Opinion
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5 Positive Points and 5 Questions on the US Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability: Part (1)
Mekki ELMOGRABI In April 2022, the US has taken a major step forward in the spirit of partnership with Africa and the Third World to implement the “US ten-year Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability.” Pilot countries selected under the strategy include Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, and a group of West African coastal countries including Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, and Togo. The strategy is based on the Global Fragility Act of…
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Welcome Back, Wise Man
By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com The report “Sudan: Breakthrough is on the Horizon” posted on the website of Global America and African Affairs has published my answer to the question: “Is the release of Professor Ibrahim Ghandour, former foreign minister, head of NCP seen as a sign of de-escalation, or is it just a tactic by the military to force political forces to speed up the negotiation process before members…
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A Grain War
By Katja Keul and Niels Annen All around the world, food prices are soaring and reaching levels we have not seen in over a decade. Droughts, storms, and the high cost of energy have already led to drastic price increases over the past year. When it comes to current record-level food prices, the responsibility lies with one man alone: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President is waging an arbitrary war of aggression against Ukraine. His military…
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Review of the Book “Challenges of China’s Global Ambitions”
Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com Reading about the “debt trap policy” that shaped China’s strategy toward Africa is not new to me, but what was new to me in the book “The Challenges of China’s Global Ambition” is the full picture of those ambitions, which included “Comprehensive Strategy”, with a complex and detailed set of policies to use the debt burden in several countries around the world, not just in Africa.…
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Hemetti’s Trip to Russia and Some Other Questions
Mekki ELMOGRABI Hemetti’s trip to Russia: I accept the criticism of the Sudanese people against General Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo “Hemetti”, the vice-chairman of the Sudanese Transitional Council, but not from the European and American elites, especially the Democrats and the Liberals. What exactly do American or Western politicians want from Hemedtti? Congressional lawmakers and interest groups never miss an opportunity to tell Hemetti we don’t want you. As far as the EU is concerned, they…
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Eurocentrism on Display: Western Embassies Redefine the International Community
Abdallah Obaid Allah At last, we had a clear definition of the hitherto elusive notion of ” International community”!! Members of this exclusive club have announced their full names in a joint press statement issued by embassies of 13 Western countries and the EU in Khartoum, yesterday, on the current situation in Sudan. A paragraph in the press release, the Arabic version, reads: ” We, the members of the international community, are firm in our…
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Europe’s Last Chance and More on Afro-Chinese Relations
Mekki Elmograbi That was the year 2014 in Addis Ababa when we discussed a book and a workshop on Afro-Chinese relations. I was assigned by a group of journalists to present a review on the book “Europe’s last chance!” Also, in the workshop, I realized that the Second Cold War has started already and we became part of it. Here are the two pieces on the two events: 1. Europe’s last chance! A book of…
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Good Move
Al-Bashir Ahmed Al-Bashir The Arterial Road was closed by the civilians of North Sudan, this is a very good step as the wealth of Sudan went out of the country without any economic support for Sudan. The trade relationship between any two countries should be the foundations and rules of international trade. shut down of the road detection many facts of smuggling the countries resources, so the borders must be controlled so that the citizen…
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I am a Human Rights Reformer
Are Human Rights Activists Defending their Countries from International Tyranny or Supporting it Against the Local Tyranny they are Facing? By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com One of the biggest challenges facing human rights philosophy is that some of its believers and advocates made it a new religion or ideology. They replace religious and ideological extremism with a new modern one. I am a strong believer that human rights’ orientation is…
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EU-AU Summit in Brussels 2022, the First after “Global Gateway Initiative”
To expel the demons of the past from EU-Africa relations, we would need help from Nordic countries, which could be the best exorcist. By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com Why do we need a Nordic European role in the EU-Africa dialogue? The EU-AU summit in Brussels, February 2022, comes in the context of the Post-Cotonou Agreement and the newly launched EU Global Gateway initiative. However, the dialogue between the two continents…