Sudan: Fighting Continues Despite The Extended Ceasefire

According to observers, there is no sign of the conflict ending anytime soon. The refugee aid organization Pro Asyl calls for a freeze on deportations to Sudan.

Despite an agreed ceasefire, fierce fighting has broken out again in Sudan. Residents reported that gunfire and artillery attacks could be heard in Khartoum, including around the presidential palace, near the state radio headquarters and a military base in Khartoum. Plumes of black smoke could be seen over the city. In Khartoum there is no electricity or tap water, internet and telephone only work sporadically. Gasoline, cash and food are becoming scarce.

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US issues warning to China about pressure on Taiwan

America is concerned about continued pressure from China on Taiwan. US President Joe Biden will soon meet Chinese President Xi Jinping virtually.

Shortly before a video summit between President Joe Biden and China's head of state Xi Jinping, the US issued a warning to Beijing about the growing pressure on Taiwan. In an interview with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Antony Blinken "expressed his concern about the continuing military, diplomatic and economic pressure exerted by the People's Republic of China on Taiwan," the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday (local time).

Blinken and Wang spoke on Friday in preparation for the video summit on Monday, according to the State Department. The US representative demanded that Beijing take part in a constructive dialogue in order to resolve the Taiwan issue "peacefully and in a manner that is consistent with the wishes and interests of the people of Taiwan."

Military Coup In Sudan | "The People Are Stronger"

After the coup in Sudan, the military has a problem: the population is resisting the "Egyptian way".

Monday, October 25th, early morning in Khartoum. Nobody is surprised when the soldiers arrive. Least of all the prime minister, whom the generals have been threatening for days. Armed men kidnap Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdalla to an undisclosed location. Military vehicles hit the streets, blocking bridges over the Nile. State television plays patriotic songs on a loop, ministers are arrested. In the afternoon, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, appears in front of the cameras, declares the state of emergency and the interim government under Hamdok's leadership as dissolved. According to Burhan, the military had to act "to ensure the security of the country". It's a coup, even if Burhan doesn't want to call it that.

Sudan's army, it seems, on October 25th, embarked on the "Egyptian route" and laid the grave lid on democratization . Burhan and Egypt's president and ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sissi are close friends. The last thing Al-Sissi wants in his "backyard" is a democratic Sudan. Both also enjoy the support of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Free elections, protection of civil rights and transparent governance do not appear in their worldview either.

General Burhan, however, has a problem: Sudan's protest movement is bigger, more closed and more organized than the Egyptian ever was.

Southern Sudan, "Khartoum has declared war on us"

The conflict over oil fields in the disputed border between Sudan and Southern Sudan is escalating. China, a major consumer of oil, calls both sides to show restraint. Sudan has declared war on his country, Southern Sudan President Salva Kiir said on Tuesday in the face of renewed attacks by the (northern) Sudanese Air Force on targets in the south. The conflict in which it is primarily about oil fields in the new, since July 2011 is the existing boundary was in the past two weeks has escalated dramatically after the South Sudan had occupied the disputed Heglig oil field. This belongs to an international view to the north. In parallel, the air attacks that had already flown to the north, occasionally in recent months have increased significantly. Last week it became a UN camp targeted. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir had said in recent days, several times, the southern Sudan only understands the language of weapons. Interesting is the place to put forward his claims to the Kiir has: He spoke during an official visit to Beijing.China has always been an important ally of Sudan, because it is an important customer Sudanese oil - or was. Because after the first peaceful secession of southern Sudan before three quarters of a year, a majority of Sudan's oil reserves lie in the south. Of the rest, who remained to the north, was about half is in Heglig. Khartoum claimed to have defeated the South and forced it out. South Sudan occupied the oil field on April 10, in a move that coincided with waves of air strikes against its territory.