Was reading the brilliant introduction to Anjali Nath’s new book « A Thousand Paper Cuts: US Empire and the Bureaucratic War » that traces a cultural history of FOIA « accounting for the imperial pathways and ideas that made it possible » Really looking forward to this book…

RT @EyadHisham10: A heartbreak for all Sudanese, as if the war’s wounds were not deep enough, this tragedy in Jabal Marra buries us in even….

RT @TejNagaraja: The USA arms the UAE. The UAE arms the RSF.

RT @BSonblast: We talk a lot about "evacuating"/escaping Sudan, we constantly fundraise on here for people's evacuation, but rarely do we d….

RT @Sihanet: “A Lonely Road: Standing Up to Sexual Violence in Sudan,” by Hala Al-Karib exposes the brutal realities of conflict related se….

RT @khalidmuka: My latest for @thecontinent_ . ‘Leaving El Fasher was one of the hardest experiences of my life.’ Families pay RSF up to $3….

RT @minlayla77: A thread: More than a million Sudanese are involved in artisinal mining in large open-air mining zones across 12 of Sudan’s….

RT @AyinSudan: Since the war began, many women’s periods turned irregular, and even started bleeding at the sound of gunfire. Fear & displa….

RT @RafeefZiadah: Now available Co-written with Adam Hanieh and Robert Knox, this book is rooted in years of politi….

RT @CarAdrianH: Today I recorded a wide-ranging conversation with the brilliant @UofT scholar @minlayla77 about the ongoing crisis in #Sud….

RT @rmglade: Important piece on government demolition of informal settlements in Khartoum and Gezira.

RT @RollingStone: Rolling Stone names Ms. Rachel as one of the most influential creators of 2025 🏅. No other creator has stood by their cha….

RT @minlayla77: Every once in a while I get angry at the Sudanese millionaire class esp. those who signed that port deal with the UAE in 20….

RT @minlayla77: The bottom line is that profit margins for Emirati and other foreign and domestic elites in key commodities like gold, live….

The bottom line is that profit margins for Emirati and other foreign and domestic elites in key commodities like gold, livestock and gum arabic have increased significantly since the war began.

it arrives in the UAE it becomes worth $5000 dollars. If you look at the official statistics, Sudan’s gum arabic exports have decreased since the war started but gum arabic exports in countries like Kenya have risen despite the fact that they produce little gum arabic. (3/3).

The official numbers are that 1 kg costs the foreign buyer 10,000 USD who then sells it at $65,000 but unofficially the margin is much larger. Similarly one unit of gum arabic a commodity used in soft drinks and candy is sold by the Sudanese trader for 120 $ and by the time (2/3.

A thread: More than a million Sudanese are involved in artisinal mining in large open-air mining zones across 12 of Sudan’s 18 states working under extremely dangerous conditions. For the UAE, the profit margins from this gold have risen exponentially since the war began. (1/3).

Some had even hired the RSF as private security to protect their massive projects.

Every once in a while I get angry at the Sudanese millionaire class esp. those who signed that port deal with the UAE in 2022. They have done nothing for Sudan's civilians during this war re: food + evacuations (at least not that I'm aware of) and set the stage 4 it early on.