[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Madani Resistance® Committees, a neighbourhood activists group in the al-central Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... state of al-Jazira, documented over 800 deaths since the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control late last year.
Following the takeover in December 2023, RSF members were accused of severe human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. violations against civilians, including killings, forced displacement, intimidation, and sexual violence.
In a statement on Thursday, the Resistance® Committees, known for monitoring abuses, said, "For four months, the RSF has inflicted horrific abuses across al-Jazira, leaving over 800 dead and thousands injured. The escalating sexual violence against women and kiddies threatens a social catastrophe."
The local group emphasizes the systematic nature of the crimes against unarmed civilians. It also criticizes the deliberate disruption of communication networks and internet services for three months, crippling daily life, banking, and essential goods access.
In February, both the military and RSF blamed each other for the nationwide shutdown. Some telecommunications companies partially restored services in eastern Sudan, but coverage remains patchy.
The Resistance® Committees further condemned the military’s indiscriminate Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s using explosive barrels in civilian areas, violating international law. They dismissed claims by the military about regaining control as mere "propaganda" aimed at deploying poorly trained personnel for power grabs.
In a separate development, the Hasahisa Resistance® Committees, citing western Madani and rural Tabet eyewitnesses, reported looting, property destruction, and assaults on farmers by the RSF. They are accused of obstructing wheat harvest, aiming to impoverish and displace citizens.
These actions threaten food security and lives. The statement urges international organizations to deliver aid effectively to al-Jazira’s residents.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported a 46% decline in Sudan’s crop production, including wheat, due to conflict, insecurity, and limited access to expensive agricultural resources.
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[AFRICANEWS] Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region ... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking.
Didn’t that used to be Al Qaeda in North Africa’s gig, bringing the drugs in from Latin America to traffic in Europe?
SHARP INCREASE IN COCAINE SEIZURES
In 2022, 1,466 kilograms, (3,232 pounds), of cocaine were seized in Mali, Chad, Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job unless he's already been deposed... , and Niger compared to an average of 13 kilograms (28.7 pounds) between 2013 and 2020, said the report from the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.
RECORD-BREAKING SEIZURE IN SENEGAL ... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees... Cocaine is the most seized drug in the Sahel after cannabis resin, the report said. The analysis comes as Senegal, which borders on the Sahel, announced Sunday a record-breaking cocaine seizure of 1,137 kilograms — the most ever intercepted on land and valued at $146 million — near an artisanal mine in the east of the country. Incidents like this are becoming more common in the region: In one incident last year in December, the Senegalese navy seized a total of 3 tons of cocaine at sea.
GEOPOLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SAHEL
The location of the Sahel, lying south of the Sahara desert and running from the Atlantic to the Arabian Ocean, makes it a natural transit point for the increasing amount of cocaine produced in South America and destined for Europe. The trafficking has detrimental impacts for both peace and health, locally and globally, said Amado Philip de Andrés, UNODC Regional Representative in West and Central Africa.
"The involvement of various gangs in drug trafficking continues to undermine peace and stability in the region," said Philip de Andrés. The report said the drug trade provides financial resources to gangs in the Sahel, where Islamic murderous Moslem networks have flourished as the region struggles with a recent spate of coups.
EMERGING TRENDS
Increased trafficking networks in the region are spilling out onto local markets and leading to higher drug consumption, said Lucia Bird, director of the West Africa Observatory of illicit economies at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
"We've had reports of rising crack cocaine consumption in Agadez, Niger driven by payment in kind," said Bird. "Smaller traffickers get paid in drugs and offload it onto local markets because they don't have the contacts in more lucrative consumption destinations."
A patrol in southwest Niger on Monday intercepted a shipment of cannabis and Tramadol, an opioid painkiller pill, worth $50,000, according to a national TV announcement.
Another significant trend in the region is the direct exchange of Moroccan hashish for South American cocaine via West Africa, said Bird. This arrangement — which has been developing since 2020 — bypasses the need for cash payments and exploits differences in the prices of drugs across continents, she explained, adding that this increases the number of drugs trafficked overland which transit from West African ports across some of the most conflict-affected areas of the Sahel.
ENABLERS OF DRUG TRAFFICKING
Corruption and money laundering are major enablers of drug trafficking and recent seizures and arrests revealed that political elite, community leaders, and leaders of gangs facilitate the drug trade in the Sahel, the UN report added.
"States in the Sahel region — along with the international community — must take urgent, coordinated, and comprehensive action to dismantle drug trafficking networks," said Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militias have displaced over 50,000 people from 30 villages west of El Fasher, North Darfur’s capital.
The attacks, targeting villages inhabited by the Zaghawa ethnic group, began on April 6th and lasted three days. They resulted in deaths, burning of villages, looting, and mass displacement. The displaced have fled to Tawila and El Fasher, as well as the town of Shakra, 10 10km west of the state capital.
Abdel Hafiz al-Ghali, head of the Initiative to Support the Displaced Persons of West El Fasher Villages, told Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... Tribune: "The recent attacks displaced over 50,000 people from 31 villages."
Al-Ghali e added that these newly displaced people are facing harsh conditions in Shakra, lacking shelter, food, medicine, and even clean drinking water.
Local volunteers have begun providing some assistance, but the scale of the crisis necessitates international intervention. al-Ghali issued a "distress call" for international organizations to step up and deliver essential supplies to the displaced population.
The incident raises concerns about escalating ethnic violence between the Zaghawa and Arab communities in North Darfur. This tension is fuelled by the growing polarization between the RSF and armed movements supported by the Sudanese military, both of which have a strong presence in the region.
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[IsraelTimes] As dignitaries stood on stage in Warsaw to mark the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a lone figure got up to join them: a man wearing a hoodie with the colors of the Palestinian flag.
The man placed flowers atop a pile assembled for the occasion, then moved to the side of the stage where he unfurled a large Palestinian flag and stood with his head down, according to an attendee at the event.
The protest featured just one participant and resolved without derailing the ceremony when police officers escorted him offstage. Still, it offered evidence of just how extensive and varied the settings for pro-Palestinian demonstrations have become since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7 that was triggered by the terror group’s devastating attack.
The annual ceremony in Warsaw takes place outside the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, located in what was once the Warsaw Ghetto, where the Nazis imprisoned nearly half a million Jews, almost all whom were ultimately murdered. The monument memorializes the hundreds of ragtag, half-starved Jews who banded together in April 1943 to battle the Nazis — and held them off for nearly a month rather than surrender themselves and their brethren to the death camps. Ultimately, the uprising failed, but it remains the most famous symbol of resistance to the Nazis’ genocidal ambitions.
The gathering was smaller than last year, when leaders convened from all over the world for the 80th anniversary of the uprising. Still, it featured local dignitaries and representatives from foreign governments, who laid wreaths at the site, along with prayers by Polish Chief Rabbi Michael Schudrich.
This year’s ceremony also comes after a time of tension between the Polish and Israeli governments over the Israel-Hamas war, following the killing earlier this month of a Polish aid worker who was part of a World Central Kitchen convoy bombed by the Israeli army. After Israel’s ambassador to Poland rejected what he called accusations that Israeli forces committed "intentional murder," he was summoned by the Foreign Ministry in Warsaw for a formal reprimand. He subsequently issued an apology for the death of the worker, 25-year-old Damian Sobol.
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[GEO.TV] Police officials on Friday said that all the foreigners travelling in a vehicle that was targeted in a suicide kaboom in the Landhi area were safe and shifted to an undisclosed location.
They told Geo News that five foreign nationals were in the car when it came under attack in Landhi’s Mansehra ...a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south... Colony earlier today killing two murderous Moslems involved in the attack.
DIG East Azfar Mahesar said that the attackers were on foot, as per preliminary investigation. He added that police recovered six hand grenades, an SMG, and three magazines from krazed killers.
"The attackers also had two bottles of petrol. All the items were in a bag with the attackers," said the police official.
The DIG said that a vehicle and a cycle of violence nearby were damaged in the blast after a terrorist went kaboom!.
A police mobile was parked at a nearby petrol pump which reached the spot after hearing the earth-shattering kaboom, he said, adding that the personnel of the Sharafi Goth cop shoppe also confronted the terrorists.
The DIG East revealed that the attack was carried out at 6:50 am this morning.
The DIG further stated that there was a company vehicle with security guards as well behind the targeted one carrying the employees.
He added that the murderous Moslems opened fire on the van, while the security guards behind the van retaliated the attack.
"One terrorist was killed in firing by security guards, while the other terrorist approached the van and went kaboom!," he said.
The police official said efforts will be made to identify the slain terrorist using his fingerprints.
He also revealed that the police were already on alert after having received security threats regarding foreigners in the city.
He added that a security plan for China Pakistain Economic Corridor (CPEC) and non-CPEC projects was prepared.
Earlier today following the incident, the police said that the van was targeted by the murderous Moslems who were on a bike. They added that a bag filled with grenades and Kalashnikov was found from the scene of the crime.
SSP Malir Tariq Mastoi confirmed that it was a suicide attack. The police official said that another vehicle was also damaged in the earth-shattering kaboom.
Gunfire sounds were also heard, they said.
As per initial reports shared by the police, the second terrorist killed in the encounter was also a jacket wallah.
"A suicide jacket and a grenade are tied to the terrorist's body," they said, adding that a bomb disposal team is reaching the site of attack.
Following the attack, the injured were being shifted to a nearby hospital, they added. Meanwhile, ...back at the Senate, Tremulus continued with his speech against Varius and his cohorts, watching as his colleagues dropped off to sleep one by one... the nationality of the victims has not been ascertained so far.
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Following explosion at #PMF base south of Baghdad, US official confirms to me no US military activity in the area.
A senior Iraqi official tells me the explosion is believed to have been caused by an Israeli airstrike, but there’s no confirmation, and Baghdad will investigate
Israeli official tells CNN that Israel not behind strike on pro-Iran militias in Iraq
[IsraelTimes] Israel has no connection to blasts in Iraq this evening, an Israeli official tells CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... , after an Iraqi coalition of pro-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... militias said a military base it uses was targeted in an Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!...
Maybe it was ISIS, or some seriously peeved Iraqi tribals… At any rate, the attack apparently came from inside their house.
One said killed in ‘bombing’ of Iraqi military base used by pro-Iran militias
[IsraelTimes] A huge blast rocks a military base used by Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces to the south of Baghdad, two PMF and two security sources tell Rooters.
The two security sources say the blast was a result of an unknown Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... , which happened around midnight.
The two PMF sources point out the strikes did not lead to casualties but caused material damage. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... an Iraqi interior ministry source quoted by AFP says the "bombing" killed one person and maimed eight others.
Sources in the PMF, also known as the Hashed al-Shaabi, say the strikes targeted a headquarters of the Iran-backed grouping of militias at the Kalso military base, near the town of Iskandariya ... named after Alexander the Great, today it's a mostly Sunni-inhabited slum ... around 50 kilometers south of Baghdad.
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"We found matza pieces among the wreckage. Yeap, definetely Israel!"
[IsraelTimes] Dozens of relatives of the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... hostages along with their supporters blocked off the main highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Friday, protesting government inaction in returning the abductees.
The demonstrators burned barrels set up in the middle of the highway and held up signs with pictures of their loved ones, calling on Israel to do more to reach an elusive deal.
Police and firefighters then moved in to disperse the demonstrators and douse the flames.
While the demonstrators placed the onus on the Israeli government, CIA chief Bill Burns in a rare public comment placed the blame on Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", for the deadlocked negotiations, saying the terror group had rejected the latest proposal.
"It was a deep disappointment to get a negative reaction from Hamas," Burns said at an event at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.
"Right now, it’s that negative reaction that really is standing in the way of innocent civilians in Gaza getting humanitarian relief that they so desperately need," he said.
Burns said he could not guarantee that the talks will succeed.
"And it breaks your heart because you can see in very human terms what’s at stake here as well," he said.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The government media office in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip announced on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army has arrested more than 5,000 Paleostinians since it began its ongoing devastating war on the Strip more than six months ago.
In a statement, the office added: "We commemorate Paleostinian Prisoner’s Day this year (April 7 annually) in light of the continuation of the genocidal war waged by the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip."
This war left more than 110,000 dead and maimed, most of them children and women, and massive destruction and famine claimed the lives of children and the elderly, according to Paleostinian and UN data.
The office continued: "Paleostinian prisoners are still subjected to the worst types of retaliatory measures, which aim to deprive them of their most basic rights."
It stated that "during the war, the Israeli occupation arrested more than 5,000 prisoners from the Gaza Strip alone, bringing the number of prisoners inside the occupation prisons to approximately 10,000 prisoners."
Paleostinian and international human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... organizations accuse the Israeli occupation of practicing enforced disappearance against Gaza prisoners and not disclosing their number or the places and conditions of their detention, in conjunction with media reports that a number of them were killed as a result of torture.
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[GEO.TV] The United States has imposed sanctions on two Israeli entities for helping raise tens of thousands of dollars for two sanctioned settlers in the occupied West Bank.In a statement, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo said: "Such acts by these organizations undermine the peace, security, and stability of the West Bank. We will continue to use our tools to hold those responsible accountable."
According to the treasury, the Mount Hebron Fund launched an online fundraising campaign that raised $140,000 for settler Yinon Levi after he was sanctioned on February 1 for leading a group of violent mostly peaceful settlers who assaulted Paleostinian and Bedouin civilians, Al Jazeera reported.
The second entity, Shlom Asiraich, raised $31,000 on a crowdfunding website for David Chai Chasdai, who the US said initiated and led a riot in Huwara that resulted in the death of a Paleostinian civilian.
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[GEO.TV] Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war.
Iranian media and officials described a small number of explosions, which they said resulted from Iran's air defences hitting three drones over the city of Isfahan. Notably, they referred to the incident as an attack by "infiltrators", rather than by Israel, obviating the need for retaliation.
A senior Iranian official told Rooters there were no plans to respond against Israel for the incident.
"The foreign source of the incident has not been confirmed. We have not received any external attack, and the discussion leans more towards infiltration than attack," the official said.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job unless he's already been deposed...
...a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south...
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