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A May Day to remember

Unless war in Sudan is reframed as an attack on civilians aimed at rolling back gains made during the 2019 revolution, rather than a war between generals, the conference ‘will remain an exercise in optics and will not be a genuine pathway to peace.’

As the war rages on

A soft drink stabilized with gum arabic. Gold refined in Dubai. Meat imported for a holiday feast. These objects appear far removed from Sudan’s war. They are not.

Riyadh and Abu Dhabi appeared to be the twin engines of a new Arab order. That veneer of unity has now, not just cracked; it has been replaced by a series of high-stakes disputes stretching from Southern Yemen to the Horn of Africa.

Women’s past, feminist futures — and a present

New forms of solidarity

World in transition

International politics rooted in the historic struggle of peoples for progress

Democracy not rearmament