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Inflammatory uncertainty: the rumour mill and reality
Nobody can give any definite idea of what will happen after the vote. The more I look for commentary from what I think of as solid political or academic sources, the more I wonder how large the...
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Political change in Sudan: not just the South
Most of the talk of political instability, economic insecurity and potential for future violence is about the South at the moment. In international news, the situation in Khartoum is mostly only...
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Roundup on student protests in Khartoum
The news reports on the protests in and around Khartoum today started to come out a few hours ago. Here are a selection. The main facebook group organising the protests today is here. The tragic...
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Mohammed Abdulrahman and the Sudanese protests
Mohammed Abdulrahman died from injuries sustained from police beating during the protests on Sunday in Khartoum. Abdulrahman, a student at Ahlia University, has been called a martyr and compared to...
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Quick update on Sudan protests
Analyses of the protests in Khartoum are focusing on analogies with Egypt. This article focuses on Bouazizi’s story as a comparison to the other individual deaths in Tunisia and Egypt that helped to...
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Alternative narratives of corruption and political pressure in the South...
I’m quite frustrated with this piece by Jort Hemmer at the SSRC blog today. The article is, to me, an oversimplification, when I think it could be trying to say something more balanced and really...
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Bashir is not running for re-election: let’s not get over-excited
OMG!! Bashir won’t run for re-election! In 2015 (which is a bit of a Yemeni-esque get-out clause.) He also, more interestingly, has said he has offered to step down as head of the NCP, and has...
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International women’s day 2011 and Sudan: women in the Sudanese media
Happy International Women’s Day! Although I can’t find any events online being held in Sudan, I’m going to do a quick roundup of some thoughts I’ve had as a feminist student looking at Sudan. After my...
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