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Two years ago, Sudan was thrown into disarray when its army and a powerful paramilitary group began a vicious struggle for power.

The war, which continues to this day, has claimed more than 150,000 lives. And in what the United Nations has called the world's largest humanitarian crisis, about 12 million people have been forced to flee their homes.

There is evidence of genocide in the western region of Darfur, where residents say they have been targeted by fighters based on their ethnicity.

What are the Rapid Support Forces?

The RSF was formed in 2013 and has its origins in the notorious Janjaweed militia that brutally fought rebels in Darfur, where they were accused of ethnic cleansing against the region's non-Arabic population.

Why is the military in charge of Sudan?

The civil war is the latest episode in bouts of tension that followed the 2019 ousting of long-serving President Omar al-Bashir, who came to power in a coup in 1989.

There were huge street protests calling for an end to his near-three decade rule and the army mounted a coup to get rid of him.

Attention is now on the army's offensive on central Khartoum, the area that includes most of the government ministries and financial institutions. Winning back the presidential palace is a symbolic victory - because the palace has great historic and political significance.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27182708

At the time of writing Summit for Lemmy should be completely open source.

After a lot of contemplation I've decided to open source the app. There are still some changes that probably need to happen before it can be considered "FOSS" but this is a huge step I think.

As I'm voiced my opinions on this previously, the main repository for Summit will not be to the public for PRs. If you encounter bugs or have any feature requests please continue to send them through the proper channels (ideally to this community).

Enjoy~~

The United States is not properly following national laws already on the books as it pertains to green card holders, international students and those with H-1B visas, according to multiple immigration attorneys who spoke with Newsweek.

The Trump administration, following the directive of a president who made immigration arguably his biggest issue on the campaign trail, is overhauling border protocols...

"The revocation of green cards and arrest and detention of individuals in the U.S. without giving them an opportunity to prove their lawful status is a violation of due process," Seattle-based immigration attorney Kripa Upadhyay told Newsweek.

She said that cardholders are arriving at U.S. ports of entry, including airports and border crossings, and not being provided such rights. She alluded to reports of returning green card holders who have been tricked or pressured into "voluntarily" abandoning their status.

"What the border officers cannot do is then put these individuals in a position where they are so tired of being held in custody for 8-10 hours (often after long haul flights of 16 hours or so) and tell them they can voluntarily choose to relinquish their Lawful Permanent Resident status," Upadhyay added.

"A LPR's status can only be revoked by an immigration judge, unless the individual voluntarily relinquishes it. What is happening at the airports/land borders is not voluntary. It is coercion, as was the case of [Schmidt]."

Is there still room on people's wrists for the most exciting Kickstarter-backed tech of 2012–2016?

The crown jewel of El Salvador's aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the latest tool in U.S. President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration on Sunday, when hundreds of immigrants facing deportation were transferred there.

The Trump Administration on Saturday ordered nearly all 1,300 employees of Voice of America (VOA) to be placed on leave.

It also terminated funding for its sister broadcasters such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Middle East Broadcasting Networks.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26861649

It’s been more than five months since Hurricane Helene devastated several states across the Southeast. In North Carolina, where Helene killed more than 100 people and caused nearly $60 billion in damage, many of the hardest-hit residents have grown increasingly frustrated with FEMA, a federal agency that’s also been in the crosshairs of President Trump.

Edit: Based on a lot of the repetitive comments I'm seeing, I would like to clarify two things. One, people don't seem to realize that many of the places hardest hit by Helene, like Asheville and the immediate area, are bastions of liberalism who voted for Harris by a 2 to 1 margin. Two, it is horrifying to jeer for someone losing their home regardless of who they or their neighbors voted for.

Though plastic sushi grass is a modern development, the idea behind it has been around for centuries. Flowers, leaves, fruits and branches have been used to line vessels in Japanese cuisine for over a millennium, according to Nancy Singleton Hachisu, a James Beard Award–winning food journalist and an expert in authentic Japanese cuisine.

The use of leaves to separate food, however, became common during the Edo period (1603–1864). “Originally, the Kanto region (around Tokyo) used sasanoha [leaves from the bamboo plant], while the Kansai region (around Kyoto) used haran.”

100,000-year-old remains from Tinshemet Cave are of same age as other early burials found in Israel, and point to a broad shared culture between Sapiens and Neanderthal

Nearly every Palestinian has a friend or family member who has been jailed by Israel, for militant attacks or lesser offenses such as rock-throwing, protesting or membership in a banned political group. Some are incarcerated for months or years without trial in what is known as administrative detention, which Israel says is needed to prevent attacks and avoid sharing sensitive intelligence.

Among those released on Saturday, 36 had been sentenced to life for their involvement in deadly attacks against Israelis. Only 12 of them have been allowed to return to their homes in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, where their families and supporters mobbed the Red Cross minibus, chanting “God is greatest” and cheering. Palestinian medics said four were taken straight to the hospital for urgent care.

Ahmed Barghouti was given a life sentence for dispatching assailants and suicide bombers to carry out attacks that killed Israeli civilians during the second intifada, or Palestinian uprising, in the early 2000s. As a commander in Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, an armed offshoot of President Mahmoud Abbas’ secular Fatah Party, he was also convicted of possession of firearms and attempted murder, according to the Israeli Justice Ministry.

Abu Shakhdam was sentenced to the equivalent of 18 life sentences over his involvement in Hamas attacks that killed dozens of Israelis during the second intifada.

Among the most infamous of those attacks was a suicide bombing that blew up two buses in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba in 2004, killing 16 Israelis, including a 4-year-old.