In the press - Sudan, what future after the coup?

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For the Emirati newspaper 

, this coup d'etat is a "wake-up call for the international community".

Two years after the fall of Omar al-Bashir, the "dark country again under the control of the military" laments the daily.

For the

newspaper 

, this crisis is the result of a total lack of trust between the civilian government and the army, which is still very influential in the country.

The problem is that the army would have its

"own account of the crisis," writes the columnist.

Namely, another vision of democratic transition with uniquely military power.

After the bloody repression of several demonstrations hostile to the coup, the daily

notes that "the coup is killing the transitional period"

On the French press side,

devotes its front page to these demonstrators.

"A people facing their army", headlines the daily with a protester who makes the "V" for victory.

The illustration of a population determined to fight for its freedoms.

On the front page of Liberation this Tuesday:

🇸🇩 Sudan: a people facing its army https://t.co/nj2k4mQp7h pic.twitter.com/KQSP7pCong

- Release (@libe) October 25, 2021

If the Facebook company continues to rake in profits to the tune of several billion dollars, "it is because it is betting everything on profit at the expense of the safety of its users." This shocking statement, relayed in

, emanates from Frances Haugen former executive of the company, today, whistleblower decided to make known the abuses of her ex-employer. In front of British parliamentarians, she reiterated, Monday, October 25, her accusations already made before American senators, emphasizing the dangers of Instagram, owned by Facebook, for adolescents. Confronted with the cult of the image or with recurrent hate speech, the latter would not be sufficiently protected while Facebook would be "totally aware of the problem". Accusations that the company describes as "totally false".

They are "an ordinary American couple," writes the newspaper

.

And yet, they face life imprisonment for attempted industrial espionage.

He is an aeronautical engineer, she is a literature professor.

The case begins at the end of 2020. The man seeks to sell the plans of American nuclear submarines to a foreign power.

During a meeting taken in a park, the couple leaves a peanut butter sandwich with, inside, a memory card containing the precious documents.

But the custodian of said memory card was, in fact, an FBI agent.

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