SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune – Sudanese Communists SPLM-N al Hilu agree to work for diversity in Sudan

6/9/2020: Sudan Tribune – Sudanese Communists SPLM-N al Hilu agree to work for diversity in Sudan

 Sudan Tribune report that the Sudanese Communist Party and the Abdelaziz al-Hilu faction of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N al-Hilu) agreed to work together to ensure religious diversity, through the inclusion of fundamental principles in the Sudanese constitution that “should not be amended under any circumstances.”

 The two parties agreed on a political declaration after meetings in Ethiopia. Their joint declaration read: "the constitution or the law must not violate the freedoms and rights contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international and regional covenants. Any law issued in contravention of this declaration and charters shall be null and unconstitutional.”

 "The human rights principles included in these charters are fundamental principles in the constitution of Sudan, and it not is allowed to violate, amend, or skip them under any pretext,” it added.

SUDAN NEWS ALERT: New York Times - ‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers

6/9/19: New York Times - ‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers, by Declan Walsh and Nada Rashwan

 New York Times’ feature piece reveals that New Waves, a digital marketing company in Cairo, deployed keyboard warriors in a covert operation to praise Sudan’s military on social media.

 New Waves, run by former Egyptian military officer and self-described expert on “internet warfare” Amr Hussein, paid new recruits $180 a month to write pro-military messages using fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Telegram.

 New Waves operates from a military-owned housing project in Cairo, and its messages mirrored the geopolitical interests of Egypt, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

 One of its Facebook pages, Sudan Alyoum, published 17 articles accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of seeking to overthrow Sudan’s transitional military council and 60 articles supporting Himedti’s leadership.   

 Sudanese activists noted the proliferation of fake tweets via Arabic language tics that suggested they had been written by non-Sudanese.