Sudanese soldiers take sides in ongoing protests
Sudanese soldiers openly support protesters calling for President al-Bashir to quit
- Sudanese soldiers have appeared on social media videos openly showing their support for protesters who have camped outside the army headquarters for a fourth day. Sparked by spiralling costs of living and worsening of economic conditions, the demonstrators have regularly filled the streets of Khartoum since December 2018 asking for President Omar al-Bashir to step down after thirty years in power. But implications in the current demonstrations could have grave consequences for army personnel.
- The Algerian parliament has elected Abdelkader Bensalah as interim president after former president Abdulaziz Bouteflika resigned following mass protests in the country. The temporary position should last for up to ninety days. But Bensalah has failed to attract the appeal of the public, who sees him as the "personification of the old regime", as 大象传媒 Arabic's Ilyasse Temlali explains
- We speak to Somalia's only free private ambulance service. When a bomb explodes in the terrorists-plagued capital Mogadishu, Aamin Ambulance Service is there. So why has the Police asked them to stop attending blasts' sites?
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