Peter Verney
@peterverney.bsky.social
Sudan specialist; general dabbler. Sometime aid worker, baobab planter, biologist, bum-wiper, English teacher, field music recorder*, Smartie-maker, staff writer, Zar inductee.
*Sonic scrapbook at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/afriscape
*Sonic scrapbook at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/afriscape
Essential read.
We need reminding of how the current crisis in #Sudan grew out of the backlash to the civilian uprising.
Stoked by the fears of its neighbours that the ordinary people's desire for peaceful, uncorrupted civil rule might catch on and spread.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
We need reminding of how the current crisis in #Sudan grew out of the backlash to the civilian uprising.
Stoked by the fears of its neighbours that the ordinary people's desire for peaceful, uncorrupted civil rule might catch on and spread.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
Sudan at the Crossroads of Empire
Revolution, Counterrevolution, and the UAE’s Subimperial Ambitions
abuhureirah.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Essential read.
We need reminding of how the current crisis in #Sudan grew out of the backlash to the civilian uprising.
Stoked by the fears of its neighbours that the ordinary people's desire for peaceful, uncorrupted civil rule might catch on and spread.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
We need reminding of how the current crisis in #Sudan grew out of the backlash to the civilian uprising.
Stoked by the fears of its neighbours that the ordinary people's desire for peaceful, uncorrupted civil rule might catch on and spread.
abuhureirah.substack.com/p/sudan-at-t...
Shurooq Abualnas' song of support for the Sudanese people. www.instagram.com/p/DQWBQEsjUk... - please like and share if you can.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Shurooq Abualnas' song of support for the Sudanese people. www.instagram.com/p/DQWBQEsjUk... - please like and share if you can.
Updated link. More songs on the way!
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Shurooq Abualnas: Sudaniya | سودانية 🎶 by
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September 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Updated link. More songs on the way!
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hyperfollow.com/ShurooqAbual...
Delighted to announce Shurooq's first re-release under new management - Red Amber.
One of Sudan's most beautiful voices.
More on the way.
hyperfollow.com/ShurooqAbual...
One of Sudan's most beautiful voices.
More on the way.
hyperfollow.com/ShurooqAbual...
Shurooq Abualnas: Sudaniya | سودانية 🎶 by
Stream and Save Shurooq Abualnas: Sudaniya | سودانية 🎶 - Distributed by DistroKid
hyperfollow.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Delighted to announce Shurooq's first re-release under new management - Red Amber.
One of Sudan's most beautiful voices.
More on the way.
hyperfollow.com/ShurooqAbual...
One of Sudan's most beautiful voices.
More on the way.
hyperfollow.com/ShurooqAbual...
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Gonna be quality, this,like everything Robin does. One of The Good Guys.
Robin Ince’s memoir about his recent diagnosis of ADHD will be published by Macmillan in May 👇 #BookSky
Robin Ince ADHD memoir goes to Macmillan
www.thebookseller.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Gonna be quality, this,like everything Robin does. One of The Good Guys.
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Saw Omar El-Akkad talking about his book One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This - how horrendous to hear about so many of the unreported atrocities, deliberate targeting of journalists, a little girl having her have blown off by a beeper - we see so little of the whole story
February 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Saw Omar El-Akkad talking about his book One Day, Everyone Will Always Have Been Against This - how horrendous to hear about so many of the unreported atrocities, deliberate targeting of journalists, a little girl having her have blown off by a beeper - we see so little of the whole story
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DOGE is now dismantling the Department of Education - check out my article if you haven't already on the wider agenda here 👇
As the Executive Orders begin - Can academic #freedom survive Donald Trump’s plans for thought control?
The president’s aim to remove power and #freedom from #universities and punish so-called #woke ideology has chilling implications for #FreeSpeech globally www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/acad...
The president’s aim to remove power and #freedom from #universities and punish so-called #woke ideology has chilling implications for #FreeSpeech globally www.indexoncensorship.org/2024/12/acad...
Can academic freedom survive Donald Trump’s plans for thought control?
The president’s aim to remove power from universities and punish so-called “woke” ideology has chilling implications for free speech globally
www.indexoncensorship.org
February 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
DOGE is now dismantling the Department of Education - check out my article if you haven't already on the wider agenda here 👇
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Could it happen here? Could a Trump tribute act smash codes, conventions and laws in the UK? All too easily, I suspect. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
A British Trump tribute act could snatch power in the UK
Without a constitution for protection, British politics is vulnerable to its own version of extremism
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Could it happen here? Could a Trump tribute act smash codes, conventions and laws in the UK? All too easily, I suspect. My column www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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The legacy of a little boy from Darfur...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Law to make social landlords fix mould in force from October
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Law to make social landlords fix mould in force from October
Awaab's Law: Plan to make social landlords fix mould in force from October
Campaigners called for change after two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from mould exposure at his home in 2020.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The legacy of a little boy from Darfur...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Law to make social landlords fix mould in force from October
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Law to make social landlords fix mould in force from October
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Another book blurb, this time from the brilliant @graceblakeley.bsky.social.
Pre-orders are essential for authors so if you think it might be of interest, here are the links:
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Amazon: tinyurl.com/3pu8hjfk
Pre-orders are essential for authors so if you think it might be of interest, here are the links:
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Amazon: tinyurl.com/3pu8hjfk
February 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Another book blurb, this time from the brilliant @graceblakeley.bsky.social.
Pre-orders are essential for authors so if you think it might be of interest, here are the links:
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Amazon: tinyurl.com/3pu8hjfk
Pre-orders are essential for authors so if you think it might be of interest, here are the links:
Bookshop.org: tinyurl.com/hprhh7xu
Waterstones: tinyurl.com/8fucp49x
Amazon: tinyurl.com/3pu8hjfk
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President Trump said the US will measure success in part by "the wars we never get into," but he promptly lifted a pause on 2,000-pound bomb shipments to the Israeli government.
The US will be complicit in the Israeli government’s abuses in Gaza so long as it provides arms and other military aid.
The US will be complicit in the Israeli government’s abuses in Gaza so long as it provides arms and other military aid.
Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses
The United States will be complicit in the Israeli government’s grave violations in Gaza so long as it continues to provide arms and other military aid, Human Rights Watch said today ahead of a meetin...
www.hrw.org
February 4, 2025 at 3:47 PM
President Trump said the US will measure success in part by "the wars we never get into," but he promptly lifted a pause on 2,000-pound bomb shipments to the Israeli government.
The US will be complicit in the Israeli government’s abuses in Gaza so long as it provides arms and other military aid.
The US will be complicit in the Israeli government’s abuses in Gaza so long as it provides arms and other military aid.
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Musk ally tells employee who warned of 'illegal task' to 'push forward' in leaked audio: A Tesla engineer and ally of Elon Musk appeared undeterred by laws that could stop their work at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Congress hasn't funded that was created by Donald…
Musk ally tells employee who warned of 'illegal task' to 'push forward' in leaked audio
A Tesla engineer and ally of Elon Musk appeared undeterred by laws that could stop their work at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Congress hasn't funded that was created by Donald Trump.
In a leaked audio tape obtained by…
www.rawstory.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Musk ally tells employee who warned of 'illegal task' to 'push forward' in leaked audio: A Tesla engineer and ally of Elon Musk appeared undeterred by laws that could stop their work at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, an entity Congress hasn't funded that was created by Donald…
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Labour will never out-Farage Farage.
Across Europe, centrist parties have adopted right-wing narratives and policies. This has only strengthened the far-right. They set the agenda. They win the ideological battle. In the end, voters prefer the original not the copy.
Across Europe, centrist parties have adopted right-wing narratives and policies. This has only strengthened the far-right. They set the agenda. They win the ideological battle. In the end, voters prefer the original not the copy.
February 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Labour will never out-Farage Farage.
Across Europe, centrist parties have adopted right-wing narratives and policies. This has only strengthened the far-right. They set the agenda. They win the ideological battle. In the end, voters prefer the original not the copy.
Across Europe, centrist parties have adopted right-wing narratives and policies. This has only strengthened the far-right. They set the agenda. They win the ideological battle. In the end, voters prefer the original not the copy.
By some fluke I was sent to teach at Salamabi Girls' in Gedaref in 1977, an oddity for a white male. It turned me into a local celebrity on a par with Robert Redford.
I owe a lot to those girls for the insights they gave me into women's lives in Sudan. And I'm sure they had fun at my expense, too.
I owe a lot to those girls for the insights they gave me into women's lives in Sudan. And I'm sure they had fun at my expense, too.
February 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
By some fluke I was sent to teach at Salamabi Girls' in Gedaref in 1977, an oddity for a white male. It turned me into a local celebrity on a par with Robert Redford.
I owe a lot to those girls for the insights they gave me into women's lives in Sudan. And I'm sure they had fun at my expense, too.
I owe a lot to those girls for the insights they gave me into women's lives in Sudan. And I'm sure they had fun at my expense, too.
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I'm seeing non-Sudanese on here say they don't know where to get daily news reports on Sudan - Sudanese outlets that also report in English include: Radio Dabanga, Ayin Network, and Sudan Tribune (links: www.dabangasudan.org/en, 3ayin.com/en/, sudantribune.com). 1/
Dabanga Radio TV Online - Latest Sudan News
www.dabangasudan.org
January 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I'm seeing non-Sudanese on here say they don't know where to get daily news reports on Sudan - Sudanese outlets that also report in English include: Radio Dabanga, Ayin Network, and Sudan Tribune (links: www.dabangasudan.org/en, 3ayin.com/en/, sudantribune.com). 1/
I do love a good Venn diagram. And a concept neatly identified in another language.
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I do love a good Venn diagram. And a concept neatly identified in another language.
Thames Water is collapsing. NO BAILOUTS for the shareholders and banks who caused this mess. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest. #WeOwnIt
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
Bring Thames Water into public ownership | We Own It
weownit.org.uk
February 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Thames Water is collapsing. NO BAILOUTS for the shareholders and banks who caused this mess. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest. #WeOwnIt
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/brin...
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Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.
January 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Bernie Sanders grilling RFK Jr for selling anti-vaccination onesies is the energy I needed today.
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On the 1st anniversary of Israel’s murder of little Hind Rajab, Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social has this documentary-style deep dive into her killing, the cover-up, & his questioning of the State Department over the past year.
Please do watch/share/subscribe:
Please do watch/share/subscribe:
zeteo.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
On the 1st anniversary of Israel’s murder of little Hind Rajab, Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social has this documentary-style deep dive into her killing, the cover-up, & his questioning of the State Department over the past year.
Please do watch/share/subscribe:
Please do watch/share/subscribe:
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Labour paid £80k to have the Tory blue removed from the Downing Street briefing room which he used today. I know it wasn't to remove the Tory branding though, it was coz every time a PM briefed from there people like me added flaming wasteland backdrops....
January 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Labour paid £80k to have the Tory blue removed from the Downing Street briefing room which he used today. I know it wasn't to remove the Tory branding though, it was coz every time a PM briefed from there people like me added flaming wasteland backdrops....
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Authorities in South Sudan have ordered internet service providers to block access to to all social media sites effective today- for a minimum of 30 days.
Cite “recent upheaval in Sudan” which has exposed the South Sudanese population to violence “through social media posts”.
Cite “recent upheaval in Sudan” which has exposed the South Sudanese population to violence “through social media posts”.
January 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Authorities in South Sudan have ordered internet service providers to block access to to all social media sites effective today- for a minimum of 30 days.
Cite “recent upheaval in Sudan” which has exposed the South Sudanese population to violence “through social media posts”.
Cite “recent upheaval in Sudan” which has exposed the South Sudanese population to violence “through social media posts”.