The US House of Representatives passed legislation last month to include the Middle East and North Africa as a category in the Uniform Racial Classification Act, which requires state agencies to compile and report statistical data using racial classifications, thus effectively defining which groups are recognized and which are not.
Sudan ended over a quarter-century of Islamist-military rule with the 2019 overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, whose rule was based on Islamism, Arab supremacy, and the ruthless application of military power. A joint civilian-military government was formed to lead the transition to a civilian-led democracy. However, an October 2021 coup led by Sudan’s military and security forces ended all progress toward civilian rule, severing at the same time most of Sudan’s economic and financial ties to the West.
Foreseeable crises
It was around ten years back, when more and more experts started sharing and discussing the argument that we are heading towards a global crisis of international cooperation, of dialogue, of collective action and responsibility, of confidence and trust; a global crisis of multilateralism. Sadly enough, this analysis and assessment has been confirmed by now. There is almost universal consensus that we are in a period of high geopolitical tensions, multiple insecurities, in a shift, often reversal of former global paradigms, and a perceived paralysis of previous conflict prevention and conflict resolution mechanisms. German Chancellor Scholz, in his ear-catching speech of 27 February 2022, called it a Zeitenwende, a turning point in history triggered by a war in Europe – war, a grossly illegal means of politics, which was – expressis verbis – presumed “unthinkable” in Europe. A large number of Western political leaders and media commentators echoed that assessment and the “unthinkability of war” in Europe.
La force régionale EACRF créée en 2022 pour arrêter l’avancée du groupe armé M23 dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo a récupéré depuis décembre certains des bastions de la rébellion. Mais, sur le terrain, les rebelles sont toujours là.
C’est l’histoire d’un village du Togo, dont le malheur réside dans sa proximité avec la frontière burkinabè. En relatant l’attaque qu’il a subie le 21 avril, le site togolais “Laabali” raconte aussi une lente diffusion du terrorisme sahélien vers les pays du golfe de Guinée.
L’Egypte et les puissances du Golfe, qui appellent aujourd’hui à la désescalade, ont nourri les ambitions des deux généraux qui s’affrontent à Khartoum, Al-Bourhane et Hemetti.
L’onde de choc de la guerre au Soudan a déjà dépassé les frontières du pays. Un vent d’inquiétude souffle désormais chez ses voisins, mêlé à un embarras croissant, sur fond d’exode des populations. Par la mer Rouge à l’est, par l’Ethiopie au sud, comme par l’Egypte au nord ou en traversant la frontière ouest avec le Tchad, des dizaines de milliers de civils cherchent à fuir les combats.
Depuis le 15 avril, toutes les tentatives de faire cesser les affrontements entre les forces armées soudanaises (FAS), menées par le général Abdel Fattah Al-Bourhane, et les paramilitaires des Forces de soutien rapide (FSR), dirigées par le général Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, dit « Hemetti », ont échoué. Les pertes civiles s’aggravent chaque jour, dépassant les cinq cents morts et plusieurs milliers de blessés, selon le ministère de la santé soudanais.
Désormais, les puissances régionales multiplient les offres de médiation. Mais cette attitude masque difficilement le jeu dangereux auquel elles se sont livrées après la chute d’Omar Al-Bachir, en 2019, en soutenant les deux militaires, au détriment des aspirations démocratiques de la population. Les appels à la désescalade lancés par l’Egypte, les Emirats arabes unis (EAU) et l’Arabie saoudite sonnent particulièrement faux aux oreilles des Soudanais, nombreux à considérer ces trois pays comme une partie du problème et non de la solution.
Terrorists kidnapped a senior member of an influential emirate council, a District Head in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria. The kidnapping breaks a period of peace in his district, residents say.
Ukraine has had considerable success using the drone against Russia since Moscow’s invasion last year.
Turkey and Romania have signed a multimillion dollar deal to sell Bucharest 18 Bayraktar TB2 drones. The deal further cements Turkey’s military relations with eastern Europe amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
In addition to its natural resources and agricultural output, Sudan’s geographic location also makes it critical to Gulf security.
Since the 1970s, Arab Gulf countries have pledged billions of dollars in aid and investment to Sudan in sectors including agriculture, energy and infrastructure, yet many of these projects fail due to the country’s political uprisings and warring factions.
Open-source reports indicated the Advantage Sweet was bound for Houston, Texas, when the United States said it was seized by Iran’s IRGC navy on Thursday afternoon.
Naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) seized an oil tanker in international waters in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet said.