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January 14, 2025 | by Coffee Brief

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
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January 14, 2025 | by Coffee Brief

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.
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July 28, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

Palestine’s Mahmoud Abbas invited to temper backlash over Netanyahu invitation

Erdogan wanted to improve ties with Israel, and invited Abbas to help facilitate.
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July 28, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

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…
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July 3, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

The reason Morocco and Algeria do not like each other…

Both believe themselves to have been deeply wronged by the other ‘brother’.
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July 2, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

When Malaysia challenged saudi and UAE, and caused panic…

Mahathir made Bin Salman and Bin Zayed scramble.
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July 2, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

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…
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June 30, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

Sudan’s army is struggling against Hemedti’s militia…

They have seized the Central Reserve Police HQ in Khartoum…
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June 27, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

Saudi and Yemen’s separatists wrestle over Hadhramout province

Saudi is not averse or against Separatist aims. However, it is averse to the timing…
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June 22, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

Bin Salman and Macron struggle to agree…

But Bin Salman is not in Paris to see him.
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June 22, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

Major escalation in Sudan…

Governor of West Darfur is executed by rebels…
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June 22, 2023 | by Coffee Brief

Bin Salman rebuffs Biden…

…and EU offers 1 billion euros to Tunisia’s coup…
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