahu invitation
Erdogan wanted to improve ties with Israel, and invited Abbas to help facilitate.
Jul. 28, 2023
Bin Salman’s €1 billion euro bid for Kylian Mbappe to play in Saudi
300 million offer to PSG, and a 700 million euro salary package to play in Saudi for one year…
Jul. 03, 2023
The reason Morocco and Algeria do not like each other…
Both believe themselves to have been deeply wronged by the other ‘brother’.
Jul. 02, 2023
When Malaysia challenged saudi and UAE, and caused panic…
Mahathir made Bin Salman and Bin Zayed scramble.
Jul. 02, 2023
Why is Tunisia’s opposition limited in its ability to resist Saied’s coup?
Because although ostensibly united, it is riven by division across three factions…
Jun. 30, 2023
Sudan’s army is struggling against Hemedti’s militia…
They have seized the Central Reserve Police HQ in Khartoum…
Jun. 27, 2023
Saudi and Yemen’s separatists wrestle over Hadhramout province
Saudi is not averse or against Separatist aims. However, it is averse to the timing…
Jun. 22, 2023
Bin Salman and Macron struggle to agree…
But Bin Salman is not in Paris to see him.