Month: May 2021
- Reports
Sudan in the International Spotlight
African Countries Hope to Secure Badly Needed Lending in Paris The IMF is Expected to Decide in June on A massive SDR Issue of $650 Billion, Including $34 Billion for Africa and $24 Billion for Sub-Saharan Africa. Haffiya Abdalla Khartoum — Sudan has been in the international spotlight at a high-level conference in Paris hosted by President Emmanuel Macron in support of its fledgling democratic transition. This important moment is intended to signal Sudan’s reintegration…
- Columns
Generosity of Nature and Stinginess of Politics in Eastern Sudan
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid Whenever you meet someone from Eastern Sudan, especially in the countryside of the Red Sea State, you will never miss his or her skinniness, simplicity, intelligence, and the sarcastic smile! Then only a few moments and you will discover that you are dealing with a person who has legacy & history; a person who is fully aware of the causes of his misery and sufferings, as a result of the inequitable…
- Reports
Receiving the Investigation Committee results on 29th Ramadan Events: Important Step Towards Achieving Justice
Al-Sammani Awadallah The Sudanese Armed Forces have taken a courageous step by handing those involved in the killing of the two martyrs Osman Ahmed Badr-ad-deen and Mudathir Mukhtar, who were among the protestors in anniversary of the massacre of 29th Ramadan 2019, besides the Army’s lifting the immunity. President of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, 1st lt. Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan has handed over to the Attorney General, Taj Al-Sir…
- en Francais
Sit-in, la commémoration du deuil endeuillée!
Dr. Abdalmonem Elfadil Le sang coule encore dans la commémoration annuelle (2021) de la répression brutale du sit-in au Soudan devant le commandement général des forces armées qui, en principe, doit veiller à protéger les manifestants pacifiques plutôt que de les voir tués sans les secourir avant et pendant n’importe quelle(s) activité(s). Ces derniers, ayant confiance dans les armées, se sont réfugiés devant leur siège contre les atrocités des services des sécurisés en juillet 2019…
- en Francais
Les Relations Soudano- Saoudiennes : vers de nouveaux horizons!
Dr. Elgayly Mohamed Abelhamid Les relations entre la République du Soudan et le Royaume d’Arabie Saoudite ont débuté depuis l’indépendance du Soudan. Depuis cette datte, les relations bilatérales entre les deux États ont connu une évolution constante dans plusieurs domaines de coopération. En effet, pendant le règne d’ancien président Al-Bashir , le Soudan avait participé à la coalition militaire menée par l’Arabie Saoudite et les Émirats arabes unis au Yémen et il a aussi décidé…
- Exclusive Conversations
Initiatives in Sudan
Brown Land A group of volunteer youth undertook the effort to help transient commuters break their fast during the previous month of Ramadan 1442 AH, targeting those passing by the roads during the break-fast hour and those present at transport stops. The group also accommodated the food needs of those accompanying patients in front of hospitals by providing a light breakfast to help them complete their fast. The group proved to set an example of…
- Reports
Al-Burhan: What happened on the anniversary of the sit-in’s dispersal, bothered me
Al-Sammani Awadallah Khartoum — The head of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, confirmed that what happened on the anniversary of the sit-in’s dispersal bothered me and the investigations will prove the perpetrator and he will be punished, and the suspects have been arrested so the hands of the Public Prosecution will interrogate them. During an interview conducted by France 24 in Paris, he demanded the existence of a legal agreement with…
- Reports
Promising Start for Paris International Conference to Support Democratic Transition in Sudan
Al-Sammani Awadallah Background Sudan hopes to entice investors and secure pledges to pay off its arrears to the International Monetary Fund at a conference in Paris on Monday, paving the way for wider relief on the external debt of at least $50 billion.Sudan built up huge arrears on its debt, but recently made rapid progress towards having much of it forgiven under the IMF and World Bank’s Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) scheme. If IMF…
- Exclusive Conversations
RWANDA’S ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AFTER THE 1994 GENOCIDE AGAINST TUTSI
Abel Buhungu This 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda did not only lead to the deaths of over a million innocent Tutsi, destroy the entire social fabric that bound Rwandese together as a citizenry but also destroyed the economy. Relatedly, the Rwandan economy grew by negative 11.4% (-11.4%) in 1994. The post-genocide leadership was thus confronted with enormous challenges, including; a very dire economic situation; thousands of vulnerable genocide victims (orphans and widows); a devastated…
- Breaking News
Sovereignty Council accepts Resignation of Attorney General and relieves Chief Justice
Staff Writer Khartoum — The Transitional Sovereignty Council decided in its periodic meeting headed by the First Vice President of the Council, Lieutenant General Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo at the Republican Palace this evening, accepting the resignation of Professor Taj Al-Sir Al-Rabbi from his position as Attorney General of the Republic of Sudan. Professor Muhammad al-Faki Suleiman, a member of the Sovereignty Council, the official spokesperson for the Council, said in a press statement that the…