Sudan has a history of non-violent pro-democracy civil insurrection which far pre-dates the Arab Spring. But can such an uprising succeed today?
Sceptics say regime change in Sudan would worsen the security situation. But the three wars and massive proliferation of small arms can be traced to the current regime’s mismanagement.
The advance of a radical movement in northern Mali, and its destruction of cultural treasures in the ancient city of Timbuktu, are increasing calls for a foreign military response.
Ameen Outspoken uses spoken poetry to shed further light on the bloodshed and atrocities being committed in Syria. He reminds us that we must not avert our gaze when innocents are suffering.
A l’heure ou le Burundi s'apprête à célébrer les cinquante ans de proclamation d’indépendance le tableau est sombre : l’impunité, l’insécurité et les exécutions extrajudiciaires des membres des partis politiques de l’opposition. Parmi les grands obstacles à la réconciliation, il y a le manque de v
As Burundi celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its declaration of independence, the landscape is bleak: impunity, insecurity and extra judicial killings of members of the opposition. One of the biggest obstacles to reconciliation is the lack of truth over the country’s history, says Lyduine Rur
The aspirations of the Jordanian people do not differ much from those of the Tunisians and Libyans and all those individuals who decided at some point to break down the wall of fear.
Many Libyans are at a loss to know how to choose between different candidates based on photos and slogans alone, and are frustrated by the whole campaigning process.
Some people think they’re entitled to more money just because Ben Ali is gone, when ironically, the country has only got poorer since then, and therefore it just can’t happen.
With Egypt’s first elected leader, Mohamed Morsi, SCAF is no longer going to be grooming a fourth military dynasty and will enter various degrees of power struggles only to discover that raw power can only take you so far.
Next Saturday, June 30, the date set by the SCAF for their formal handing over of power and return to the barricades is an elusive dream. The willingness of the Muslim Brotherhood to sustain their revolutionary and anti-military discourse is equally uncertain.
