Browsing: North Africa

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was assassinated by NATO-backed rebels on this day in 2011. Here’s a look at how his removal changed the country from an…

On this day in 2011, revolutionary Libyan leader and pan-Africanist Muammar Gaddafi was captured and executed by NATO-backed rebels. Not long after, The Atlantic published an…

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) claim to have discovered Emirati ammunition and medical supplies in the possession of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after recapturing…

Years of planning have gone down the drain as Algeria’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Saturday ruled out a visit to France. A number of unresolved historical…

An alarming New York Times investigation has exposed how the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is sneaking weapons into Sudan through Chad under the guise of humanitarian…

Egypt is home to some half-million registered refugees and asylum seekers from Sudan, according to the UN. Egypt does not place its refugees in camps.  Instead,…

54 years ago today, Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser’s passed on to the ancestral realm. A pan-Africanist and pan-Arabist, Nasser had ambitions of returning all of…

Early on 26 September, the Sudanese military launched a major offensive to regain control of the capital of Khartoum, which it had lost to the paramilitary…

In this video, the founder of the Sudan Updates Instagram page, Ameen Mekki – speaking to the @mediastormpod – explains how Sudan’s exploitation by global powers…

Two Sudanese men typify the war-torn country’s unbowed spirit as the 17-month-long conflict rumbles on. British outlet Channel 4 News featured Rasheed Ahmed and Mohammed Bannaga…