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Fuel pumps at a gas station are burned and toppled during protests over fuel subsidy cuts in Khartoum on September 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Stringer)
by Ahmed Younis | Sep 30, 2013 | Middle East
Khartoum and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Sudanese government has said it will not retract its decision to cut fuel subsidies in response to the violent protests that began on September 23. Minister of Information Ahmed Bilal Othman said ending the fuel subsidies was...
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Sudanese supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s ousted president, Mohamed Mursi, protest following Friday noon prayers in front of the presidential palace in the capital Khartoum on August 16, 2013. The banner (C) reads “Muslim Brotherhood.” (AFP PHOTO/ASHRAF SHAZLY)
by Ahmed Younis | Aug 25, 2013 | Features
Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—It seems that the Muslim Brotherhood’s plight in Egypt is spreading southwards to affect their counterparts in Sudan. But in contrast to much of Sudan’s modern history, calls for change are not coming from another popular movement or uprising...