In the frame: graffiti mushroomed in Khartoum after the April 2019 coup that toppled President Omar al-Bashir . ... The political systems of the Arabic-speaking world are dominated by castes that exploit the state and its resources. ..…
Unlike many of his peers, Omar al-Bashir survived the 2011 Arab uprisings relatively unscathed. ..…
Among the government of Hamdok will be its tasks to work cooperation with other Sudanese institutions, to achieve policy more harmony with Arab region, and to move away from axes adopted by Al-Bashir. ..…
Africa We wound up our article of 25th February on Sudanese with the prediction that Arab revolution was rising once again. Now, in the space of mere fortnight, two strongmen, one Bouteflika, and Omar Bashir, the long of Sudan, have been brought down. ..…
In desperation National Congress Party administration headed by President al-Bashir solidified alliance with Saudi Arabian and United Arab Emirates monarchies leading to the participation of Sudanese Armed Forces in United States engineered war against the people of Yemen.. ..…
They described how Bashir mishandled one key relationship — with the United Arab Emirates. . ... When the going got tough and things got worse, Sudan supported the Arab alliance without asking for anything in return,” said MbZ, sitting alongside Bashir. . ..…
During his regime, supported by Arab Muslim tribes, Bashir continued the fight against Christian and Animist southern separatists headed by Sudan's People Liberation Army, leaving more than two million casualties and millions starved and displaced.. ..…
Following the coup against Bashir, Sudan has turned in a pro-Saudi Arabia direction. ... Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Qatar’s main Gulf rivals, have jointly pledged $3 billion to help transition the post-Bashir government. ..…
In February 2003, Darfur begins accusing the government of neglecting Darfur of Arab Sudan.. Despite being issued arrest warrants for genocide by International Criminal Court in 2008, 2009 and 2010, al-Bashir was never brought to justice by ICC.. ..…
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged $3 billion to Sudan, where protesters demand that the junta hand power to civilians.. Bashir, is also wanted by International Criminal Court over his alleged in Darfur region. ..…
CAIRO (AP) — As the popular uprising against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir gained strength earlier this year, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia began reaching out to the military through secret channels to encourage his removal from power, according to Egyptian and..…
Al-Bashir traveled to Jordan in March 2017 to attend an annual Arab League summit. ..…
Meanwhile, neighboring Egypt, whose President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi holds the current chairmanship of the African Union and is close to the Gulf Arab states, has said a political transition to civilian rule needs time to avoid chaos. . Bashir's fate uncertain . The protests started in..…
First, there was 22-year-old Alaa Salah, in Arab Spring style in Sudan that earlier this month toppled the presidency of Omar al-Bashir, that nation's of 30 years. ..…
Al- Bashir's government mobilized Arab militias known as Janjaweed, massacring civilians and carrying out mass rapes among three African groups, Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa. ..…
Al-Bashir's government mobilized Arab militias known as the Janjaweed, who are accused of burning villages to the ground, massacring civilians and carrying out mass rapes among three ethnic African groups, the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa. ... Several African and Arab leaders most..…
The revolutionary people of this Arab country bordering sub-Saharan Africa has been fighting for months to bring down Omar al Bashir, the National Congress Party, his instrument for power, and the whole governmental system that supported him with immense sacrifices, chanting “Taskut..…
MY: Who is most affected by Bashir’s departure, in the Arab world in particular? ... ET: The dislodging of Bashir will demoralize the dictatorships of the Middle East and North Africa, and their international supporters. ..…
By price hikes and shortages, Sudan's protests began December, sparked, escalated into Arab Spring-inspired uprising against al-Bashir. ..…
In his first public appearance, Bashir spoke in favor of pan-Arabism and expressed solidarity with Sudan’s Arab neighbors, Egypt and Libya. ... In March 1990, Bashir announced that all “Arab brothers” could enter Sudan without a visa. ..…
Last month, London-based Middle East Eye reported that the head of Mossad had met with his Sudanese Germany Egypt and United Arab Emirates to oust Bashir.. ..…
Roubi herself was detained in 2013 during the “Sudan Change Movement,” which broke out after the 2011 Arab uprisings. Activists say more than 200 people were killed in a crackdown by Bashir’s security forces while Sudanese authorities reported around 70 deaths. . ..…
Watch crowds of Sudanese people celebrate the collapse of the Bashir regime #SudanProtest https://t.co/hLpCrc7Ldn pic.twitter.com/FOjgwsrePT . — Arab News (@arabnews) April 11, 2019 . ... Huge crowds of jubilant Sudanese celebrate ouster of President Omar Al-Bashir. ..…
The government had hoped for quick financial support from wealthy Gulf Arab allies after Bashir sent troops to Yemen as part of a Saudi-led alliance fighting an Iran-aligned movement, but help was slow to arrive. . ..…
The swirling reports of a coup following nearly four months of street protests against al-Bashir’s rule raised expectations it was a sign the autocrat was relinquishing power or was being removed by the military. . Pan-Arab TV networks said top ruling party officials were being arrested. ..…
But he denies international accusations that he has backed Arab Janjaweed militias accused of war crimes against the region's black African communities. . For years, Mr Bashir resisted the deployment of UN peacekeepers to Darfur and any criticism from the West tends to make him and his..…
As the Economist pointed out, if Bashir goes, the wave of unrest could simply grow stronger: . ... Bashir’s fellow Arab leaders, who fear a second phase of the Arab Spring that swept away several of them in 2011. ..…
The plan seems underway: the Persian Gulf Arab states, including the UAE, are reopening their embassies in the capital Damascus, showing tendency to re-establish Syria as a member of the Arab League. Meanwhile, Pro-Saudi Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir recently visited Damascus and passed a..…
It said the ministry signed another deal worth $70 million with the Arab Trade Financing Program, which is also based in the Emirati capital. . Al-Bashir, who seized power in an Islamist-backed military coup in 1989, has responded to the protests by suspending plans for constitutional..…
deal for second loan worth $70 million was signed with Arab Trade Financing Program, ment from Sudan's presidency.. The deals were signed as President Omar al-Bashir and other officials including the central bank governor met Arab Monetary Fund Director General Abdulrahman..…
'Bashir's regime tortured, killed and raped thousands of citizens throughout 30 years. ... 'The white thobe was originally worn by women before Bashir's rule. It symbolised simplicity, peace and beauty,' an Ahfad student told The New Arab on condition of anonymity. . ..…
Facing mounting unrest at home, Bashir has sought support abroad from fellow Arab leaders. Bashir and Defence Minister Ibn Auf met on Saturday with the emir of Qatar’s envoy Khalid bin Mohammed Al Attiyah. . . . ..…
When al-Bashir made an unannounced visit to Damascus last December, he travelled by a Russian military aircraft (RT—Arabic service, December 18, 2018). ..…
As The Intercept reported at the time, this was due to lobbying by the United Arab Emirates, as a diplomatic favor to Bashir’s regime. ..…
Once seen as the breadbasket of the Arab world, the protesters say that many years of mismanagement have turned Sudan into a failed state. . They blame Bashir for South Sudan’s secession and for Sudan being placed on a U.S. list of countries that sponsor terrorism. . ..…
Last month, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir became the first Arab head of state to pay an official visit to Damascus and sit down for talks with Assad. . Bashir currently has very intimate relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and many analysts..…
On December, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir arrived Damascus in the first such visit by Arab since the start of Syrian in 2011.. ..…
But the originality of the findings in the report is less than the author assumes perhaps because he can’t read Arabic. . In 2017, George Freiha, the former chief of staff of the late Lebanese President-elect Bashir Gemayel, published a book titled “With Bashir” in which he..…
READ: Sudan’s Bashir says protesters trying to copy Arab Spring . The National Consensus Government was formed in late 2017 after three years of negotiations under President Al-Bashir’s dialogue initiative. ..…