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Africa Horn
Intl community demands release of Sudan's PM
2021-10-26
Strongly worded tweet to follow.
A tweet? In these degenerate times they can’t even be bothered to haul out the stiff writing paper and the good calligraphy pens? Wow.
[RT] International parties have voiced their concern and condemnation after the Sudanese military staged a coup, arresting the prime minister as well as other senior civilian leaders and dissolving the government.

In a statement on Monday, African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat demanded the release of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other officials of the transitional government, and called on the Sudanese military to respect human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
. "The chairperson calls for the immediate resumption of consultations between civilians and military," Mahamat said, adding that dialogue and consensus was the only path to "save the country and its democratic transition."

Neighboring Egypt and regional power Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
both called for restraint and demanded that all parties work for the welfare of the country.

Posted by:Fred

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