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Items by Hamaad Haamid
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Russia’s claim about the famine in Sudan is misleading
The startling claim by Russia earlier this month that Western governments are using reports of famine and starvation to undermine Sudan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity was greeted with scepticism and rejected by members of the UN Security Council, including the United States. Speaking in the UN Security Council, Russia’s first...
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Sanctions on Sudan’s RSF leader’s financial assets may limit or curtail his ability to wage war
It is difficult to assess whether the major loss incurred by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)’s military leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo in Sudan’s second city is more damaging than the imposition of international sanctions on his financial assets. After being defeated in Madani by the Sudan Armed Forces, led...
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Sudan’s military victory signals the imminent defeat of the RSF and its UAE backers
In comments posted on X, Sudanese commentator Taj Al-Sir Othman compared the liberation of Wad Madani to that of Aleppo in Syria: “If Aleppo was the beginning of the collapse of the Iranian dream in the Levant, then Wad Madani is the real beginning of the collapse of the...
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Can the UAE’s promise to stop sending Sudan’s RSF weapons be believed?
As Sudan’s army struggles militarily to bring the rebel Rapid Support Forces (RSF) under control, the United Arab Emirates’ statement to the US that “it is not now transferring any weapons to the RSF and will not do so going forward,” is a major development if the small Gulf...
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Exiled Islamic scholar ignites row over Sudan leader’s military achievements
In a volatile mix of Sudanese patriotism, religious orthodoxy and politics, the exiled former Head of Islamic Affairs at Khartoum University, Abdul Hai Yusuf, has caused widespread controversy after he attacked Sudan’s President, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan. In a short clip circulating on social media, Yusuf appeared to criticise the...