Global Outlook

  The Sudanese political environment became complicated because military forces united with Islamic movements through the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood. The political alliance between these entities has created substantial changes within national governance and social systems of the country. The Sudanese Army and the Islamic Movement The Sudanese army preserves significant bonds with Islamic organizations with special focus on the Sudanese Muslim Brotherhood. Through their relationship the Islamist ideologies found their way into military structures which impacts strategic choices as well as command decisions. Military reports show that ex-intelligence staff linked to Islamism now serve within the army to strengthen this relationship further. The Influence in Al Jazirah State The activities of Sudan's Islamic movements have found their main base within Al Jazirah State. Numerous training camps in the region exist because of the Popular Resistance Forces (PRF) an allied civilian milit...

The death of a 16-year-old girl in Delhi, India’s capital territory, has sparked concern about women’s safety in India. The girl was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in an alley while pedestrians passed by has caused uproar in India about women's safety. CCTV footage showed that the youngster was approached in public by a man, identified by authorities as 20-year-old Sahil Khan, who stabbed the teenage girl more than 30 times and struck her with a concrete slab. The assault was witnessed by several people. Reportedly, one man attempted to interfere but he was forcefully spurned by the assailant, nothing further was done to stop him. No one alerted the police, and her body stayed in the alleyway for 30 minutes after the murder until it was discovered by a police informant. According to authorities in Delhi, Khan was in a relationship with a teenage girl. He wanted to kill her when she attempted to end the relationship. He allegedly followed her from the market to the dark alley, wher...