Opinion
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Tip of the Iceberg .. RSF Social Responsibility
Muawad Mustafa Rashid Advertisment The mission of the modern armies around the globe is not only staying in their barracks or defend the territories but it is extended to provide support to the people within the frame of social responsibility… In the USA, for instance, the Marines troops have several missions during peacetime especially that America is subject to natural disasters including storms, volcanos, and earthquakes. This necessitates the stand-by of the government and its…
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US Policy of Dual Containment, “the Crocodile Farm”!
“Harun’s Cloud”, a policy that makes US President say the same thing said by Caliph Harun AL-RASHID. Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African Affairselmograbi@gmail.com Rollback or Containment? Is the title of a book by William LeoGrande; “The United States, Nicaragua, and the Search for Peace in Central America.” According to my point of view, the question is still valid and my answer is “Containment” or its developed version “Dual Containment”. The term “Dual containment” was firstly…
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Sudan: Press Freedom under threat
Mekki Elmograbil Press Writer on African Affairs elmograbi@gmail.com Although Sudan’s ranking in press freedom index by Reporters without Borders RSF has been promoted from 175 to 159 for the year 2020, observers and activists are worried that Sudan is losing this improvement and to get worse again. One of the major reasons is the absence of a trade union or even a professional association to defend journalists’ rights and to organize its members. Four to…
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Ten useful points to understand the current situation in Sudan; part (1)
Mekki ElMograbi 1\ The last episode from the 63-year-old series! The time of the «vicious cycle» of the military and civilians in Sudan extended after the independence in 1956 for more than sixty years. Therefore, this era is considered as a complete social cycle and the naked truth is that it has ended. Inside the bigger cycle, there were sub-cycles, for example; Numairi regime – 1969, witnessed the same struggle within itself between the Communist…
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The Bridge Loan and the US Federal Reserve Account: What Paved the Way To the Paris Conference
Dr. Yassir M. Al Obaid In the beginning, it must be clarified what the Central Bank of Sudan opening an account with the US Federal Bank means, and what is the relationship of the US Federal Reserve with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and what do all of them have to do with the bridge loan, and what does the bridge loan, amounting $ 1.2 billion, that was granted to Sudan to…
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The Last Chance at Making a “Sudanese Ataturk”! Lost or Not Yet?
Mekki ElMograbi Kamal ATATURK, the “Father of the Turks”, is the Muslim leader who abolished the Islamic caliphate and became the founder of modern Turkey. He is famous for his tough progressive anti-sharia reforms, which modernized Turkey into a secular, industrial nation. Three Pan-Islamic Caliphate Conferences were held in Cairo, Jerusalem, and Mecca from 1926 to 1931, but none could reach a consensus on declaring a new Islamic caliphate. Some writers said this failure was…
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What is the relation between United Nations and garbage in Khartoum?
Mekki ElMograbi These days, citizens of Khartoum are wondering about the relation between the United Nations and the piles of garbage in the city. This puzzle came out after the news of the meeting between the Governor of Khartoum, Ayman NIMIR, and the Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission (UNITAMS), Volker PERTHES. The news was reported in various ways, but one of them was that the governor asked the United Nations Representative…
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“Made in Sudan” and two positive points on Sudanese Economy
Mekki ElMograbi 1\ The Ministry of Industry organized the “Made in Sudan” exhibition in collaboration with Sudanese Free Zones Company and Chambers of Industry. The Expo is dedicated only to goods and products made in Sudan. I wrote before about Ibrahim AL-SHEIKH, the Minister of Industry and the former president of the Sudanese Congress Party in my article “Four New Leaders for Free Economy and Better Relations with the World”. I believe now and after…
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Britain after Brexit: Are Commonwealth Countries the Alternative?
Dr. Yassir M. Al Obaid Today, human civilization is directed by the curve of accelerating and dynamic changes in all sciences, knowledge, methods of work and production, in an era whose data vary and takes new civilized dimensions in which previous concepts change and are characterized by overlap and flexibility from globalization to the information dimension in the fourth digital revolution. Civilization has become an economic struggle over resources, achievement, and options for agglomeration. The…
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Paris Conference and its Participants
Ghazi Al-Raih It is a conference for Sudan`s friends and donors, and it is an economic conference to help Sudan economically. The economic conference does not exceed three hours!! But there is an accompanying program at the Arab Institute, these are economic and political seminars and art and cultural exhibitions to introduce Sudan and the December revolution. Various committees were formed to select people to represent Sudan in various fields, and of course the committees…