Opinion
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From Turkey to Africa: A Way Beyond Imagination
Hilal Kaplan Imagine an ambassador playing games with orphans in Sudan. Imagine a Nigerian correspondent reporting in fluent Turkish. Imagine a proud alumnus of the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Ankara serving as the Somalian defense minister… All of the situations I have mentioned above are now well beyond mere ponderings. Turkey’s recent rapprochement with African countries has been creating strong bonds between the country and the continent, perhaps the strongest since…
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São Tomé and Príncipe, the African island where democracy has prevailed
Could the tiny nation of the Gulf of Guinea become an African model of diversity and harmony with history and present? By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com Why the Sao Tomeans are unique? What is the most surprising fact about São Tomé and Príncipe? For me, I would say that the Sao Tomeans celebrate “São Tomé day” which commemorates the arrival of the first Portuguese explorers and settlers to the island…
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Sudan: The Biggest Achievements for December Revolution are “Openness to the World and Economic Reforms”
By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com 19th December – 2021, marks the third anniversary of the December revolution in Sudan. As a Sudanese national, I am proud of the young generation who are fighting the battle of the Sudanese people for freedom and practicing their right to protest and to demonstrate. Writers and commentators all around the world might see the Sudanese revolutionary change from different angles but my favorite one…
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Was there a hidden deal between Burhan and Hamdok? If Yes, what then?
By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com A considerable number of my esteemed readers said to me that I repeatedly sent signals in my previous articles that what happened on 25 October 2021 was already agreed upon between Burhan and Hamdok. I did not say this, or rather I did not predict it in this way at all, but let us discuss this hypothesis to anticipate what will happen shortly. Regarding the…
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Morning Economy – Part 2
In developing countries, granting full economic freedom to the producers in their “morning markets” will put the entire economy on the right track and will eliminate illegal activities inside countries and along the tense borders. Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com The second question: Trade, Industry or Agriculture? Improving the economic performance is needed in three sectors of trade, industry, and agriculture but which one should be prior? Or in other words,…
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Morning Economy
In developing countries, granting full economic freedom to producers in their “morning markets” will put the entire economy on the right track and will eliminate illegal activities inside countries and along the tense borders. By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com The idea is new but simple. Colors of the economy such as Green Economy, Blue Economy, White Economy, and Gray Economy are based on several issues; environment, oceans, health, and informal…
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Islam vs. Islamism
Mekki ElMograbi is a press writer on African affairs. He can be reached through his email (elmograbi@gmail.com) or his contact number +249912139350 (Whatsapp and Telegram) Answering a question in the article: Who dares to invite the elephant to the room? I had a nice discussion on the article “Who dares to invite the elephant into the room?” with a smart ambassador from the country of smart people, I liked this question and I will answer…
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Economies of East African Countries and Some Suggestions for Investors (1)
Mekki ElMograbi is a press writer on African affairs. He can be reached through his email (elmograbi@gmail.com)Or his contact number +249912139350 (Whatsapp and Telegram) Uganda: Uganda is famous for its production of fruits, fish, tea, tobacco, flowers, and vanilla but do you know that Uganda made nearly 600 million USD out of coffee production in the year 2017? Do you know that Uganda is the second-largest producer of Coffee in Africa after Ethiopia? In Uganda,…
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Five More Questions on what had Happened in Guinea – Conakry?
By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African Affairselmograbi@gmail.com 1\ What will happen after the coup? Most likely, there will be national and regional efforts to approve the commander of the special forces, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya as a temporary president. It will not be a big issue that Mamady is the person who led the coup because they will set for him some conditions. For example, the military council should organize elections and must be committed to…
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Guinea Joins the African Club of the “Coup Belt”
Although the situation was difficult and Alpha Conde’s third term was controversial, the military coup is not justifiable. By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African Affairselmograbi@gmail.com The fifth of September 2021, will be remembered in history as the day of the coup d’état by Guinea’s military that overthrew the first democratically elected president Alpha Conde, the Guinean politician who served ten years out of his political career in prison paying the price of calling for democracy…