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Yemen’s former President Ali Abdullah Saleh talks during an interview with Reuters in Sanaa May 21, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Pro-Saleh Bloc Struggles to Retain Political Weight in Yemen

by Arafat al-Ahdal | Jun 21, 2017 | Middle East

Aden- Yemen’s General People’s Congress a predominantly nationalist bloc backing the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh have been increasingly holding conferences and meetings in insurgency-held areas without their coup ally, Iran-allied Houthis. The upsurge in...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on during a meeting with former South African President and head of African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki (unseen) in Khartoum on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan: Constitutional amendments give Bashir new powers

by Ahmed Younis | Jan 5, 2015 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan’s parliament approved changes to the country’s constitution on Sunday, giving President Omar Al-Bashir additional powers to appoint and remove senior officials, as well as expanding the role of the intelligence service. A total of 18...

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Leading Sudanese opposition figure Hassan Al-Turabi gestures during an interview in Khartoum on October 3, 2012. (Reuters)

Sudan: Political crisis escalates as Turabi accused of ‘engineering Darfur tragedy’

by Ahmed Younis | Nov 25, 2013 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Divisions within the Sudanese National Consensus Forces (NCF) opposition coalition have escalated amid an exchange of accusations between two of its largest parties, the National Ummah Party (NUP), led by Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi, and the Popular...

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (C) talks to Vice President Ali Osman Taha (C-R) in Khartoum on January 28, 2013 upon Bashir’s return from the African Union Summit. AFP PHOTO/EBRAHIM HAMID

Islamist Division in Sudan: Reality or Ploy?

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 31, 2013 | Opinion

There has been a lot of talk recently about deep divisions and rifts in the ranks plaguing the ruling Islamic Movement in Sudan, as a result of accumulating governance errors, corruption, and the inner circle’s monopolization of decision making. This is in...