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Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok Resigns Amid Unrelenting Civil Unrest

Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok Resigns Amid Unrelenting Civil Unrest

 Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdallah Hamdok, has announced his resignation in a televised address to the Sudanese people this evening. His resignation comes just hours after at least three civilians were killed as Sudanese security forces violently suppressed another wave of the Marches of the Millions, that saw hundreds of thousand take to the streets across […]

Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence?

Can Egyptian women start a revolution against sexual violence?

In Tahrir Square, the center of the Egyptian revolution five years ago, women safely joined men to protest for a new future. But that moment soon ended; hundreds, even thousands of female protestors were sexually assaulted. In some cases, activists believe the government used violence as a political weapon. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin examines how […]