Monthly Archives: October 2021

Sudan military dissolves transitional government in apparent takeover

África, Crise Política, Golpe, Sudão

Via: CGTN Africa

A military takeover is under way in Sudan on Monday (25/10). Civilian rule has been dissolved by the military, and the Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been detained and moved to an undisclosed location after refusing to issue a statement in support of the takeover, said the information ministry, still apparently under the control of Hamdok’s supporters according to Reuters. Sudan’s ruling council head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announced on Monday a state of emergency across the country and the dissolution of the transitional sovereign council and the government. Al-Burhan spoke in a televised statement, saying “A government that consists of independent national calibre will lead the country until the elections, with a fair representation of all the people of Sudan”. Soldiers arrested most of the members of Sudan’s cabinet on Monday while opponents of the takeover took to the streets to show support for civilian rule.

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Mali accuses France of training ‘terrorists’ in the country

África, África Ocidental, Crise Política, França, Mali, Terrorismo

Via: Aljazeera

Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga has told the Russian media he has evidence that France has been training “terrorist” groups operating in the West African country. Maiga said French troops had created an enclave in Kidal, a town in the desert region of northern Mali, and handed it over to a “terrorist group” known as Ansar al-Din, allegedly linked to al-Qaeda. He said the Malian military was banned from entering the territory. “Mali has no access to Kidal, this is an enclave controlled by France,” Russia Today reported citing Maiga’s interview to state-owned RIA Novosti on Friday (08/10).

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Nobel Prize for literature awarded to Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah

África, Prêmio Nobel, Tanzânia

Via: Onmanorama

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, 72, won the Nobel Prize for Literature 2021 “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of refugees,” the award-winning body said on Thursday. Based in Britain, Gurnah is the first African writer to win the award since Zimbabwean Doris Lessing in 2007 and only the second black writer from sub-Saharan Africa after Nigerian Wole Soyinka, who won in 1986. His novels include “Paradise”, set in colonial East Africa during World War I and was selected for the Booker Prize for Fiction, and “Desertion”.

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