After months of skirting around the issue of genocide we now have a conclusive report by Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights that tells us what should have been already determined:

The RSF & allied militias are responsible for genocide in #Darfur against Masalit and other non-Arab groups
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I've written an article for World Politics Review about the rapid emergence of UAE as a major player in Africa's mining industry:

worldpoliticsreview.com/uae-mining-afr…

Last time Sudan got pledges it was made to pay up front for promises that didn’t materialise. The cost was inflation, more destabilisation and an increased turn away from democracy.
الله يكفينا شر وعد الدين

Here’s my (old) piece on what pledges got us

africasacountry.com/2023/07/sudans…

Sudan's war has metastasised into a nationwide conflagration so vast and anarchic its tremors may be felt through the Horn, the Red Sea and the Sahel.

My piece with Zeinab M. Salih, bravely reporting still from inside Sudan, to mark one-year anniversary:

economist.com/middle-east-an…

Hey inDrive Cairo, why did one of your drivers try to run me over and then abuse me verbally when i told him to be careful?

We mark #Sudan 's one year war anniversary with this well written analysis on the prospects of peace amidst ongoing military offensives. Latest #DebateIdeas African Arguments

For months, I spoke to 3 Sudanese women about the #Sudan war. In anticipation for the 1 year mark of this devastating war, I tried to tell the story of the country through their eyes.

Here is my attempt below. My long read for Al Jazeera English

aljazeera.com/features/longf…

The long history of violence against Sudanese women in times of peace and war shaped the perpetuation of it since the inception of the April 2023 war. This includes the legal and normative perceptions and practices around accountability and impunity.

Yes, Gaza will be pushed down the global agenda following Iran's forewarned attack. But that's the problem with western policy makers.

They refuse to see how crises are interconnected.

Ceasefire in #Gaza = regional de-escalation. That was true 6 months ago. That is true today.

هذا الفيدو يوثق لهجوم معسكر شرق قرية المقرن تم حرق ممتلكات المدنين حتي المأكل وتدمير مصدر مياه الشرب استطاعة DVs إجراء مقابلة مع شاهد عيان من ريفي الفاشر غرب قرية سرفاية ان هذه المجموعات المسلحة مدعوة بقوة من RSF في الرابعة صباحا حرقت وقلت ٤ مدنين، تدين DVS مقتل المدنين

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The look on the face of the guy next to him says it all.

1/2 Emergency Lawyers :A group affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces forcibly entered a house on 'Tuti Island in Khartoum' and committed a brutal rape against the girl (S.M) under the threat of weapon.
#KeepEyesOnSudan

It's tomorrow at the The People's Forum
If you are in New York and free then, do join us for a conversation that promises to be great :)
With Ashley Dawson and Manal Shqair

Absolutely privileged to have served as editor to the Sudan series that includes this paper, working closely with researchers like Amar Jamal

What can we learn about the future of Sudan’s governance through a snapshot of its wartime administrative capital?
Latest in the small arms survey Sudan research series by Amar Jamal.

one of the few people I trust with Nasser’s legacy that is able to treat it with the nuance it deserves without falling into the easy traps and demonizations from Arab right wing/ liberal and western “anti-totalitarianism” accounts Abdel Razzaq Takriti عبدالرزاق التكريتي open.spotify.com/episode/6j2CiC…

In this unique blog piece, Assefa gives a textual analysis of Moussa Faki Mahamat communication in support of the implementation of the #Pretoria_Agreement , arguing multilateral institutions retreat in enforcing peace building.

africanarguments.org/2024/04/the-no…

My latest for atar network

#KeepEyesOnSudan