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Saudi Pushes to Get UAE Out of Sudan Civil War

Elfadil Ibrahim / Responsible Statecraft Nov 28, 2025 With the latest peace agreement rejected, it's clear the only way to stop the bloodshed is for the US to take Abu Dhabi's interventions in hand. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Africa

The Coup Kids Are in Charge Now

Faisal Ali / Africa Is A Country Nov 20, 2025 Across the continent’s new coup belt, young officers are stepping into power, casting themselves as guardians against corrupt civilian elites. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

TD Column

Sovereignty for Some: Racism, Immigration and the Global Tax Order

Steven Dean and Sarah Sherman-Stokes / Truthdig Nov 4, 2025 How an obscure 20th-century tax rule ensured that newly decolonized nations would never fully escape the orbit of their colonizers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Africa

El Fasher’s Last Stand: ’The City Has Fallen’

Pavan Kulkarni / Peoples Dispatch Oct 30, 2025 With the last resistance fighter defending the city falling in battle, the besieged capital of North Darfur is under the control of paramilitary RSF, which has killed “most of the civilians who had remained inside." Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Original

Letter from Des Moines: Cary Fowler, the World Food Prize and the Ghost of Norman Borlaug

Alexander Zaitchik / Truthdig Oct 30, 2025 At an annual corporate food powwow, Biotech and the State Department hungrily eye “opportunity crops” in Africa. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Film

The Limits of Vision

Corey Atad / Truthdig Oct 24, 2025 A new Obamas-produced documentary paints a shallow portrait of Ghanaian revolutionary leader Kwame Nkrumah. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

NATO War-Games Climate Collapse

Lital Khaikin / Truthdig Oct 15, 2025 In Montreal, the alliance discusses planetary tipping points — without the input of a U.S. government that has chosen to fly blind. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Race

Colonize Then, Deport Now

Jonathan Ort / Africa Is A Country Sep 10, 2025 Trump’s deportation regime revives a colonial blueprint first drafted by the American Colonization Society, when Black lives were exiled to Africa to safeguard a white republic. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Global Voices

Starvation Becomes a Political Weapon in Sudan’s Civil War

Malaz Emad / Truthdig Aug 26, 2025 The two warring forces are generating hunger as a strategy of control, including attacking community aid volunteers. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Film

Sudan, Remembered

Bedatri D. Choudhury / Truthdig Aug 6, 2025 A new film chronicles the Sudanese revolution of 2019 and the young activists, poets and musicians who persevere amid war and chaos. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Africa

Sudan Civil War Takes Dark Turn As RSF Launches ‘Parallel Government’

Dan M. Ford / Responsible Statecraft Aug 5, 2025 Meanwhile, the U.S. cancels peace talks, reflecting yet another intractable conflict on the administration's plate. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Africa

U.S. Policy on Sudan Disproportionately Hurts Civilians

Zeina Mohammed, Ragad Babiker / Prism Jun 30, 2025 Trump’s travel ban includes Sudanese nationals, and sanctions on the country only exacerbate the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )