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Sudan's Paramilitary RSF Announces Parallel Government Amid Escalating Civil War
Asianet Newsable
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July 27, 2025
A coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has announced the formation of an alternate government in Sudan, challenging the military authorities in Khartoum. Khartoum [Sudan], July 27 (ANI): A coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid...
Sudan’s paramilitary RSF forms alternate govt, escalating civil war, deepening divisions
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 27, 2025
Khartoum [Sudan], July 27 (ANI): A coalition led by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan has declared the formation of an alternate government, directly challenging the military authorities based in the country's capital, Khartoum,...
Feature: Hundreds of Sudanese depart Cairo on train journey back home
Xinhua News Agency
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Sudanese people wait to enter the Ramses railway station in Cairo, Egypt, on July 28, 2025. With smiling and optimistic faces, 900 Sudanese left the Egyptian capital Cairo on Monday on a free train journey back to war-torn Sudan. (Xinhua/Sui...
Opinion As an Israeli political scientist, I resisted thinking this war was a genocide. Here’s what changed my mind By Lihi Ben Shitrit 5 min read
Forward
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August 2, 2025
A girl reacts during the funeral for victims killed by Israeli bombardment on the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, at Nasser Medical Complex in the Gaza Strip on July 28. Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images By Lihi Ben Shitrit August 2, 2025 As an Israeli...
Sudan's paramilitary RSF declares alternative government
Shafaq News
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2025-07-26T22:23:07+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Khartoum Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied factions have announced the formation of a parallel government, challenging the military-led authority based in...
‘The world is on edge’: five tumultuous weeks with the foreign secretary at a time of crisis
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
“Remind me: why weren’t we able to meet in Washington DC?” David Lammy asks, spoon of Pret chicken laksa suspended in front of his mouth. It’s lunchtime in the foreign secretary’s office, a vast room of gilt edges, damask drapery and waxed oak....
Hundreds Of Sudanese Refugees In Cairo Take Up Chance To Return Home For Free
International Business Times - Australia
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July 28, 2025
On a sweltering Monday morning at Cairo's main railway station, hundreds of Sudanese families stood waiting, with bags piled at their feet and children in tow, to board a train bound for a homeland shattered by two years of war. The war is not yet...
Darfur activists reject ‘genocidal’ RSF-backed parallel government
Dabanga Radio
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July 28, 2025
Civil society organisation, Darfur Union UK condemned the formation of a new “founding government” announced by the Sudan Founding Alliance (TASIS), labelling it a “genocidal alliance” and an attempt to “whitewash crimes against humanity”. In a...
HB 1481 set to take effect in Texas schools this year
Lamb County Leader News - Texas
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August 2, 2025
Recently, House Bill 1481 was signed into law by Governor Abbott, banning cell phones in Texas Schools. This law prohibits the use of cell phones, smartwatches, and other non-instructional communication devices during the school day in classrooms...
Dreams Deferred: The Oppression of Women Judges Under Taliban Rule
Ms. Magazine
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July 28, 2025
A group of Afghan women lawyers and judges who fled following the Taliban takeover during a meeting with Katerina Sakellaropoulou—then president of Greece—in Athens, on Oct. 12, 2021 (Panayotis Tzamaros / NurPhoto via Getty Images) On a cold...
After partnering with Israel, Google Cloud supports AI ambitions of UAE, accused of complicity in Sudan genocide
Prism
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July 28, 2025
Google has cracked down on employees protesting its AI-powered cloud services being used by the Israeli military to carry out a genocide in Gaza. Now, the company is also bolstering the United Arab Emirates’ ambitions to build a cybersecurity...
Gaia Series 97: "Miracle Wheat" - Japanese people changing the world
Channel News Asia
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August 2, 2025
This week’s episode explores Japan's rice crisis and the global race for wheat resilience in a warming world. In this thought-provoking episode, viewers are presented with the harsh realities of Japan’s rice shortage and the global wheat crisis,...
How Maya Gadir, a Leading Voice in Sudanese Radio, Became a Refugee
OkayAfrica
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July 28, 2025
"Two years ago today, during Ramadan, my son woke up terrified to the loud sound of bombings and explosions just outside our building, which I thought was a random sound of an accident nearby. Little did I know back then, my son and I were...
Religious freedom is key to peace. Why shutter the institution that advances it?
Religion News Service
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July 25, 2025
Religious freedom is key to peace. Why shutter the institution that advances it? (RNS) — Policymakers often underestimate religious leaders’ abilities to foster durable peace in conflict zones. But USIP saw their potential. People stand outside...
Hundreds of Sudanese depart Cairo on train journey back home
The Peninsula
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July 28, 2025
A woman holds a card depicting the flags of Egypt and Sudan and with the Arabic text "returning" and "thank you, Egypt", as Sudanese refugees returning home voluntarily wait at Cairo Central Station on July 28, 2025 to board a special train bound...
Mega SPLM reshuffles in WES, NBGS states as party strengthens mandate
The City Review
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August 2, 2025
The abrupt reshuffle, made public on Thursday evening, affected senior state advisors, ministers, commissioners, and members of independent commissions By Emmanuel Mandella In one of the sweeping political shakeups this year, President Salva Kiir...
Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’
UN News
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July 28, 2025
The development comes as UN Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned that conflict-driven hunger is spreading “from Gaza to Sudan and beyond”. “Hunger fuels instability and undermines peace. We must never accept hunger as a weapon of war,” he...
Sudan’s RSF kills 30 in West Kordofan village, says monitor
Macau Business
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July 25, 2025
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least 30 civilians in a two-day assault on a village in the country’s western region of Kordofan, a war monitor said Friday. As the conflict between the RSF and the regular army roared into...
Sudan and Acute Malnutrition of Young Children in El Fasher in Darfur
Modern Tokyo Times
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July 26, 2025
Sudan and Acute Malnutrition of Young Children in El Fasher in Darfur Kanako Mita, Sawako Utsumi, and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Last year, the United Nations urged the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias to lift the siege...
Three years on, Is PM Al-Sudani responsible for Iraq’s failing services?
Shafaq News
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Shafaq News – Baghdad When Mohammed Shia al-Sudani assumed the premiership in 2022, he declared a clear priority: building a “services government.” From electricity and water to healthcare and education, his cabinet pledged to reverse Iraq’s...