With fighting expected to intensify between Sudan’s military rulers, civilians brace for the worst. Pro-democracy forces lead relief work
Sudan

With fighting expected to intensify between Sudan’s military rulers, civilians brace for the worst. Pro-democracy forces lead relief work

While its military rulers continue armed infighting, driving Sudan toward a humanitarian catastrophe, the radical grassroots organizations that were leading the pro-democracy mass protests against military rule have stepped up to the rescue of civilians

Pavan Kulkarni
April 27, 2023
Más de 400 muertos y más de 3.500 heridos mientras las fuerzas de seguridad sudanesas siguen enfrentándose en zonas civiles
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Más de 400 muertos y más de 3.500 heridos mientras las fuerzas de seguridad sudanesas siguen enfrentándose en zonas civiles

Los civiles se han visto obligados a atrincherarse en sus casas durante días sin suministro de agua ni electricidad, mientras los combates se suceden con armas cada vez más pesadas

Pavan Kulkarni
April 21, 2023
More than 180 killed and over 1,800 injured as Sudan’s security forces continue infighting in civilian areas
Sudan

More than 180 killed and over 1,800 injured as Sudan’s security forces continue infighting in civilian areas

Civilians have been forced to hole up in their homes for days with no supply of water or electricity, as the fighting rages on with increasingly heavier weapons

Pavan Kulkarni
April 18, 2023
As Army and Rapid Support Forces battle it out, Sudanese left calls for restoring the revolution
Sudan

As Army and Rapid Support Forces battle it out, Sudanese left calls for restoring the revolution

The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have begun fighting each other. The root of the conflict lies in disagreements over integrating the paramilitary into the army. The Sudanese left has noted that both parties seek to escalate armed conflict, so that it can be used as a reason to not hand over power to civilian forces

Pavan Kulkarni
April 15, 2023
Dozens more killed defending unionist city of Las Anod from separatist Somaliland
Somalia

Dozens more killed defending unionist city of Las Anod from separatist Somaliland

Scores were killed on April 1 while defending Las Anod—the city at the heart of movement to reunify the region with Somalia—from attacks by the separatist Somaliland army

Pavan Kulkarni
April 6, 2023
Separatist Somaliland escalates war on Somali unification movement
Somalia

Separatist Somaliland escalates war on Somali unification movement

Attacks by Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia whose sovereignty claim has no international recognition, have caused over 1,500 injuries since February 6 in Las Anod, which is at the heart of the movement to reunify the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) with Somalia

Pavan Kulkarni
March 24, 2023
"I am well and safe," Mvuselelo Mkhabela says in a recorded statement.
Swaziland

Shot and tortured by police, Communist Party of Swaziland’s Mvuselelo Mkhabela escapes, calls for continued anti-monarchist resistance

Speaking to Peoples Dispatch from his hideout, the 21-year-old narrated how he escaped from the police and made it to safety with the help of his comrades, following hours of torture, after being shot by the King’s police while leading a pro-democracy protest

Pavan Kulkarni
March 10, 2023
Amid allegations of voter suppression, Nigeria’s opposition candidates set to challenge presidential poll results
Nigeria

Amid allegations of voter suppression, Nigeria’s opposition candidates set to challenge presidential poll results

Opposition parties have alleged widespread voter suppression and intimidation in the presidential election in which less than 30% of eligible voters exercised their franchise. Opposition candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have said they will challenge the victory of Bola Tinubu

Pavan Kulkarni
March 4, 2023