Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Feb 5, 2025 | wilsoncenter.org | Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Posted date/time:February 5, 2025 Kenya’s backing of opposition leader Raila Odinga for AU Commission chair has intensified the 2025 election. With strong pan-African support, he faces stiff competition and big questions over AU reforms, financial woes, and regional divides if he is to successfully elevate Africa’s influence on the global stage.

Jan 21, 2025 | newsecuritybeat.org | Zeinab Mohammed Salih

This article originally appeared on Enheduanna, a blog of the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program. Only a few years ago, the world celebrated the women-led revolution in Sudan that ousted the former dictator Omer El-Basher after 30 years in power. Women were fed up with his government. Those who used to live in the urban areas experienced the humiliating public order laws: they were arrested and flogged for wearing trousers or walking around with no headscarves.

Jan 15, 2025 | wilsoncenter.org | Zeinab Mohammed Salih |Tara Kangarlou

Posted date/time:January 15, 2025 Zeinab Mohammed Salih, MEP Visiting Arab Journalist Fellow, reports on the sexual violence that is spreading across war-torn Sudan. Some women shared their stories with me, but many were unable to speak about their trauma. Only a few years ago, the world celebrated the women-led revolution in Sudan that ousted the former dictator Omer El-Basher after 30 years in power. Women were fed up with his government.

Jan 10, 2025 | martinplaut.com | Zeinab Mohammed Salih |Martin Plaut

Source: The GuardianRefugees tell of attacks on darker-skinned people and non-Arab groups by Rapid Support Forces and its allies in DarfurBy Zeinab Mohammed Salih in AdréFri 10 Jan 2025 12.01 GMTHusna Ibrahim Arbab had already lost her son in the early days of Sudan’s civil war – burned to death in his tent after it was set on fire – when she was apprehended by militia aligned with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group while fleeing west towards the border with Chad.

Jan 9, 2025 | theguardian.com | Zeinab Mohammed Salih

Husna Ibrahim Arbab had already lost her son in the early days of Sudan’s civil war – burned to death in his tent after it was set on fire – when she was apprehended by militia aligned with the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group while fleeing west towards the border with Chad. A bullet flew by close to her head, the 24-year-old said. Five male relatives were separated from the group she was travelling with, taken to a creek, and shot in the chest.