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For the last two years, the civil war in Sudan, the largest contemporary war in Africa, has ripped the country apart. As Beverly Ochieng, Wedaeli Chibelushi, and Natasha Booty report at the BBC, “The war, which continues to this day, has claimed more than 150,000 lives. And in what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis, about 12 million people have been forced to flee their homes. There is evidence of genocide in the western region of Darfur, where residents say they have been targeted by fighters based on their ethnicity.”In the latest installment of Solidarity Without Exception, we examine the roots of Sudan's social and humanitarian crisis today, the domestic and international dimensions of the political revolution that swept Sudan in 2019, which led to the overthrow of Omar Al-Bashir, and the violent counterrevolution that, since 2023, has been led by two military factions (and their international allies), deepening the oppression of the Sudanese people and enabling genocidal actions by said military forces. Cohost Blanca Missé speaks with: Nisrin Elamin, assistant professor of African studies and anthropology at the University of Toronto and a member of the Sudan Solidarity Collective, who is currently writing a book on Gulf Arab capital accumulation and land dispossession in central Sudan; and Ibrahim Alhaj Abdelmajeed Alduma, a Virginia-based human rights advocate for Sudan and a communication and disinformation specialist with years of experience working in NGOs with a focus on community development, youth capacity building, and strengthening the role and impact of civil society institutions.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterFollow us on BlueskyLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcastAudio Post-Production: Alina NehlichMusic Credits: Venticinque Aprile (“Bella Ciao” Orchestral Cover) by Savfk |https://www.youtube.com/savfkmusicMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Taking advantage of a brief power vacuum or are we witnessing a scramble for Syria? As Islamist-led rebels savour their surprise swoop on Damascus, foreign powers are seizing the moment to either clean house or settle scores: Turkey targeting Kurds in the north, the US hitting Isis positions in the east and Israel firing on all cylinders in a bid to debilitate Iran-backed military installations.  Assad never bent and so he broke, but for more than a decade, Syria's seemingly immovable strongman could rely on Russia, powerful neighbour Iran, and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah. Supreme leader Ali Khamenei blaming Assad's fall on a US-Israeli plot and, without naming it, Turkey. How will Tehran react, particularly if the feels under threat?Will the dust settle or is there more to come in the region? Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Annarosa Zampaglione. 

Thomas and Aimen are back to bring you the final episode in our four part survey of the history and modern conflict in Sudan. In this episode, the pair first take us through the battles between Hasan Al-Turabi and Omar Al-Bashir in the 1990s, with Aimen revealing some fascinating anecdotes about the way Sudan incubated worldwide terror, including Osama Bin Laden, prior to 9/11. And next, we hear about the roots of the conflict raging in Sudan today, from the development of an Arab Spring style revolution in Khartoum, to the brutal response to it, the fall of Bashir, numerous coups and now the battles between the RSF and SAF. And what does the future hold for Sudan? Is peace on the horizon? And how could it be maintained? Here is the only place to find out. New Conflicted Season 5 episodes will be coming every two weeks, but if you want to have your Conflicted fix every single week, then you'll have to join our Conflicted Community. Subscribers will get bonus episodes every other week, and can also join our Conflicted Community chatroom, where you can interact with fellow dearest listeners, discuss episodes past and future, get exclusive messages from Thomas and Aimen, ask future Q&A questions and so much more. All the information you need to sign up to the Conflicted Community is on this link: https://conflicted.supportingcast.fm/  Surfshark VPN: Go to https://surfshark.com/CONFLICTEDPOD and enter the code CONFLICTEDPOD for an extra four months free. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MHconflicted And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MHconflicted Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Israeli officials are increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court - ICC - is planning to seek arrest warrants for their military and political leaders on suspicion of war crimes. Reports suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be among them. The ICC has been investigating Israel's actions in the occupied territories for the past three years and recently the war in Gaza where Israel's retaliatory bombardment has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians. The ICC is also investigating the actions of Hamas for the October 7 attacks in which Hamas-led gunmen killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seized 253 hostages. Netanyahu has called the prospect of senior Israel figures joining the wanted list "an outrage of historic proportions", accusing the ICC of attempting to paralyse Israel's ability to defend itself. Many analysts say the fact that Netanyahu has chosen to make such harsh public comments suggests that, behind the scenes, such a scenario is being actively discussed. The ICC has previously issued arrest warrants for leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya and Omar Al Bashir of Sudan. For more on this Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk, Professor of International Relations at the Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International Affairs.

A comunidade internacional reuniu-se esta segunda-feira, 15 de Abril, em Paris e comprometeu- se a ajudar o Sudão com mais de 2 mil milhões de dólares. Há um ano que os confrontos entre as diferentes facções militares mergulharam o país numa guerra civil violenta, deixando cerca de 25 milhões de sudaneses, cerca de metade da população, a precisarem de ajuda humanitária. Em entrevista à RFI, a professora de Relações Internacionais na Universidade de Coimbra, Daniela Nascimento, considera que o país vive numa situação de caos humanitário.RFI: O Sudão está em guerra há um ano. Qual é o actual estado do país?Daniela Nascimento, professora de Relações Internacionais na Universidade de Coimbra: A situação actual no Sudão é de uma crise humanitária que se agrava a cada dia que passa. São 12 meses de uma guerra particularmente violenta, confrontos que não poupam a população civil e com um custo humano significativo. Estima-se que cerca de 15 mil pessoas já tenham morrido, em resultado dos confrontos entre os dois grupos militares.O custo humano também se verifica do ponto de vista do número de pessoas que se viram forçadas a sair ou a deslocar-se no Sudão. Uma estimativa das Nações Unidas revela que pelo menos 8 milhões de pessoas estão deslocadas forçadamente, cerca de 2 milhões procuraram refúgio nos países vizinhos, como é o caso do Chade, Egipto e Sudão do Sul. Estamos a falar de países que também são bastante instáveis e frágeis, o que também não facilita a sua situação, nem a sua segurança.A situação actual [no Sudão] é de caos humanitário. Uma das maiores crises humanitárias que vivemos no mundo hoje em dia.A ONU alerta para a vaga de refugiados, se não se fizer nada. O que precisa de ser feito para evitar que esta situação se torne pior? Se é possível, ainda, tornar-se pior…Se a guerra continuar, eu diria que é sempre possível a situação tornar-se pior. A meu ver, a única maneira de parar a situação de caos humanitário-mas também do ponto de vista daquilo que é a garantia de assistência humanitária à população sudanesa- é acabar com a guerra. Cerca de metade da população sudanesa, 25 milhões de pessoas, dependem de ajuda humanitária de organizações internacionais e não governamentais que têm imensa dificuldade em manter-se activas no terreno, em virtude das condições de insegurança.As partes beligerantes já afirmaram a sua resistência à presença de actores internacionais. Há uns meses, as próprias Nações Unidas foram consideradas “persona non grata” no território sudanês. A única forma de parar com esta situação é parar a guerra e encetar esforços direcionados à tentativa de resolução e ao diálogo entre as partes. O que, honestamente, me parece difícil, mas que deve pelo menos tentar-se.A comunidade internacional está preocupada com a situação de fome iminente no país. Há dificuldades no acesso à saúde. Como é que se deixou o Sudão chegar a esta realidade?Eu diria que, por variadíssimas razões, a comunidade internacional não está suficientemente atenta, nem em alerta para a situação humanitária que se vive no Sudão. Uma dessas razões tem a ver com um certo grau de negligência para com um país que se tornou pouco relevante para a comunidade internacional e para a agenda internacional. A partir do momento em que se assinou o acordo de paz, em 2011, com o Sul e depois, obviamente, em virtude das circunstâncias que vivemos, pelo menos desde Outubro do ano passado, com todo o foco mediático e, sobretudo, com o envolvimento de grandes potências- ou de potências que poderiam ter aqui um papel mais significativo do ponto de vista negocial- a estar direcionado para aquilo que se passa no Médio Oriente e em Gaza, desviando a atenção mediática do Sudão.O Sudão está a ser vítima de esquecimento? Sim, o Sudão é vítima de esquecimento e não é só de agora. Há muitos anos que se verifica uma situação de grande fragilidade política, social, económica e de segurança. Eu diria que desde 2011, quando o Sudão do Sul se torna independente e pouco tempo depois resvala para uma guerra civil, que a comunidade internacional abandonou aquilo que era o seu compromisso com um processo de estabilização no território sudanês.Considero que há aqui uma responsabilidade clara por parte da comunidade internacional que inicialmente estava muito comprometida com a estabilização do país- nomeadamente os Estados Unidos e a própria União Europeia. Em virtude das circunstâncias de se ter posto fim formal à guerra, houve uma desresponsabilização daquilo que é um caminho mais difícil, resultando em mais um episódio de guerra e de enorme instabilidade no Sudão. Isto tem um custo humano significativo para uma população que espera há décadas por uma oportunidade de paz.Há relatos de crimes contra a humanidade, nomeadamente de mulheres violadas por militares. Como é que se poderá fazer justiça num país onde as instituições não funcionam?É difícil fazer justiça no Sudão. Lembremos que o antigo Presidente sudanês- deposto por via daquilo que foi a revolução civil e democrática em 2019- está preso no Sudão à espera de ser julgado por crimes de guerra e crimes contra a humanidade. Violações graves que foram cometidas por Omar al-Bashir durante os 30 anos em que esteve no poder.No entanto, as autoridades sudanesas recusaram-se a enviar Omar al-Bashir para o Tribunal Penal Internacional-TPI- onde está indiciado por esses crimes. Aquela ideia de que as instituições sudanesas, no momento da transição democrática, iriam encarregar-se do seu julgamento e da justiça devida não se verifico, porque o país não tem instituições capazes de levar a cabo esses processos.A verdade é que vivemos hoje no Sudão uma situação de extensiva prática de violações graves dos direitos humanos, dos quais a violação como arma de guerra tem sido prática recorrente, sobretudo em regiões controladas pelas Forças de Apoio Rápido, lideradas pelo general Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, mas não exclusivamente. Os relatos têm sido muito mais significativos do lado das forças contrárias às Forças Armadas sudanesas.Esta guerra opõe o exército comandado pelo general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan contras as Forças Paramilitares de Apoio Rápido, lideradas pelo general General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. A última vez que se falou em negociações, ou num cessar-fogo foi há seis meses. O que é que impede as partes de voltarem à mesa de negociações?Nenhuma das figuras que lidera esta guerra está disponível a ceder. Tornou-se, de facto, uma guerra pelo poder entre duas figuras de relevo, do ponto de vista daquilo que tem sido a trajectória histórica do Sudão, muito marcada pela forte presença dos militares nas estruturas governativas. Aquilo que é uma relutância para negociar resulta de uma tentativa de tomar o poder, por ambas as partes, pelo todo. Nos últimos meses, assistimos ao périplo do general Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo pelo continente africano, encontrando-se com altas figuras e representantes da União Europeia, numa espécie de campanha de charme para tentar ser legitimado enquanto actor político no Sudão. Mas a verdade é que estamos perante dois militares que têm uma lógica de actuação que é sobretudo de luta pelo poder.Lembremos que o general Mohamed Hamdan é responsável por crimes contra a humanidade e de genocídio cometidos no Darfur, em 2003, enquanto líder das chamadas milícias Janjaweed, patrocinadas pelo Governo de Omar al-Bashir, aquando da disputa militar que surgiu na sequência do processo de paz mais alargado com o Sul. Estamos a falar de duas pessoas que não estão minimamente comprometidas com a paz, com a estabilidade e nem com a transição democrática. Trata-se de uma luta pelo poder e- até esse poder ser conquistado pela força- é desta forma que estes dois líderes se vão posicionar. A não ser que haja uma lógica de maior assertividade por parte da comunidade internacional.Ontem, na Conferencência Internacional de Paris, a comunidade internacional anunciou mais de 2 mil milhões de dólares de ajuda humanitária para o Sudão. Esta ajuda é suficiente? A ajuda humanitária nunca é suficiente. Os apelos das organizações humanitárias nunca são correspondidos com os montantes necessários. Chegamos, a dada altura, a uma circunstância em que a própria assistência humanitária que se consegue- por muito fundamental que seja para a sobrevivência diária de milhares e milhões de pessoas- é sempre, de alguma maneira, insustentável do ponto de vista daquilo que é a necessidade de uma solução ou de uma resposta muito mais alargada. Todavia, demonstra, pelo menos, alguma vontade em recuperar alguma atenção relativamente àquilo que se passa no Sudão.Num país onde os Médicos Sem Fronteiras afirmam que morrem crianças de duas em duas horas. Onde crianças são recrutadas para o conflito. Toda esta situação que parece não ser reconhecida pela comunidade internacional e que é reveladora de uma crise humanitária sem precedentes…[Reveladora] de uma crise humanitária e de uma guerra sem regras. Estamos cada vez mais perante circunstâncias de um conflito violento, onde nenhumas das partes respeita as regras de direito internacional e humanitário.O recrutamento de crianças soldado, a destruição extensiva e deliberada de infra-estruturas civis, estima-se que cerca de 80% das infra-estruturas médicas no Sudão tenham sido destruídas. Há um total desrespeito por aquilo que são as garantias e salvaguardas de direitos e de princípios fundamentais. Estão em causa estes [direitos] naquilo que é uma guerra violenta nas ruas, nas cidades, e onde a própria destruição de infra-estruturas civis, a utilização de civis como alvos da guerra, se tornou uma estratégia deliberada de ambas as partes, numa tentativa de conquistar o tal poder que se pretende.O Reino Unido anunciou novas sanções contra as empresas que apoiam os beligerantes. Esta pode ser uma solução? As sanções são sempre um instrumento possível de activar nestas circunstâncias e aqui têm, obviamente, um intuito. Neste caso concreto, as sanções anunciadas pelo ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros britânico vêm exactamente nesse sentido, sendo direcionado a indivíduos ou estruturas que, de alguma maneira, estão a suportar a guerra no Sudão. Procuram minar um pouco aquilo que são as condições materiais para o desenvolvimento desta guerra.Contudo, não podemos esquecer, por exemplo, aquilo que tem sido o apoio à guerra por parte de países vizinhos ou não tão próximos a esta guerra. Refiro-me ao envolvimento de Wagner, apoiando as Forças de Apoio Rápido. As ligações muito importantes do ponto de vista daquilo que foi o patrocínio, quanto mais não seja no início dos confrontos militares, de países como a Arábia Saudita, o Qatar, os Emirados Árabes Unidos, que têm uma responsabilidade fundamental neste processo.As sanções são um instrumento possível, mas não são a solução para a resolução desta guerra.

SA has reported Israel to the ICC for its bombardment of Gaza. What are the diplomatic implications of this and what is the likely outcome of this move by SA? For a country that was considering not being part of the ICC and they have deliberately disobeyed an order by the ICC when Omar-Al Bashir was here, what should be made of this move by South Africa? To unpack this, we're joined by Prof. Chris Landsberg is professor and SARChI Chair of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and Senior Associate at the UJ School of Leadership.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A distribuição do ouro extraído no Sudão, o terceiro maior produtor mundial deste metal precioso, e os interesses do Egito em travar a barragem etíope do Nilo são pano de fundo para uma guerra que inclui muitos outros ingredientes e “só não se sabia quando iria começar”, como diz Alexandra Magnólia Dias em conversa com a jornalista Cristina Peres. A capital Cartum está a ferro e fogo com instituições, hospitais e embaixadas pilhadas de caminho.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Darfur's years of systematic violence left the international community outraged – along with a few celebrities. And many of them tried to do something. They tried to save Darfur. At its peak, the Save Darfur movement would be an alliance of more than 190 faith-based organizations from many countries, a reported one million activists, and hundreds of community groups. But by 2016, the movement shut down. So, why did the movement fail – and what does it mean for the violence unleashed in Darfur today? This is the second of a two-part series on the crisis happening in Darfur. In this episode: Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton), law professor at American University Niemat, women's rights activist from Darfur Nathaniel Raymond (@nattyray11), human rights investigator Episode credits: This episode was produced by Amy Walters, David Enders and our host Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan and Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

In Darfur, Sudan's conflict has reawakened old wounds, the divisions drawn along ethnic lines that led to systematic killings a generation ago. Back then, governments worldwide accused government-backed militias of carrying out genocide. Since April this year, a power struggle between two military leaders tore apart Khartoum, the capital, and the country. So, where did those militias come from, and why do they have so many people in Darfur running for their lives again? This is the first of a two-part series on the crisis happening in Darfur. In this episode: Niemat, women's rights activist from Darfur Mat Nashed (@matnashed), freelance journalist covering Sudan Episode credits: This episode was produced by Amy Walters, David Enders and our host Natasha del Toro, in for Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan and Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take's executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio. Connect with us: @AJEPodcasts on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday! She hosts David Allen, historian of U.S. foreign relations, to discuss his recent book Every Citizen a Statesman: The Dream of a Democratic Foreign Policy in the American Century. Then, Emma talks to Joshua Craze, writer and researcher specializing in Sudan, to discuss the recent civil conflict that's broken out in the region over the past few weeks. First, Emma runs through updates on a brand new Clarence Thomas corruption reveal, the FED getting back into their attacks on the working class, the murders of Jordan Neely and Tyre Nichols, the anniversary of the IDF's murder of Shireen Abu Akleh, McDonald's child labor fiasco, and Montana Gov. Gianforte signing off on his state's fascist legislation, also diving into the heartless and incoherent responses from Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul to the killing of Jordan Neely on the New York subway. David Allen then joins as he dives right into the rise of undemocratic control over the US National Security State, and how it became so normalized after decades of debate. Allen first steps back to parse through the state of US Foreign Policy at the beginning of the 20th Century, with the First World War finally putting the US in an important position on the world stage, in an era with an incredibly small State Department with a much more direct relationship to Democracy, as represented by the forming of the Foreign Policy Association, an organization made up by myriad progressive activists and suffragettes,  in 1918, as well as attempts to educate the American public on issues of foreign policy and collective participation. However, as the US moved out of the Second World War with a massively expanded government and State Department, as well as growing tensions (both Nuclear and otherwise) with the emergence of the Cold War, the government began to detach the public from the processes of state-making and foreign policy, establishing agencies like the National Security Council and the Department of Defense. Wrapping up, Allen walks Emma through the cementing of the exclusive nature of US Foreign Policy, the role of think tanks and elite participation, and whether any optimism is held for the future of democratic participation in USFP. Joshua Craze then joins as he parses through the rise and fall of Omar Al Bashir's rule over Sudan, the civilian transition in the wake of the 2019 ousting, and the ongoing competition between military, paramilitary, and civilian-driven groups. Next, they dive into the role of US support for military control, both in bolstering Al Bashir's neoliberal regime, and in actively pushing out civilian resistance committees in the rebuilding process due to their opposition to neoliberal economics. Wrapping up, Craze tackles the particular roles that the capital city of Khartoum and the region of Darfur play as the center stage of the warfare, the impact of the devastation in Khartoum on greater humanitarian issues, and why the most discussed solutions all involve an unpopular and impotent military gaining full power, likely starting a process of civilian transition all over again. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they cover the coverage from Fox and Friends, and others, on the killing of Jordan Neely, and the updates on Crowder's workplace abuses. Dave from Jamaica dives a little deeper into the deeply upsetting response to the killing of Jordan Neely, and the fascism of the US police state, and Matt Walsh leaps to the defense of Tucker Carlson and the right to notice (the inferiority of other races and cultures), plus, your calls and IMs! Check out David's book here: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674248984 Check out Joshua's work here: https://www.joshuacraze.com/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattBinder @MattLech @BF1nn @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Subscribe to Discourse Blog, a newsletter and website for progressive essays and related fun partly run by AM Quickie writer Jack Crosbie. https://discourseblog.com/ Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

Sudán es un país cuya normalidad ha convivido más con la guerra que con la paz. Desde su independencia en 1956, esta nación ha vivido dos largas guerras civiles entre 1955 y 1972 y entre 1983 y 2005, varios conflictos internos interétnicos, el flagelo de las dictaduras de Yaafar al-Numeiry primero y de Omas Al-Bashir después y ahora un conflicto entre los militares que gobiernan este estado y un grupo paramilitar. Hechos que han sufrido millones de personas en estas décadas y que en France 24 queremos visibilizar para dar contexto al panorama actual.

Zwei Generäle und ihre Soldaten kämpfen vor allem in der Hauptstadt des afrikanischen Landes um die Macht. Viele Menschen sind bereits tot, verletzt oder auf der Flucht. Dem Sudan drohen Hunger, Chaos und Unfreiheit.

How to stop Sudan from descending into an all-out civil war? Civilians are caught in the crossfire of a lethal dispute between coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his number two, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti. Stray bullets and aerial bombardments are currently pinning down citizens in the capital and other major cities.

It's been three years since the Sudanese Revolution, a massive grassroots campaign that ousted the country's longtime dictator Omar Al-Bashir. Now, Sudan is back under military control … but calls for change from the country's pro-democracy movement are only getting louder.   On this week's episode, Ray brings us to the frontlines of Sudan's daily street protests, guided by activist and researcher Muzan Alneel. Then, guest host Hana Baba speaks with Declan Walsh, Chief Africa Correspondent for the New York Times, about Russia's shadow investments in Sudan and how Putin's aggressive policy in Africa may have predicted his invasion of Ukraine. Hana sits down with Kholood Khair, a Khartoum-based political strategist, and Bakri Ali, a diaspora organizer, to discuss the failings of US policy in Sudan and the revolution's importance to democracy movements everywhere.   Guests:     Muzan Alneel, pro-democracy activist and nonresident fellow at The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Declan Walsh, Chief Africa correspondent at The New York Times Bakri Ali, Sudanese diaspora activist and aerospace engineer Kholood Khair, political strategist and founder of Confluence Advisory  Hosts:   Ray Suarez Hana Baba, guest host of On Shifting Ground, host of KALW's Crosscurrents   If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

The ICC doesn't try people in absentia. They have to come before the court in person. That's been a struggle for the ICC over time. The ICC tries individuals. It does not try states. For instance, in the current conflict, Russia would not be a defendant, but Vladimir Putin could be a defendant. Practically speaking, in order for Putin and other senior leadership to face any kind of charge, there would have to be regime change in Russia. If there were to be charges, and if Putin remains head of state, it becomes very complicated, as we've seen with other heads of state who have been indicted and then not brought to bear before the ICC for years because they take steps to avoid physical presence before the court. The most prominent example of this is the former president of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir. War-crimes charges related to the inappropriate targeting of civilians are certainly on the list for consideration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ICC doesn't try people in absentia. They have to come before the court in person. That's been a struggle for the ICC over time. The ICC tries individuals. It does not try states. For instance, in the current conflict, Russia would not be a defendant, but Vladimir Putin could be a defendant. Practically speaking, in order for Putin and other senior leadership to face any kind of charge, there would have to be regime change in Russia. If there were to be charges, and if Putin remains head of state, it becomes very complicated, as we've seen with other heads of state who have been indicted and then not brought to bear before the ICC for years because they take steps to avoid physical presence before the court. The most prominent example of this is the former president of Sudan, Omar Al Bashir. War-crimes charges related to the inappropriate targeting of civilians are certainly on the list for consideration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nanjala Nyabola, the Kenya-based writer, advocate, activist and political analyst has written a wonderful new book titled "Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a life on the move”. She explore show travel and migration reveal numerous aspects of race, identity politics and culture and why the world order has become hostile to human mobility. In this beautifully written book, Nanjala tackles several important questions: What are the joys and pains of holidays for people of colour, when guidebooks are never written with them in mind? How are black lives today impacted by the othering legacy of colonial cultures and policies? And what can travel tell us about our sense of self, of home, of belonging and identity? Resources:Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the MoveNanjala Nyabola on TwitterHost:Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo, Twitter: @danbanik  @GlobalDevPod

Sudan has this week experienced yet another military coup, with generals seizing power, locking up elected officials and declaring a state of emergency. They insist this was all done in order to help the country move towards democracy; they have promised elections, though not until 2023. It is only two years since a popular uprising overthrew Sudan's long-term autocratic leader, Omar Al-Bashir, and some hoped this would finally usher in an era of democratic rule. But as Andrew Harding explains, these hopes now seem remote. A long way southwards from Sudan, on the continent's Atlantic tip, there is a country where in some ways, democracy is thriving. South Africa has lively political debate, a diverse media scene, and elections which are broadly seen as free and fair. The country is about to hold another round of local council elections next week, and this was precisely what many people fought, and indeed died for in South Africa. Under the previous, apartheid system, only white people could vote for the country's councils and parliament, while the majority had no say. Among those who campaigned against apartheid was the British writer, Gregory Salter, who is now living in South Africa, and married to a wife from Natal, who also played a role in that struggle. So it came as quite a shock to Greg and his wife, when they found that the idea of voting just wasn't very important…for their own son. As Britain gets stuck into autumn, there is a new chill in the air. Meanwhile, on the Spanish island of Ibiza right now, temperatures are in the twenties - a little cloudy at times, but with plenty of sunshine along the way. Good weather is one of the many things which have long attracted tourists to Ibiza, its popularity going stratospheric from the late 1980s onwards. Of course, Ibiza, like other tourist destinations, has been badly hit by Covid and the consequent curbs on travel, with hotels sat empty and restaurants deserted. People are now returning to the island for holidays, but as Kate Spicer found, lockdown has exposed what were always huge social-divisions – divisions which have left some people impoverished. Covid has hit every aspect of people's lives: in Paraguay, and some other Latin American countries, there is a long tradition of passing round a special communal cup of the local tea, called “mate,” which is usually drunk from through a shared straw. However, in these days of infection aversity, most tend to drink mate from their own cup. That said, it remains hugely popular, and mate also continues to be an important crop for many farmers. In Paraguay though, mate growers increasingly find themselves competing for land with large-scale agricultural companies. These see more profit to be made from growing soy, which they can then sell as animal feed. William Costa has been to meet some of the mate farmers feeling the pressure. The newly-cold weather mentioned above will have seen many people digging out jumpers from the back of drawers, and perhaps pulling coats from hangers which have not moved for the last few months. This is a regular, annual, albeit rather banal aspect of the seasons changing. Not so in Italy, where the swapping round of one's wardrobe has all the qualities of a ritual: out with spring and summer clothes, in with those for autumn and winter, and with plenty of traditional practices to mark the occasion. Dany Mitzman has lived in Italy for more than two decades, so you might think she'd be used to these customs. Yet once again this year, she has been left scratching her head at the sight of so much ceremony for the simple matter of switching thongs for thermals.

The morning after Sudan's military seized power defiant protesters across the country are calling for a return to civilian rule.

Niemat Ahmadi, President of the Darfur Women Action Group, joins us to talk about the evolving situation in Sudan where the military have apparently ousted the caretaker government in what is more and more looking like a coup d'etat. We talk about how former ruler Omar Al-Bashir still casts a long shadow in the country, with General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan consolidating his power by placing Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok, his wife and other ministers under arrest, arguing that civilian political infighting represented “a threat” to the country, the timing of these arrests, and whether a potential investigation into crimes committed by the military in the past years may have played a role in this power grab. Alex Rubinstein, investigative reporter and co-host of the podcast Pro-Democracy Pod, joins us to talk about how dozens of media outlets are collaborating on what is now being called The Facebook Papers project, how Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen has been cultivated and legally represented by an organization led by former intelligence insiders with close ties to the US national security state, how this colors her statements to Congress and the reaction by those in power, and whether there is a long term project to increase surveillance in social media platforms in the guise of security concerns. Jamal Muhammad, host of the Luv Lounge radio show and the Old School Lunch Bag Mix on Square 1 radio, joins hosts Michelle Witte and Bob Schlehuber to talk about the trial around "Unite the Right" rally, where dozens were injured and one person died in the chaos, to decide whether organizers planned for a violent showdown from the start. We also talk about the issue of money in politics, with a New York mayoral debate where several candidates who are on the ballot weren't allowed to be part of the debate because they hadn't raised and spent the required nearly $200,000 at the time, as well as Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen still out promoting their podcast and their book, and the limits and pitfalls of celebrity politicians.

Um novo “golpe de Estado” no Sudão pode “levar a um retrocesso muito significativo de alguns avanços no processo de transição”, dois anos depois da queda do regime de três décadas de Omar Al Bashir. A investigadora Daniela Nascimento não exclui a possibilidade de um “novo fecho do país a dinâmicas de liberdade e transição democrática” com mais um regime militar repressivo. Esta segunda-feira, as Forças Armadas do Sudão prenderam várias autoridades civis, incluindo o primeiro-ministro, e falaram em "golpe de Estado”. Nos últimos dois anos, o Sudão tem tido uma transição política precária, marcada por lutas de poder desde a queda de Omar Al Bashir em Abril de 2019.  Desde Agosto, o país está sob o comando de uma administração cívico-militar, responsável por conduzir o país para uma transição democrática, sob controlo civil, para organizar no fim de 2023 as primeiras eleições livres em três décadas. Daniela Nascimento, investigadora do Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra, avisa que um novo “golpe de Estado” no Sudão abre a possibilidade de “um novo fecho do país a dinâmicas de liberdade e transição democrática”. “Eu acho que a consequência mais imediata é levar a um retrocesso muito significativo daqueles que foram – poucos, mas alguns – os avanços no processo de transição”, explica a também professora Auxiliar no Núcleo de Relações Internacionais da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra “Conhecendo a história do Sudão, que é marcada por muitos golpes de Estado - de natureza muito diversa, mas em que a dimensão militar esteve sempre muito presente - há uma consequência que não pode ser descurada que é a de se voltar a um regime militar no Sudão de natureza bastante mais repressiva, de maior controlo. Inevitavelmente, isso poderá ter reflexos do ponto de vista do que era a abertura do espaço para as liberdades civis e política, obviamente aliadas a uma fragilidade económica muito estrutural. Inevitavelmente poderá haver aqui espaço para um retrocesso e um maior controlo dos militares daquilo que são as instituições”, considera a investigadora. Oiça aqui a análise completa: Esta segunda-feira, o general Abdelfatah al Burhan, presidente do Conselho Soberano, o mais alto órgão de poder no processo de transição do Sudão, anunciou a dissolução do Governo e o próprio conselho. Ele leu uma declaração na televisão estatal em que anunciou a instauração de um estado de emergência em todo o país. As Forças Armadas prenderam várias autoridades civis, incluindo o primeiro-ministro, e falaram em "golpe de Estado”, acusando-no de não respeitar esse golpe. Numa declaração, publicada no Facebook pelo Ministério da Informação, o chefe de Governo apelou às pessoas para "se manifestarem" contra o "golpe de Estado". Pouco depois, o Ministério da Informação anunciou que as forças armadas estavam a disparar contra manifestantes em Cartum.

JJ Cornish joins the team to talk about the eSwatini King closing schools immediately and indefinitely, France's President Emmanuel Macron says the killing of Algerian protesters in Paris 60 years ago was an "unforgivable crime”, and Sudan's military leadership wants another coup to end the biggest political crisis the country has experienced since the fall of Omar Al Bashir two years ago.

JJ Cornish joins the team to talk about the eSwatini King closing schools immediately and indefinitely, France's President Emmanuel Macron says the killing of Algerian protesters in Paris 60 years ago was an "unforgivable crime”, and Sudan's military leadership wants another coup to end the biggest political crisis the country has experienced since the fall of Omar Al Bashir two years ago.

JJ Cornish joins the team to talk about the eSwatini King closing schools immediately and indefinitely, France’s President Emmanuel Macron says the killing of Algerian protesters in Paris 60 years ago was an "unforgivable crime”, and Sudan’s military leadership wants another coup to end the biggest political crisis the country has experienced since the fall of Omar Al Bashir two years ago.

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South Sudan is set to hand over Omar Al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court. What's the significance of this development? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After a popular uprising brought down the regime of former president Omar Al Bashir in 2019, a transitional government has led Sudan. It established a timetable for democratic elections, and started undertaking economic reforms. But to some Sudanese, the pace of reforms has been too slow. Special Correspondent Benedict Moran and video journalist Jorgen Samso report. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

After a popular uprising brought down the regime of former president Omar Al Bashir in 2019, a transitional government has led Sudan. It established a timetable for democratic elections, and started undertaking economic reforms. But to some Sudanese, the pace of reforms has been too slow. Special Correspondent Benedict Moran and video journalist Jorgen Samso report. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

Almost eighteen months after a popular revolution ousted President Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s transition remains on shaky ground. While the Juba peace agreement signed in August and President Trump’s recent announcement that Sudan will be removed from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list are welcome developments, the economic crisis and societal frustrations remain unchanged in the absence of substantial support from the international community.  On his return from Khartoum, Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Sudan, Jonas Horner, joins Alan to explain how this lack of buy-in endangers these initial signs of progress, why the way political alignments are currently shifting in the capital is cause for concern, what post-Bashir Sudan looks like on the ground and where it looks to be headed.

Sudanese engineer Abdalla Khalil, 49, has been glued to the news for days, waiting to hear about the United States' plans to remove Sudan from its state sponsors of terrorism list (SST). He had CNN playing on TV, Facebook opened on his laptop, and Twitter on his phone.“There’s been rumors, rumors and rumors every day. Everybody was so anxious. I slept at, like, 4 a.m. yesterday waiting for the tweet,” said Khalil, who currently lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.The highly anticipated tweet finally came on Monday, when US President Donald Trump announced plans to remove Sudan from the terrorism list, which the country has been on for more than two decades. GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families. Once deposited, I will lift Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. At long last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2020The announcement comes after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations between the US and Sudan.“It’s great news,” said Khalil, who was born and raised in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum.“We lost almost 30 years of our life waiting for the change, waiting to be treated as first-class citizens."Abdalla Khalil, Sudanese engineer living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia“We lost almost 30 years of our life waiting for the change, waiting to be treated as first-class citizens,” he continued.Thirty years under former President Omar Al Bashir’s rule gutted Sudan’s economy and sanctions tied to the SST listing had effectively cut off Sudan from the international financial system.Related: After revolution, Sudan still faces squeeze of sanctions“It was always a challenge to open a bank account. Everywhere,” said Khalil.Discussions about removing Sudan from the SST listing resumed in the past year, following Sudan’s political revolution that ultimately deposed Bashir and implemented a civilian-military transitional government. “Until now everyone in Sudan, including the opposition, the government, and the former regime, especially the military...they all want to remove Sudan from the SST list."Jihad Mashamoun, Sudan policy analyst, United Kingdom“Until now everyone in Sudan, including the opposition, the government, and the former regime, especially the military...they all want to remove Sudan from the SST list,” said Jihad Mashamoun, a Sudan policy analyst based in the United Kingdom.But the matter has been complicated by disagreements over how much Sudan should pay to victims of prior terror attacks.Related: The State Dept. is nearing a deal over 1998 terrorism victimsUnder the current deal, the country would pay $335 million to victims, a small fraction of the billions of dollars Sudan owes to American and foreign-born victims in US court judgments.According to Reuters, the Sudanese government already transferred that money on Tuesday. Lawyers representing foreign victims of the US Embassy bombing in Kenya and Tanzania have called the deal discriminatory. Still, others have argued that Sudan, with its struggling economy, can hardly afford to pay more.“The economical situation is really bad,” said Khalil, who was in Sudan as recently as last week. “The Sudanese people are suffering from many things. No bread, no fuel, ques everywhere,” he continued. Nationwide protests over the poor socioeconomic conditions in Sudan are planned for Wednesday.Trump’s recent pressure on Sudan to normalize relations with Israel, seen as part of his broader Middle East peace strategy, also complicated Sudan’s delisting.Related: Pompeo in Sudan pushes normalizing ties with Israel “With regards to relations, Sudan and Israel do actually have a security relationship,” noted Mashamoun.“A lot of the Sudanese refugees, especially from Darfur, they’re being repatriated back from Israel through various pressures and means, back to Sudan. And this network required the national intelligence, security services, and Mossad [Israeli intelligence] to work together with one another,” he continued.Normalizing diplomatic relations remains a politically sensitive discussion in Sudan, one that not all members of the transitional government agree on.Preemptive moves toward rapprochement with Israel by Sudan’s military leaders, also carryovers of the Bashir regime, has led to tensions with the civilian side of the transitional government.This risks undermining the civilian government argues Mashamoun.“Matters of foreign policy are within the [civilian] government's control. But Burhan went and did it without the government,” he explained, referring to Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council.Normalizing relations with Israel also remains a contentious issue among the Sudanese public.“I have no negative opinions about normalizing relations,” said Khalil, the engineer. “But I don’t want to link lifting Sudan from the terrorism list with normalizing relations with Israel,” he concluded.While Trump did not mention Israel in his announcement on Twitter, the New York Times has reported that normalization between Sudan and Israel could be imminent.For now, excitement about the prospect of Sudan being taken of the terrorism list is running high. In a video posted on social media, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok called it a major achievement for Sudan.الشكرُ الجزيل للرئيس ترمب على تطلعه إلى إلغاء تصنيف السودان كدولة راعية للإرهاب، وهو تصنيف كلف السودان وأضر به ضرراً بالغاً. إننا نتطلع كثيراً إلى إخطاره الرسمي للكونغرس بذلك. https://t.co/GeScTPfb0k— Abdalla Hamdok (@SudanPMHamdok) October 19, 2020Still, the process of removing Sudan from the SST list will require congressional review and approval, which could take several months.

Sudan’s 31 August peace deal between the government and an alliance of rebel groups from Darfur, South Kordofan, and Blue Nile was welcomed with enthusiasm by the international community. But in the Jebel Marra mountains of Darfur, controlled by a faction of the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM), a rebel group that refused to sign the agreement, it was met with raised eyebrows. In early 2020, Vice News correspondent Julia Steers became the first foreign journalist to set foot in the Jebel Marra in five years. She witnessed first-hand why mistrust toward the government flies high in this remote area traumatised by seventeen years of war, even after former President Omar al-Bashir’s ousting in 2019. Steers explains how the rebels want justice for the crimes committed in Darfur and a significant improvement of the situation on the ground, where gunshots ring out daily and humanitarian services are absent. High on their list of concerns is also the fact that the process that led to the August agreement involves a general they consider as one of the masterminds of the genocide committed against them. Elsewhere in Darfur, Steers notes, challenges standing in the way of peace also abound. One obstacle is a surge in what the United Nations calls “tribal clashes”, where civilians displaced by the conflict are attacked in and outside the camps they live in. Explore our Sudan page to learn more about Crisis Group’s analysis on the country: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/sudan To watch Vice News’ feature “Inside the Forgotten War in Darfur, Where the Killing Never Stopped”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NlgaXrMTc4

Een ‘historisch’ vredesakkoord vandaag in Soedan. En dat lijkt een belangrijk en broodnodig succes voor de overgangsregering die het land sinds vorig jaar bestuurt, nadat de heerser Omar Al-Bashir na 30 jaar door een volksopstand werd afgezet. Vrede met de verschillende rebellengroepen in Soedan is zo belangrijk omdat diepgewortelde en langlopende conflicten al honderdduizenden mensen het leven hebben gekost en het land nog steeds destabiliseren. Soedan-expert Jelena Sporin over de uitwerking van dit akkoord.

In this week's #podcast episode we will talk about stories from #Sudan,  #Mali, #Taiwan, #Libya, #Turkey, #Germany, #TheUnitedStates, #Brazil, #TheUnitedKingdom and #Cyprus, where  an Al Jazeera exclusive report claims that Cyprus violated its own rules, and sold its visas to criminals and corrupt politicians. Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references.

Thirty years after seizing power in Sudan through a military coup, Omar al-Bashir faces indictment – and not for the first time. Andrew Mueller explains the significance.

Sudan's Omar Al Bashir and allies are on trial for leading the 1989 coup that brought him to power.  Ivory Coast's governing party says it has asked President Alassane Ouattara to run again for a third term. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thirty years after seizing power in Sudan through a military coup, Omar al-Bashir faces indictment – and not for the first time. Andrew Mueller explains the significance. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

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Omar al-Bashir ruled Sudan with an iron fist. Throughout his long tenure he brutally suppressed revolts and rebellions and, in the case of Darfur in the early 2000s, he orchestrated a genocide for which he was indicted by the International Criminal Court. About a year ago, Sudan's longtime ruler was ousted from power.  Today, Sudan is being lead by a transitional council that is made up of both civilian leaders of the protest movement and military leaders from the former regime -- many of whom benefited from institutionalized corruption.  On the line with me is Suliman Baldo. He is a researcher with the Enough Project and recently published a report for the corruption watchdog group, The Sentry. His article uncovers key details about the corruption that surrounded the Bashir regime. Suliman Baldo kicks off this conversation by explaining a scam involving Bashir's adopted son and his company, the Badr Overseas Group. We then get into a discussion about how the deeply embedded corruption of the former regime is complicating Sudan's transition to democracy.  Today's episode is supported in part from a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to showcase African voices in peace and security issues. To view other episodes in this series, please visit GlobalDispatchesPodcast.com https://www.undispatch.com/

(Audio in Dinka) Sudanese Government has agreed to hand over former President Omar al-Bashir to the international criminal court in The Hague. Omar al-Bashir and some of his senior officials were charged and needed by ICC to face trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur since July of 2002. In this episode, you will learn the names of those charged by the ICC. Omar and some of his former officials have outstanding warrants from the ICC.

Si hay una imagen que nos ha dejado 2019, esa es la de la activista Ala'a Salah, subida en un coche en una plaza de Jartum, envuelta en una túnica blanca y con el dedo señalando al cielo, pidiendo libertad, paz y justicia, mientras decenas de móviles capturaban aquel histórico instante. La tomó otra mujer, Lana H. Haroung, y se hizo viral hasta convertirse en un auténtico icono de la revolución en Sudán y en símbolo de las movilizaciones que derribaron el régimen de Omar Al Bashir tras tres décadas de dictadura y de especial represión femenina. Además, en este programa conocemos la última producción de Nao D’ amores, Nise, la tragedia de Inés de Castro. Toleranciacero.rne@rtve.es Escuchar audio

Dire Tladi is a Professor of international law at the University of Pretoria and an Extraordinary Professor at the University of Stellenbosch. He is a member of the UN International Law Commission and its Special Rapporteur on Peremptory Norms of General International Law (Jus Cogens). He is also a member of the Institut de Droit International. He is formerly Principal State Law Adviser for International Law at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation and Legal Adviser of the South African Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. He appeared as counsel on behalf of South Africa before the International Criminal Court in relation to South Africa's non-arrest of the Sudanese President, Omar Al Bashir. He also served as counsel on behalf of the African Union before the Appeals Chamber of the ICC in relation to Jordan's non-arrest of Al Bashir.

President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar agree to delay the formation of a unity government; Sudan's Forces for Freedom and Change calls on the government to transfer ousted president Omar Al Bashir to the International Criminal Court; and the United Nations appeals for millions of dollars to help those affected by flooding in South Sudan.

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(Audio in Dinka) The corruption trial of Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir has begun in the country's capital, Khartoum on the 19 Aug. The former president is facing corruption-linked charges of illicit possession of foreign currency and accepting gifts in an unofficial manner. - (Audio in Dinka) The corruption trial of Sudan's ousted president Omar al-Bashir has begun in the country's capital, Khartoum on the 19 Aug. The former president is facing corruption-linked charges of illicit possession of foreign currency and accepting gifts in an unofficial manner.

On this week's episode, we catch up with The National’s Hamza Hendawi to talk about the historic move to democracy in Sudan and what he sees as the challenges ahead. We also speak to Sara Abduljaleel, a spokeswoman for the Sudanese Professionals Association, one of the leading umbrella groups that organised the protests. Catch up on our episode when Hamza was in Sudan after Omar Al Bashir was forced from his 30-year dictatorship. Here is the link to the episode: Sudan moves on from Omar Al Bashir (https://www.thenational.ae/world/africa/beyond-the-headlines-sudan-moves-on-from-omar-al-bashir-1.856562)

Today on Sojourner Truth, we go in depth into Sudan. Formerly a colony of the U.K. and Egypt, its history goes back to the days of the Pharaohs. Sudan is located in North Africa, bordering the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad and the Central African Republic. In 1989, Lieutenant Omar Al-Bashir seized power in a coup and ruled Sudan for 30 years. Keep in mind that Sudan was the largest country on the continent of Africa until it was divided in a U.S.-backed deal in 2011 with the secession of the oil-rich South Sudan. In December 2018, protests broke out in several cities across Sudan against worsening living conditions and rising costs of living. Those protests morphed into a mass movement against President Omar Al-Bashir, calling for his resignation. Indeed, he was forced to step down, with the military taking credit for removing him. 70 percent of protesters are women, according to the BBC. After Al-Bashir's ousting, demonstrators continue to demand democracy and an end to military rule in favor of civilian rule. Today, we delve into these recent developments in Sudan as well as the country's historical context. Our guests are Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali and Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani. Dr Ali is a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through her teaching, research, and activism. Dr. Ali teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and is a core faculty in the Human Rights Minor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Dr. Medani is an associate professor of political science at McGill University, and Chair of the African Studies Program. He has published extensively on political Islam in Sudan, civil conflict and the roots of the Sudanese Uprising.

Today on Sojourner Truth, we go in depth into Sudan. Formerly a colony of the U.K. and Egypt, its history goes back to the days of the Pharaohs. Sudan is located in North Africa, bordering the Red Sea, Egypt, Libya, Chad and the Central African Republic. In 1989, Lieutenant Omar Al-Bashir seized power in a coup and ruled Sudan for 30 years. Keep in mind that Sudan was the largest country on the continent of Africa until it was divided in a U.S.-backed deal in 2011 with the secession of the oil-rich South Sudan. In December 2018, protests broke out in several cities across Sudan against worsening living conditions and rising costs of living. Those protests morphed into a mass movement against President Omar Al-Bashir, calling for his resignation. Indeed, he was forced to step down, with the military taking credit for removing him. 70 percent of protesters are women, according to the BBC. After Al-Bashir's ousting, demonstrators continue to demand democracy and an end to military rule in favor of civilian rule. Today, we delve into these recent developments in Sudan as well as the country's historical context. Our guests are Dr. Nada Mustafa Ali and Dr. Khalid Mustafa Medani. Dr Ali is a scholar who engages with questions about social change and transformation in Sudan and beyond through her teaching, research, and activism. Dr. Ali teaches in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and is a core faculty in the Human Rights Minor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Dr. Medani is an associate professor of political science at McGill University, and Chair of the African Studies Program. He has published extensively on political Islam in Sudan, civil conflict and the roots of the Sudanese Uprising.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

Today on Sojourner Truth: We return to the uprisings in Sudan. Negotiations have broken down between the military who have ruled Sudan since protests forced former President Omar Al-Bashir to step down. Protesters have been demanding democratic civilian rule. It is now reported that protesters will again hit the streets in Sudan on Sunday, June 30. Meanwhile, Congresswoman Karen Bass, who heads the House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations, held a congressional hearing on Tuesday, June 15, due to human rights violations in Sudan and the deterioration of the political situation there. Our guest is Professor Khalid Mustafa Medani. Also, defenders of genetically engineered trees speak poetically about how it would save the beloved U.S. chestnuts. However, environmentalists continue their opposition to this move. We are joined by Anne Petermann, Executive Director of the Global Justice Ecology Project, and Coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Genetically Engineered Trees. And, following the election of Donald Trump, protesters took the streets across the nation. In Los Angeles, several protesters blocked a freeway. They have been charged under a terrorism law. Our guest is Michelle Xai, a member of Refuse Fascism and who was one of the defendants in the trial. Her charges were dismissed, but her co-defendants are currently on trial.

On April 11th 2019, Omar Al-Bashir, dictator of Sudan for the last 30 years, was forced out of office by mass protests against his regime. Over his 30 years of command, the country say genocidal violence in Darfur, South Sudan and other rebellious regions of the country. The country has been mired by corruption, with … Continue reading "Life After Omar Al-Bashir: What Happens Next in Sudan?"

NBA Finals predictions, predictions for the craziest NBA offseason, and a sobering moent reflecting on the crisis in Sudan.

For this first part of a two-part conversation, we talk to Sudanese activist Dahlia Al Roubi about the what it was like growing up under the regime of recently deposed dictator Omar Al Bashir, how the current revolution swept Sudan, starting in December of last year, the challenges of weighing the purity of revolutionary principles against the practical constraints of time and competing interests, and about the role of women who took a leading role in the street protests but who now appear to be left out of the negotiations. Dahlia and I recorded this first part of our interview on May 21st, before the current wave of violence was unleashed by the transitional  military government on protestors and civilians in Khartoum. However we decided to include this conversation to claim some small space in the historical record, a space for what the Sudanese people were aspiring to as recently as Sunday evening. And we’re including it as a reminder that Syria also had this moment, and Egypt as well, and that while violence and a return to despotism might define the moment it’s important to ask ourselves where Western governments positioned themselves during the  grassroots efforts to push these countries towards freedom. Part two of our discussion provides a short update about the violence that has been unleashed by government forces in recent days, in particularly the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) formerly known as the Janjaweed.

In early April, Sudanese armed forces deposed dictator Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity after nearly three decades of rule.The Sudanese refugee community in Israel celebrated al-Bashir's fall, which came after months of protests across Sudan. Along with the excitement of regime change, however, there's concern that those who deposed al-Bashir are the same generals who committed genocide in his name.In this episode, our guest Mutasim Ali, a refugee from Darfur and one of the leaders of the Sudanese refugee community in Israel, talks about witnessing a revolution in exile, being a refugee in Israel, and his dreams of returning home.Visit +972 Magazine and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.The music in this episode is by Ketsa.Support the show (https://972mag.com/donate)

For three decades, Omar Al Bashir ruled over Sudan. But in April, in the face of growing protests, he was removed from office and the future of the country was suddenly up in the air. In this week's episode of Beyond the Headlines, we talk about the changes sweeping Sudan. Hamza Hendawi, The National’s Cairo correspondent, has been on the ground in Sudan this week. He tells foreign editor James Haines-Young about the mood in the streets of Khartoum, where since December demonstrations have drawn millions and eventually helped lead to a dramatic end to the ruinous reign of Mr Al Bashir. Now, the military along with the main protest group – dubbed the Freedom and Change Forces – are working together to oversee the transition into Sudan's new future.

On Episode 213 of the Mama Bear Dares Podcast, Tesi and Leslie discuss a few headlines that have their attention lately. They spend the hour looking at politics around the globe and the ways in which women are insisting upon and leading major change. They discuss the female-led protests in Sudan where women have shown up and watched their dictator, Omar Al Bashir, step down from decades of horrific leadership, and the power that women, particularly women of color, have in the upcoming caucus and election here in the States. They encourage listeners to watch for the women around them who are leading us to more love and more compassion and do what they can to lift their sisters up and encourage positive change in all corners of the world. View complete Show Notes at the Mama Bear Dares website.

Nearly three decades after Omar Al Bashir came to power, the regime faced a formidable challenge posed by a fresh wave of unrest that started in the northeastern city of Atbara on December 19th of last year! On April 6th, on the anniversary of the non-violent uprising that removed the dictator Jaafar Nimeiri in 1985, the protests in Sudan reached a watershed moment. The protesters turned up the heat on the regime by camping outside of the army headquarters in Khartoum, which also houses al-Bashir's residence - calling on the army to help them oust the country’s long time dictator On Wednesday, April 11, the defense minister Awad Ibn Ouf announced that Omar al-Bashir had been ousted and arrested by the military. He added that the army would oversee a two-year transitional period followed by elections, and that a three-months state of emergency was being put in place, with a night time curfew starting immediately. Within 24 hours General Ouf announced his resignation and named General Abdel-Fattah Burhan, general inspector of the armed forces, as his successor. In a statement issued shortly after the Armed Forces televised address, the opposition call the military transitional council “a military coup” that “reproduces the same faces and institutions that the people revolted against.” it also called on the people to maintain their sit-in outside the military headquarters until power is handed to a transitional civilian group. So what’s next for Sudan? To get some clarity on the rapidly changing situation in Sudan, Shahram Aghamir spoke with Khalid Medani, an associate professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University in Canada.

In a Week Where:  Sudan's Army removes leader Omar Al-Bashir after 30 years in power.  Julian Assange is arrested and taken out of the UK/Ecuadorian Embassy, facing extradition to the US.  The Notre Dame Cathedral burns down. Hopefully, the UK Government doesn't lash money. (Cough cough Grenfell)  And it's reported that Amazon staff listen to customers' Alexa recordings (TOLD YOU SO) We begin with Life (3:48) where The process of the UK leaving the EU is now going to be strung out for another SIX MONTHS after the EU gave the UK an extension, with a June summit as a defacto check-up. It seems that it doesn't matter who's in charge, the wheel keeps spinning but yet not move forwards at all. At this point, everybody involved is to blame. In the Music segment, (15:19) Stormzy recently pulled out of Snowboming, hours before he was due to headline, citing racial profiling carried out by security personnel at the Festival. This zero tolerance attitude Stormzy holds is not only highly commendable but highly necessary and I think every BAME artist or a person of note should incorporate into their profession, regardless if money is on the table. In the Film/TV segment, (23:01) Myriam Francois details white fragility in an amazing piece that responds to the Jon Snow/"white people" debacle that occurred a couple of weeks ago. It's a perfect articulation on whiteness and how white people need to acknowledge their whiteness. Finally, in the Sports segment, (34:41) Tiger Woods has finally won a Major, 11 years after his previous Major title. Since then, he's been through scandal, injuries, surgeries, criticism and mental battles. It's one of the greatest sporting comebacks in recent memory.  If you want to contribute to the show, whether it be sending me questions or voicing your opinion in any way, peep the contact links below and I'll respond accordingly. Let me know "What's Good?" Rate & Review: https://ratethispodcast.com/whatsgood5epn E-Mail: the5thelelmentpub@gmail.com Twitter: @5thElement_UK or @ChilliCharlieRT FB: @The5thElement.org.uk Website: www.the5thelement.org.uk Credit to Razor Boomarang for the show's beat. (https://www.razorboomarang.com)

After months of street protests, people in Sudan finally got rid of the country's longtime dictator Omar Al- Bashir, but the celebration soon turned into anger when they realized one military rule is replaced by another- As one protester put it- we did not protest to replace one thief with another So what is next for Sudan? And what in store for the movement for democracy and social justice there? We will get the answers from Khalid Medani who is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University in Canada. And with Israeli elections topping the headlines in the past few days, we'll get a Palestinian perspective on the elections from the Jerusalem based writer Budour Hassan. Photo credit: @lana_hago The post April 12, 2019: Omar Al-Bashir is Out, So What's Next for Sudan? Plus; Palestinians and the Elections in Israel appeared first on KPFA.

The reign of Omar al-Bashir as Sudan's seventh president is over. - Utawala wa Omar al-Bashir, kama rais wa saba wa Sudan uli malizika wiki hii.

After months of street protests, people in Sudan finally got rid of the country’s long time dictator Omar Al- Bashir, but the celebration soon turned into anger when they realized one military rule is replaced by another- As one protester put it- we did not protest to replace one thief with another So what is next for Sudan? And what in store for the movement for democracy and social justice there? We will get the answers from Khalid Medani who is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Islamic Studies at McGill University in Canada And with Israeli elections topping the headlines in the past few days, we’ll get a palestinian view on the elections from the Jerusalem based writer Budour Hassan.

Chegou ao fim mais um governo de 30 anos de duração, com a queda de Omar al-Bashir, no Sudão. Depois de manifestações que se mantiveram firmes por uma semana, os militares sudaneses, liderados pelo ministro da defesa, o general Awad Ibn Auf, derrubaram o presidente e anunciaram medidas duras, como a suspensão da constituição, dissolução do governo e estado de emergência de 3 meses. Os comentários são do prof. Tanguy Baghdadi Pra ser nosso apoiador, acesse apoia.se/petit

Sudan on Orwellin painajaisvaltion islamilainen versio, jossa on ollut käynnissä diktaattori Omar Hassan al- Bashirin johtama kansanmurha jo pitkään. Jos George Orwell olisi halunnut kirjoittaa kirjastaan 1984 islamilaisen version, olisi lopputuloksena mitä todennäköisimmin ollut kuvaus al-Bashirin johtamasta Sudanista. 1989 vallan kaapannut al-Bashir perusti heti totuuden oikeaksi todistamisen osaston valvomaan poliittisen, yhteiskunnallisen ja uskonnollisen oikean näkemyksen toteutumista. Diktaattori al- Bashirin elämäntyöstä kertoo Kauppalehden uutispäällikkö Mikko Metsämäki. Toimittajana Raimo Tyykiluoto. Kuvalähde: Wikipedia

On December 19th, 2018 public discontent over rising inflation, cutbacks in bread subsidies and lack of employment over into mass protests in the city of Atbara. The protests spread like wildfire because they were not just about specific grievances but driven by a broader disgust against an oppressive and dictatorial regime. Omar Al-Bashir has been … Continue reading "“Just Fall, That is All” : Will Omar Al-Bashir Leave Power?"

[Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East and North Africa, VOMENA] Nearly three decades after Omar Al Bashir came to power, the Sudanese regime is facing a formidable challenge posed by a fresh wave of unrest, which started in the northeastern city of Atbara on December 19. Protests which first erupted over a government decision to triple the price of bread have swiftly escalated into anti-government rallies, marches and work stoppages that have rocked several cities and towns. Who are the protestors? What are their demands? What role do the civil society groups play in these protests? What has been the regime’s response to the protests? And what is the genesis of the economic crisis that the country is experiencing? Kalid Medani of McGill University tackles these and other questions.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Tom Catena, the current Chair of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative, about his work at the Mother Mercy Hospital in the Nuba Mountain region of Sudan. The people of Sudan’s Nuba Mountains have long been marginalized by the government of Sudan under the regime of Omar Al-Bashir. Since the... The post The Heart of Nuba: A Conversation With Doctor Tom Catena appeared first on Matters of State - International Relations Podcast.

Nearly three decades after Omar Al Bashir came to power, the Sudanese regime is facing a formidable challenge posed by a fresh wave of unrest. Popular uprisings are not new to Sudan. This most recent wave of protest over a month ago in the northeastern city of Atbara. Locals took to the streets over a government decision to triple the price of bread, protests swiftly escalated into anti-government rallies, marches and work stoppages rocking several cities and towns, with union and professional associations joining. Protestors are now demanding for Bashir to step down. According to the Guardian, the government of Omar al-Bashir in Sudan has launched an “alarming” crackdown on journalists. At least five reporters have been detained by the national intelligence security services and are being held at undisclosed locations. Dozens of others have been arrested and held before being released. According to human rights organization, more than 1000 people have been arrested and at least 40 people have been killed. This week, we continue our conversation with McGill University political scientist Professor Khalid Madani. He tells us more about the regional and international role and response to the current protests, the role of women and the future of this uprising.

Sudan has been witnessing the biggest anti-government protests in years. They began over a month ago when the government announced plans to reduce subsidies on staples like bread and fuel. But a heavy-handed response by the authorities has led to dozens of deaths and hundreds of arrests. Many are now calling for the resignation of president Omar al-Bashir. With the demonstrations becoming a regular feature across the country, is president Bashir facing the most serious threat to his power? This week, Ritula Shah, is joined by a group of experts to discuss Sudan's popular anger.

Nearly three decades after Omar Al Bashir came to power, the Sudanese regime is facing a formidable challenge posed by a fresh wave of unrest, which started in the northeastern city of Atbara on December 19. Protests which first erupted over a government decision to triple the price of bread have swiftly escalated into anti-government rallies, marches and work stoppages that have rocked several cities and towns. Who are the protestors? What are their demands? What role do the civil society groups play in these protests? What has been the regime’s response to the protests? And what is the genesis of the economic crisis that the country is experiencing? We put these question to Kalid Medani of McGill University-

A protest movement in Sudan is posing the biggest challenge to the genocidal regime of Omar al Bashir in decades. The protests began just before Christmas, ostensibly over an increase in the price of bread and they quickly spread. Predictably, the regime has responded with violence but nevertheless, these protests persist. On the line with me to discuss the origins of this protest movement, how it spread and whether or not it may take down the nearly thirty year reign of Omar al Bashir is Zachariah Cherian Mampilly.   He is a professor of political science and international studies at Vassar College and in this episode we discuss both what has made the regime of Omar al Bashir so enduring, and how this protest movement may evolve over the coming weeks and months.   Join our referral program!   Before we begin, I wanted to let you know about a way you can share this podcast with others who are similarly interested in global issues beyond the headlines. I'm launching a referral program in which for the simple act of telling people about the show, you can earn some freebies and rewards. If you tell just one person about the show, I'll send you my specially curated list of over 50 Twitter handles and Instagram accounts that every global affairs nerd should follow. The rewards get better from there, including a podcast mug and tote bag, and a free trial of my DAWNS Digest news clips service. To learn more and enter this limited time promo, you can go to Global Dispatches Podcast.com or click on the link in the description field of this podcast episode.

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says the resolve of her office is unshakable and that they will continue in their efforts to bring those responsible for crimes in Sudan's Darfur region to justice. Fatou Bensouda was providing her 26th report on Darfur to the Security Council after it referred the situation there to the ICC in 2005, the first time the Council had handed any situation over to the Court despite Sudan being a non-state party to the Rome Statute. Bensouda also cited a July ruling by The Hague Court against South Africa arguing that it established there was no legal or factual justification for the country's failure to comply with its obligations in surrendering Sudan's President Omar Al Bashir to the Court. Sherwin Bryce Pease reports

Rais wa Sudan Kusini Salva Kiir hivi karibuni alifanya ziara nchini Sudan Kharthoum na kufanya mazungumzo na Rais wa nchi hiyo Omar Al Bashir wakilenga kuimarisha uhusiano na kuondoa hali ya wasiwasi baina ya pande hizo mbili kutokana na kushutumiana mara kwa mara kila upande ukilaumu upande mwingine kwa kusaidia waasi. Ziara hiyo inaweza kuwa mwarobaini wa mgogoro wa Sudani Kusini? Ungana na Victor Robert Wile katika Makala haya ya Wimbi la Siasa kujua mustakabali wa Sudani Kusini.

Director Kenneth A. Carlson discusses his new film, The Heart of Nuba, with fellow Director Chuck Workman. The film covers the work of Dr. Tom Catena, who treats as many as 400 patients a day at Mother of Mercy Hospital as the region is bombed relentlessly by war criminal Omar Al Bashir.

The ANC International Relations Chair, Edna Molewa says it would be unfortunate if the International Criminal Court was to rule against the government in the case involving Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. She made the comments on the sidelines of the ANC's National Policy Conference at Nasrec, south of Johannesburg. The ICC is expected to rule on the matter today. Our foreign editor Sophie Mokoena spoke to Edna Molewa about a range of issues on ANC's international relations policy proposal...

The Nuba Mountains are a remote region of northern Sudan, in South Kordofan. The Nuba are various Indigenous tribes who inhabit the region.   Abyei lies further to the south and was also part of South Kordofan. It is just north of the border with South Sudan. Abyei Area, rich in oil, is disputed territory between Sudan and South Sudan. I remember being in Nimule in 2007, listening to troop carriers in the night driving north to Abyei, when the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was allegedly in place.   Five women, Muslim and Christian, who arrived in Australia as refugees from these two areas talk to Jodie Heterick and I about their homeland. Jodie and I learn about the 99 mountains of Nuba, about building your home, scarification, dance, and war.   These are beautiful, strong women. From hiding in the rocks from aeroplanes dropping bombs on schools, to adapting to modern life in Khartoum where you must pay for things and are looked down on for your traditional practices, to building a new life in western Sydney, this is a fascinating insight into the tumult of seeking refuge.   Apologies, however, for the quality of the sound. With the number of children and number of languages* that the seven of us had between us, it is amazing that we got such a coherent conversation.   The Sudanese politicians referred to when the women are describing the topics of songs are: Omar Al-Bashir - the President of Sudan; Yousif Kuwa – the leader of Nuba; Salva Kirr – the President of South Sudan; John Garang – who led the Sudan People’s Liberation Army in the 2nd Sudanese Civil War, and then was the First Vice President of Sudan until his death in a helicopter crash in 2005. He is considered a hero in Sudan.   * I only had one of those languages. I am in awe of these women with their 3 or 4 languages. 

South Africa is due to explain itself at the International Criminal Court, ICC, on why President Omar Al Bashir was not arrested when he was here in 2015 on Friday, 7 April. Bashir was attending the African Union (AU) Summit in Johannesburg. Bashir is wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity. Sakina Kamwendo speaks to Executive Director of the Southern Africa Litigation Centre,SALC, Kaajal Ramjathan-Keogh, whose organisation sought the implementation of an arrest warrant for Al Bashir

The South African Litigation Centre has argued in the high court in Pretoria that the decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court was made to protect Sudan's leader Omar Al Bashir from arrest when he visited the country for the African Union summit in June 2015. SALC's advocate, Max du Plessis, says the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled that the hosting agreement for the summit did not confer any immunity on Al Bashir and that the South African government had an obligation to detain him. The DA is challenging government's withdrawal from the International Criminal court .

he executive director of the International Bar Association Mark Ellis supports the decision by South Africa's supreme court helps to uphold the principal of universal jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. The supreme court said the South African government should have handed over ICC indicted Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir when he attended an African Union summit in Johannesburg last June - the governement says he had diplomatic immunity and are considering challenging the ruling in the constitutional court. Mark Ellis says all countries signed up the the ICC have the responsibility to hand over wanted war criminals including heads of state. The International Criminal Court was set up over 10 years ago to fight impunity at the highest level and is undergoing a process of requesting an explanation from South Africa about why they didn't arrest president Al-Bashir.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) says South Africa will still be held accountable for not handing over Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir - even if it decides to remove its signature from the court. It comes after Obed Bapela, deputy minister in the South African Presidency, says the African National Congress is making preparations to withdraw from the Rome Statute. Jack Parrock reports.

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The International Criminal Court has given the South African up to today (05 October) to give reasons why they did not arrest Omar Al-Bashir when he was in the country attending the African Union Summit in Johannesburg. President Jacob Zuma has defended the decision to allow Al Bashir to leave the country, because he was protected as a guest of the African Union. To look at the implication of this, we speak to Senior Researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue, Sanusha Naidu

The justice department is preparing for arguments in the High Court in Pretoria, amidst reports that Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir had already left South Africa last night. However, it could not be verified. Al-Bashir's reported departure came against an order by the High Court in Pretoria made earlier yesterday afternoon, compelling South African authorities to not allow the Sudanese president to leave the country. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to the Spokesperson for the department of Justice, Advocate Mthunzi Mhaga...

Judge Hans Fabricius has ruled that the Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, be prohibited from leaving South Africa, and that the Department of Home Affairs should ensure that the order is sent to every port of entry and exit in country. This pending the final ruling by the High Court in Pretoria tomorrow, on the application by Southern African Litigation Centre to have the South African government arrest Al-Bashir. Lawyer from the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC), Caroline James & Professor Charles Villa-Vicencio, senior research fellow in the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation ...

In our weekly current affairs programme, our panel of experts discuss this weekend's vote on whether southern Sudan should form a breakaway state

Special guest Jennifer Schense, joins us in a conversation about the Darfur Tragedy. Ms. Schense is International Cooperation Adviser and specialist on Darfur at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has been investigating the tragedy for a number of years. In addition to discussing the status of the ICC investigation, Ms. Schense will discuss a momentous meeting on September 24, 2010 of the UN General Assembly. At that meeting, members of the U.N. Security Council and other parties interested in Sudan will focus on the current state of Darfur. President Obama will attend this meeting in an effort to focus international attention on Darfur. Ms. Schense will discuss the importance of the 9/24 meeting and the efforts of both state and non-state actors in attempting to address the human tragedy that continues to happen "on our watch".