Prof. Dr. Bischara Ali Egal

Sudan’s neighbouring countries meeting in Cairo have agreed to form a ministerial mechanism comprising the foreign ministers of Sudan’s neighbours to address the conflict which has had severe implications on the participating nations. The first meeting of the mechanism will be held in Chad, where an executive action plan will be developed to find a comprehensive solution to the crisis, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced during the closing session. The Sudan’s Neighbouring Countries Summit brought together Egypt, Libya, Chad, Central Africa, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, along with the secretary-general of the Arab League and the African Union Commission (AUC) chairperson. Reading the final…

The Clan Comparador OLIGARCHY and The Death of Somali Nationalism  1991-Present. By Dr. Bischara Ali Egal. Introduction-Ideological  and Philosophical  Background: “Aristotle used the term oligarchia to designate the rule of the few when it was exercised not by the best but by bad men unjustly. In this sense, oligarchy is a debased form of aristocracy, which denotes government by the few in which power is vested in the best individuals. Most classic oligarchies have resulted when governing elites were recruited exclusively from a ruling caste a hereditary social grouping that is set apart from the rest of society by religion,…

The military industrial complex is comprised of the arms industry and defense contractors, their supporting research establishment, lobbyists and assets. In recent years the military industrial complex of many countries has expanded rapidly, particularly in the case of the USA whose military-industrial complex is much more immense and vast than that of any other country. The military industrial establishment of any leading country is capable of immense destruction, yet considered essential nationally as a means of defense against any other aggressive nation or hostile force. However in recent times a debate has grown regarding whether the military industrial complex merely…

One of the many, many signs that Australia is nothing more than a US military and intelligence asset is the way its government has consistently refused to intervene to protect Australian citizen Julian Assange from political persecution at the hands of the US empire. In a new article titled “Penny Wong moves to dampen expectation of breakthrough in Julian Assange case,” The Guardian quotes Australia’s foreign minister as saying, “We are doing what we can, between government and government, but there are limits to what that diplomacy can achieve.” Wong said this when asked if Prime Minister Anthony Albanese discussed…

In March 2003, then President George W Bush approved the military attack, with major repercussions for US politics, and global perceptions of the country Twenty years ago, the world was shaken by one of the major geopolitical events of this century. On the morning of March 20, 2003, the US officially launched its illegal invasion of Iraq. The rationale was based on Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s alleged ties with terrorists, and intelligence regarding the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. However, both claims turned out to be false and were later refuted. Russian political analysts believe that…

Also on the daily podcast: hard truths about the war-boosted green transition and an unlikely hit show about Jesus Christ THE BELT AND ROAD initiative to encircle much of the world with Chinese-funded, Chinese-built infrastructure is growing leaner and more penny-wise. But its ambitions are undimmed. Energy-market turmoil has given a boost to the green transition—a boost that has come with hard truths about the shift’s costs. And a television show about Jesus Christ becomes an unlikely hit. Runtime: 24 min

As glasses help people focus their eyes to see,” medical experts from the American Academy of Pediatrics rule, “medications help children with ADHD focus their thoughts better and ignore distractions.” In their view, as well as in the view of multiple other expert consortiums, the most appropriate way to treat the “lifelong impairing condition” of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is by taking stimulant medications on a daily basis. Although stimulants, as suggested by their name, are frequently abused for stimulating (potentially addictive) sensations of high energy, euphoria, and potency, they are often compared to harmless medical aids, such as…

Early European writers called Somalis a mixed race of Arab and African origins but more reasonable accounts suggest that Somalis are related to other ethnic groups in the Horn of Africa. In other words, Somalis, as an ethnic group, are African in race and Muslim in faith. Moreover, Somalis are largely homogeneous even though there are groups of Arabs, Bantus and Caravans. Within the Somali ethnic group, there are many clans and sub-clans that are based on patrilineal kinship. Prior to European colonial arrival, Somalis did not have a central state in the sense of a Western, Weberian bureaucratic state.…

Old accounts are not easily closed. The emotions known as Sevres syndrome are not so gratuitous, although they can sometimes be exaggerated, even to the level of paranoia. Although the imperialist ambitions in our geography have transformed over time, they have not completely disappeared. When we entered the First General War, we had already lost most of the Balkans. When the war was over, the Arab region was added to it. In the maximalist dimensions of the plan, it was to present a state in Anatolia to the Armenians and Kurds. But this did not happen for various reasons. The…