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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicCivil War

Topic: Civil War

Trump calls it ‘most violent place on Earth’. In Sudan, sexual violence & starvation are weapons

The two central figures are Sudan army chief Gen Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan & Rapid Support Forces head Mohd Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemedti. Both started out together but fell out later.

Sudan is being ravaged by a civil war the world has overlooked

The conflict took a disturbing turn in October, when a paramilitary force seized control of El-Fasher. Government and civil-rights organisations accused it of widespread atrocities, including the killing of 2,000 people.

At least 528 killed, 4599 injured in Sudan, as deadly conflict continues for 3rd week

Struggle between Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted into conflict on 15 April. Violence has rocked the capital Khartoum and the western region of Darfur.

Lawsuit against Meta for enabling ‘hateful posts’ from Ethiopia on Facebook

The lawsuit says Facebook's recommendations system amplified violent content in Ethiopia & failed to exercise care in training its algorithms to identify dangerous posts.

Family history a burden or asset? Chiang Kai-shek’s great grandson to run for Taipei mayor

Kuomintang legislator Wayne Chiang Wan-an, 43, currently serves as a legislator in Taiwan’s parliament. His great grandfather is seen as a ‘dictator’ by some & a ‘hero’ by others.

Pakistani State won’t collapse. Choice is between civil war and short-term rise in violence

Islamabad's new national security doctrine, calling for peace and trade, is good news for neighbours like India. But it doesn't address a critical question.

Modi’s enthusiasm for dates misses the real memorialising of Partition violence

The memory of Partition violence, or Civil War of 1947, has remained operable in two ways – first, in evacuating responsibility, and second, as a form of trauma that has been repeated subsequently.

From Easter attacks to the uncivil war: Inaction marks Sri Lanka’s bloody history

Sri Lanka must investigate why warnings were not heeded and assure citizens that such horror will not come back.

India’s ‘dirty little war’ in Jaffna, heroism amid ineptitude & new friendships under fire

30 Years after IPKF: The passing away yesterday of Col. Anil Kaul, decorated hero of Op Pawan, brings back the truth of a military disaster.

‘The Story of a Brief Marriage’ depicts the Sri Lankan Civil War through the lens of the mortal human body

Arudpragasam shows human perseverance and the depth of the mundane. Excreting, touching, eating, sleeping or the lack of it forms the backbone of the novel.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.