Here is the latest from in Port Sudan, where thousands of Yemenis and Syrians, who had fled to Sudan because of war in their own countries, are now stuck in makeshift camps and municipal buildings as they wait for evacuation home
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Surreality of Khartoum. Totally empty streets. A homeless man sings alone amidst sounds of shelling and gun fighting. A stray dog comes along and sits besides him. He tries to comfort the dog by patting on him. #Sudan
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The definitive account of the attack in Khartoum that unleashed the fighting in Sudan
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My update on the situation in Sudan, as fighting continues in Khartoum and Omdurman, in South Darfur and West Darfur. The BBC has reported the death in crossfire of pioneering actor Asia Abdelmajid. Am told Khartoum now totally lawless
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Some good insights here into how the lead up to fighting played out between the two sides. Hard to imagine that anyone can reasonably claim they were taken by surprise or didnt see this coming.
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Here is my article on the first hours of the Sudanese conflict, including previously unreported details about the RSF assault on Burhan's residence, the seizure of a stash of gold marked as "cookies" and the arrest of two Russians
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How an RSF attack on Burhan set the tone for Sudan's bitter conflict
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The first hours of Sudan's conflict, including an attack on Burhan's residence and a stash of gold marked as cookies. My new story for
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"I can see the warships from China, the United States and France off the coast," Mohammed writes from Port Sudan for . "I don’t think this part of the country will be owned by the Sudanese anymore. The vultures are circling..."
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Mohammed, his wife and two children moved twice inside Khartoum, encountering both army and RSF checkpoints as they looked to escape the fighting. His family went north to the Egyptian border and he went east to Port Sudan
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"More than feeling sad or frustrated, I feel angry. I am angry with the warring forces. I am angry with the diplomats who have left us here. This is my homeland."
The story of the war so far from Sudanese correspondent in Port Sudan
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I first wrote for Vice in 2008. It was a huge part of my life for a number of years and I made a lot of friends who did a lot of good work. The people at the top of the company leeched off this work. Their greed and duplicity made this final fall all but inevitable
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Ah well we all like to joke about Vice fucking us but could not be a better example of Gen x capitalism radicalizing millennials by stealing their labor on the way to riches.
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From Sudan, reports on the overlooked violence in Darfur, which may have killed hundreds already and could escalate dangerously
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This remains, by an absolute mile, the most significant level of engagement and contribution by a straight ex-male footballer to addressing the sport’s issue with homophobia.
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Graeme Souness on why there are no openly gay footballers in the Premier League
"I came from a generation which was extremely homophobic. I went to the Brighton pride and learn't so much, it changed my attitude"
"I came from a generation which was extremely homophobic. I went to the Brighton pride and learn't so much, it changed my attitude"
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Sudan faces dire food and medicine shortages as fighting wreaks havoc
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me at british leftist events talking about theory i have no idea about
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Trump quotes Vladimir Lenin, a Communist tyrant, while continuing to deny outcome of 2020 election
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Though a proverb that circulated as early as the 1870s, Lenin is not known to have ever quoted it. His successor, Joseph Stalin, is instead often misattributed to the quote, loosely paraphrasing from a memoir written by one of Stalin’s secretaries, Boris Bazhanov.
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Sudanese caught between the country’s warring factions are struggling to find affordable food and other vital supplies, as prices soar, shops are looted and key infrastructure is destroyed in the fighting. Me and for
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From the ground in Sudan delivers an update on the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation
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Deadly battles in Sudan have sparked international evacuation operations and there are long queues at border crossings as reports of fresh fighting in the capital Khartoum have threatened a three-day truce between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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aaaaand the jet fighter is back to Bahri bombing everywhere and anti-aircrafts firing indiscriminately. So much for the ceasefire you announced !
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On the longer view, 's profile of Hemeti for is unmissable. It is so hard with him to separate the fact and the fiction, but this piece does. It is full of new detail and insight
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The Sayga Food Industries factory in Khartoum, one of the biggest in the country, was destroyed on Sunday. There is a severe shortage of food and water in the capital. Banks are closed and the Bankak app isn't working
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The story on those Sudanese residents leaving - and staying - in Khartoum and Omdurman is here
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Very nice to see mention mine and 's story from Monday on Sudanese residents of Khartoum escaping the capital, in his excellent Guardian newsletter with
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Sudanese interior ministry has said this morning that the RSF broke into five prisons and released detainees, including Bashir and other officials from Kober prison. This is in line with what we at reported on Monday
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First Edition today is about the impossible decision facing Sudanese civilians trying to decide whether to flee during an unreliable ceasefire. With the great
Sign up here: theguardian.com/firstedition
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Ahmed Haroun, a longtime Bashir ally, former minister and party leader who was also being held at Kober prison, has told a Turkish TV channel that he and others were evacuated and moved to a safer place because of fighting. He didn’t say if Bashir was among the group
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Two prisoners detained at Kober prison, where former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was also held, told they escaped along with thousands of others on Sunday. An anonymous police source told local media Bashir was moved to a safe place
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What the hell has happened to Omar al-Bashir?
Two inmates in the same prison as the ex-president told and everyone had escaped but they didn't know what happened to him
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“Once we got onto the Soba road, there was a fight between the RSF and the SAF. We had to get off the main road as quickly as possible and try to find a way through the desert, along bad tracks and across the sand”
- Hind Fadul, Khartoum resident
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While the eyes of the world are focused on foreign evacuations – the vast majority of people fleeing Khartoum are Sudanese.
Latest with , speaking to residents making desperate, precarious journeys to escape the fighting:
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With fighting raging on and the economic and food situation in Khartoum and Omdurman deteriorating rapidly, tens of thousands of residens are fleeing for other parts of Sudan & neighbouring South Sudan, Chad & Egypt. Me and spoke to some of them
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Me and looked into the whereabouts of Omar al-Bashir, after thousands of prisoners broke out of Kober prison, where he was detained, over the weekend
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‘Sudan’s tragedy is that of a country that dared to ask for more, and is now being punished for it.’
This week’s column on how Sudan got here, and if we can dare to think of a post-conflict future
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Here's where I'm currently at on the map of places to get a drink (non-club, for free) in London late (earliest closure 2am). I'll keep adding when I can be bothered to look! Up to 109.
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I think this mostly still stands up. My interview with Mark Stewart from 2014. Rest in power. Capitalism is the most barbaric of all religions
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This is really sad news. Mark was an absolute pioneer. It was an honour to spend time with him and it was always wildly interesting spending time with him. All love to his friends and family.
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MARK STEWART – 10/8/60 – 21/4/23
Mark Stewart passed away in early hours of Friday 21 April 2023
Mark’s family and friends respectfully ask to be given space at this difficult time.
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The first day of #EidUlFitr celebrations in #Sudan was like no other around the #Muslim world. At dawn, gunfire interrupted prayer calls as Eid began. I spoke with some Sudanese citizens in #Khartoum & Omdurman about the latest for this piece 👇🏼
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Despite promises of a 72-hour ceasefire to mark Eid, fighting has continued in Sudan. Residents of Khartoum & Omdurman talked to about plotting escape and seeking survival, as the RSF prowl the streets and the SAF bombs from the air
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Sudan: Fake RSF Twitter account pronounces Hemeti dead amid verification chaos
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