Much of the world is wondering who is really running the show in Sudan now that its president of three decades has been ousted. It’s certainly not the protesters being crushed by the military as [ More … ]
Forty bodies have been pulled from the River Nile in the Sudanese capital Khartoum following a violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests, opposition activists said on Wednesday. Doctors linked to the opposition said the bodies were [ More … ]
Egyptian high school students protested after technical problems had ruined school exams. The teenagers were met with violence by security forces as they decried ‘failed education system’, following failure of tablets, WiFi and much more. [ More … ]
The ousting of former Sudan president, Omar Al-Bashir, has left various factions within the military battling for control of the state. Since the military ouster of Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir, early on Thursday, 11 April, after three [ More … ]
Army rulers in Sudan have agreed to form a joint civilian-military council following pressure from protesters. Sudanese protesters Sunday welcomed a breakthrough in talks with army rulers who agreed to form a joint civilian-military council, [ More … ]
AFTER THREE DECADES in power, Sudan’s Omar-al-Bashir was ousted following months of protests by the Sudanese. Speaking on State television 2 days ago, Defence Minister Awad Ibnouf announced Bashir had been removed from power and [ More … ]
Longtime president says he quit to let citizens ‘take Algeria to the better future they aspire to’. Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned with immediate effect, according to state media, ceding power in the face of massive street [ More … ]
The Algerian Constitutional Council said it would decide whether to move to remove the president The head of Algeria’s army, Ahmed Gaid Salah, called for Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to be declared “unfit to rule” [ More … ]
Hundreds of female students at Egypt’s Al-Azhar University held a protest yesterday, accusing college officials of attempting to cover up the rape of a woman on campus the week before. Screams were heard at a [ More … ]
Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his withdrawal Monday from a bid to win another term in office and postponed an April 18 election, following weeks of protests against his candidacy. By: AFP Mr Bouteflika, in [ More … ]
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has submitted official papers confirming he will seek re-election, Ennahar TV said on Sunday, despite mass protests against the move. There was no official confirmation, but state news agency APS published [ More … ]
United Nations investigators reported on Thursday that Israeli forces who fired on Palestinians during the mass demonstrations on the border with Gaza, killing more than 100 people, may have committed war crimes. The report, by [ More … ]
Thousands of people gathered across Algeria on Friday to protest President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plans to run for a fifth term. Security forces in riot gear fired tear gas to block a march on to the presidential [ More … ]
The protesters were reportedly calling for women arrested during ongoing demonstrations against President Omar al-Bashir’s rule to be released. “We are fighters, we will complete our mission,” witnesses told AFP the crowd chanted, as women [ More … ]
The large-scale and wide geographic spread of protests in Sudan over the past few weeks pose a greater threat to the regime of President Omar Al-Bashir than ever before in his thirty-year grip on power. [ More … ]
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