Saudi Arabia, Israel, US All Sought Bashir’s Ouster: So How Real Was the Sudan Revolution?

Last week’s events in Sudan appear to be yet another example of foreign governments manipulating real dissent against an authoritarian government in order to install yet another authoritarian government more friendly to their interests but to the detriment of the people.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Sudan | Coup

KHARTOUM, SUDAN -- Last Thursday, the decades-long rule of Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir came to an end, as the country’s long-time leader was ousted in a military coup that followed months of protests against his rule, which began in 1989. Bashir’s overthrow was widely hailed in the U.S. as a “revolution” brought on by a people-powered

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Selective Invitation: Could Obama’s African Summit This Summer Expose American Hypocrisy?

In a bid to woo the continent, the White House has announced that President Obama will host a meeting of African leaders in August, but what will it accomplish?

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
President Obama Meets With Leaders of Sierra Leone, Senegal, Malawi, and Cape Verde (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

President Barack Obama will host a high-level conference with African leaders in August as an attempt to start taking more seriously with the burgeoning economies on the continent. It’s all well intended and meant to be a nod to growth within Africa, but at the same time, the continent is made up of 54 countries, and not all are created equal. It

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