Year: 2021
- Columns
International Youth Day 2021: Sudanese Youth; a Pillar of Change
Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health Muawad Mustafa Rashid With the world’s population expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years, it has become recognized by numerous stakeholders that simply producing a larger volume of healthier food more sustainably will not ensure human and planetary wellbeing. Other crucial challenges must also be addressed, such as the interlinkages embodied by the 2030 Agenda including poverty reduction; social inclusion;…
- Columns
ICC and Sudan’s Judiciary
Muawad Mustafa Rashid The recent visit of the ICC Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan to Sudan revealed that the government will not decide before next week at the earliest whether to hand over former President Omar Al Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of atrocities in the Darfur conflict. The Sovereign Council must approve measures on joining the court and handing over suspects before Bashir can be turned over. Khan plans to visit…
- Columns
Stop Exporting Livestock to Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Saad Kamil In the news around 7 thousand sheep shipments were sent back from Saudi Arabia after finding out that the quarantine procedures have been compromised, leaving some animals without vaccination against diseases including Rift Valley Fever. Sheep are bought from western Sudan to Port Sudan and held quarantine before being exported to Saudi Arabia. While they are vaccinated against three diseases; HS (Hemorrhagic septicemia, PPR (Peste des petits ruminants), and Rift Valley Fever.…
- Columns
The Early Elections…!
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid Regarding the serious difficulties that facing the transition period, some political voices are calling for early elections through which the people will delegate who will lead the country. But putting the matter up like this, and with this simplicity, means trying & repeating the experimenter that has failed in all the previous transition periods, and brought catastrophic results. However, given the state of the stumbling in transition, and the state of…
- Columns
Al-Burhan in Turkey: The success of Khartoum and Ankara Diplomacy
Al-Sammani Awadallah Through smooth moves the Turkish Ambassador in Khartoum Irfan Nazir Oglo managed to arrange for the official visit of the First Vice President of the Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo after strict diplomatic arrangements between the foreign ministries of the two countries. The visit broke out the stalemate of the political relations between the two countries. The visit paved the way to a kick-off that cooperation between Khartoum and Ankara…
- News
Sudanese Minister of Minerals Discusses with his Ghanaian Counterpart Joint Cooperation to Develop the Mineral Sector in the Two Countries
Staff Writer Sudanese Minister of Minerals, Mohamed Bashir Abunamou, discussed with his counterpart, Minister of Land and Natural Resources, Nana Addo Dankwa, joint cooperation and ways to advance the mineral sector in the two countries. Wealth and natural resources and the stages of the exploration process leading to the granting of licenses to various companies. Abunammo referred to the additional enlightenment he received from institutions working in the mineral and natural resources sector in Ghana,…
- Columns
The CPC’s Experience in Reinforcing Self-building
Ma Xinmin Chinese Ambassador to Sudan As an old Chinese saying goes, only in hard times can courage and perseverance is manifested, and only after polishing can a piece of jade be finer. The 100-year-old Communist Party of China (CPC) began to govern the country over 70 years ago. Starting from a new political party of 50-plus members who sparked the flame of the Chinese revolution on the Red Boat (where the first CPC congress…
- Reports
A Consultative Workshop on Sudan’s Fifth and Sixth Periodic Report on Child Rights
Sudan Joins More Than 70 Other Countries Worldwide that have Ratified Both Optional Protocols. Report by: Haffiya Abdalla The Optional Protocols on child rights aim at strengthening the protection of children from recruitment into armed forces and from sexual exploitation. Sudan joins more than 70 other countries worldwide that have ratified both Optional Protocols. Sudan is amongst the first Arab countries to do so. Only six have ratified it, though Kuwait’s ratification is imminent. The…
- Opinion
Three Messages on ICC-Sudan Cooperation and the issue of handing over Omar AL-BASHIR
By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African Affairselmograbi@gmail.com I received three messages on the current debate and discussion that exploded in Sudan after the transitional government – the council of ministers to hand over former Sudanese president Omar AL-BASHIR to ICC. 1\ The Former Sudanese President his future became clear; by Idrees Osman. Months ago, the Sudanese transitional government and the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) signed a memorandum of understanding (M.O.U) for achieving justice for victims…
- News
Irrigation Minister Discusses with Netherlands Ambassador the Rehabilitations of Jazeera Scheme Infrastructure
Staff Writer Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources, Prof Yassir Abbas has received in his officer H.E. the Ambassador of Netherlands where important issues and improving relations were discussed. The Minister briefed the Ambassador on the process of GERD negotiations and the hardline stance of Ethiopia and its insistence to continue in the second filling of the dam, affirming Sudan’s rejection to any unilateral step from the Ethiopian side without reaching a legal agreement between…