Nearly 2,000 people in Western Darfur have fled for their lives into neighbouring Chad this week, following renewed clashes in the region. The recent eruption of violence between the Masalit and Arab communities began on April 3
rd, when unknown assailants shot at a group of Masalit men, killing two and injuring a third. Armed elements from both groups mobilized in the wake of the attack, with the UN’s Human Rights Office reporting that the streets of West Darfur’s capital, El Geneina, were “strewn with bodies” by April 12
th.
Several structures were destroyed or damaged, including a hospital and a UN compound, and at least one ambulance was attacked. The UN Refugee Agency reported that 1,860 people have sought refuge in Chad in the past week, primarily women, children, and the elderly living in villages near the Chadian border. Humanitarian agencies are still trying to determine the number of IDPs within West Darfur, but they are estimated to be in the thousands.
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Present day African history is intertwined with West European history in the context of colonialism. The major colonial powers such as the United Kingdom and France have tried to shape the destinies of their colonial possessions well before independence. The current boundaries of African states are by and large inherited from the colonial times. The farther north of the continent was predominantly French colony except for Egypt, which was ruled by Britain with the name “Anglo Egyptian Sudan” at least between 1899 – 1956. Sudan was (and it still appears to be) a client state under the shadow of Egypt. The first president of “independent” Sudan (1956) – Ibrahim Abboud – was a military officer under the Anglo Egyptian army. The last king of Egypt and Sudan – Fuad II (Turkish ancestry) was deposed in 1953 through the Jemal Abdul Nasir revolution.
In the nastiest scene in
The White Tiger, several roosters are decapitated. The roosters in the coop smell the blood from above, says Balram (Adarsh Gourav). Yet they do not rebel. The very same thing is done with human beings in this country. That may be true, but Balram a poor man from a village in India is determined to fly the coop.
The White Tiger is the story of how he becomes a driver for a cruel and callow businessman (Rajkummar Rao) and eventually transcends poverty and notoriety to become a princely entrepreneur. Director Ramin Bahrani (who adapted the film from Aravind Adiga s 2008 novel) has named
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Get Inside: 8 Things to Do While You’re Stuck at Home “The Portland Book of Dates” may end up being somewhat useless as a guidebook, but it takes on greater importance as a historical text: a snapshot of Portland as it was just before it changed forever.
12 Years a Slave, recently created a film series titled
Small Axe. Each of the five installments depicts a different slice of Black British culture in the 60s and 70s, and all are streaming on Amazon Prime. One of the anthology s standouts is