Kushner oversees MoU enhancing UAE, Israel normalisation
Published by Al-Araby Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former advisor Jared Kushner was in the UAE on Wednesday to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between two organisations that advocate normalisation between Arab states and Israel. The leaders of…
UN says 30% of Sudan’s people will need aid next year
Published by Al-Araby Thirty percent of Sudan’s population will need humanitarian aid next year, the UN warned in a report Monday, saying the rate is “the highest in a decade”. It blamed Sudan’s economic crisis and the Covid pandemic, floods…
Sudanese opposition call for millions to march against coup
Published by Al-Araby Sudanese opposition groups on Monday called for millions to take to the streets to protest the political settlement of the 25 October military coup. Several opposition groups called on supporters to take part in the eighth “march…
Malcolm X, Arbery verdicts: progress, but not a victory
Published by Al-Araby Both the trials of Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers have been viewed by many as representing much more than two individual cases, and are part of the US’s undeniable reckoning with white supremacy. Rittenhouse has walked…
Sudan’s Hamdok would quit if post-coup deal not implemented
Published by Al-Araby Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok will quit if a political agreement he signed with the military last week is not implemented or fails to receive backing from political factions, a source close to him said on Wednesday….
Libya commission meets to discuss departure of mercenaries
Published by Al-Araby The Libyan Joint Military Commission met in Tunisia on Wednesday to discuss setting dates for the withdrawal of foreign mercenaries from Libya. The meetings – bringing together the so-called 5+5 committee made up of rival camps in…
In the Rittenhouse verdict, systemic racism wins the day
Published by Al-Araby The trial of both the killers of Ahmaud Arbery and also the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse in the US should represent a seminal chapter in US history, and the start of a true reckoning with America’s longstanding…