Month: January 2022
- Columns
Heroism: A Virtue Modern Rwanda and Rwandans Owe Everything to
Abel BuhunguRwandan Head of Mission to Sudan Every year on 1st February, Rwandans both inside and outside Rwanda reminisce on the love for their country and the virtue of heroism that is the bedrock of modern Rwanda. They on this day celebrate and applaud the farsighted brave men and women who in history established the Nation of Rwanda and those that came after them, for their contribution to making Rwanda what it is today. Heroism…
- Columns
UNITAMS: SAF and GIS Part of the Consultations
Al-Sammani Awadallah The initiative launched by the UNSG Special Representative in Sudan Dr. Volker Perthes on January 8th remained under consultations facilitated by the UN over the political process in Sudan through involving all the Sudanese stakeholders. The consultations were stalled due to the continuous barricades and the blocking of the bridges, a matter that makes it difficult for the UNITAMS to approach some of the components in the Sudanese political process. Accordingly, the UNITAMS…
- Columns
Stride Forward on the Right Path for a Better Post-COVID World
Ma XinminChinese Ambassador to Sudan On January 17, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a special address, titled Forge Ahead with Confidence and Fortitude to Jointly Create a Better Post-COVID World, at the 2022 World Economic Forum Virtual Session. This is the third time China’s top leader has addressed the Davos forum, the weathervane of the world economy after he gave two speeches at the event in 2017 and 2021 respectively. President Xi Jinping’s address…
- Columns
The Invitation of Volker
Mohammed Saad The legendary journalist Eng. Osman Mirghani proposed in one of his columns that Dr. Volker should directly air all the consultations and meetings held between him and the Sudanese parties, after which a roundtable conference could be held. He subjected his proposal to the desire of the people to see and listen to what is going on behind closed doors. It is now two weeks since Mirghani wrote his proposal, but it is…
- Breaking News
VP of Sovereignty Council Heads to the Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa
Staff Writer Vice President of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, left this morning for the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for a two-day official visit. He was seen off at Khartoum Airport by the Minister of Animal Resources Hafez Abdel Nabi and the Secretary-General of the Sovereignty Council Lieutenant-General Mohamed Al-Ghali Ali Youssef. The visit of the Vice President of the Sovereignty Council and his accompanying delegation to Ethiopia to discuss bilateral relations between…
- Breaking News
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Phee and Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Satterfield Visit Sudan
US Embassy Press Release In meetings with a wide cross-section of Sudanese civil society, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee and Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield shared the deep concern of the Sudanese people about the disruption of the democratic transition. They strongly condemned the use of disproportionate force against protestors, especially the use of live ammunition sexual violence, and the practice of arbitrary detention. They called for…
- Breaking News
During Meeting in Khartoum, Sudanese and American Sides Stress the Need to Launch a Comprehensive National Dialogue
Staff Writer Khartoum: 01-2022 — The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, met at the Presidential Palace today, the visiting US delegation headed by the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Ambassador Molly V, and the membership of the new US envoy to the Horn of Africa, Ambassador David Starfield, along with the Chargé d’Affairs of the US Embassy in Khartoum, Ambassador Brian Shawkan. The meeting took place in the…
- Columns
Sudan and the United Nations Initiative
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid The killing and bloodshed in Sudan are no longer confined to the known civil war and the bloody conflict zones. Rather, it is expanded to reap the lives of young demonstrators who took the streets armed only with chants of throats, yet their heads were blown up by the “Doshka” and sniper bullets, and the brains of the future were scattered over their tender bodies that dreamed of a civil democratic…
- Columns
Guaranteed Recipe
Osman Mirghani I wrote several times in the media outlets that the radical solution for the Sudanese crises and its chronic dilemmas starts from a core focal point – it is the axis which all the failure cycle revolves around. The start point is to separate the fate of the citizens from the fate of politics and politicians. We leave what is for politicians to them and what is for the people to them. The…
- Columns
UN Shooting Around the Bush
Omer B. Abu Haraz Any conflict can only be resolved by one of three methods: Compromise, Integration, or Domination Compromise wants a sustainable solution as it leaves both conflicting parties unsatisfied. It is like an analgesic, it stops the systems of the disease temporarily without treating the cause. Domination is a surgical treatment that removes one part leaving the other enjoying the full benefits. That is to say, one part is fully satisfied and the…