Reports
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Sudan Participates in IGAD Regional Women’s Land Rights Conference in Nairobi
The Sudan Constitution Promotes Women’s Rights Through Affirmative Action. Haffiya Abdalla Even though women are the primary users of agricultural land in most African communities, the system of patriarchy that dominates social organizations has tended to discriminate against women when it comes to ownership and control of land resources. Although most legal frameworks (including the Constitutions) for the IGAD Member States are progressive towards gender equality, challenges remain ineffective implementation and enforcement of the laws…
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A Wave of Death Hits the Red Sea State!
Abudigana Altahir The Red Sea State has witnessed a violent wave of increasing infections and deaths from the Coronavirus since mid-June An official in the Ministry of Health in the Red Sea State, eastern Sudan, said that clinical indicators of coronavirus cases tend to suggest an outbreak of the Indian Delta strain, while social media is buzzing with news of an increase in the number of deaths in the coastal state amid extremely complex health…
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Cultural Diversity in Sudan: Promotion of Peace and Development
Sudanese Music Shares Similarities with Other East African Countries Due to the Identical Nature of Their Musical Scales Haffiya Abdalla The issue of cultural diversity has been in recent years at the heart of local, regional and international debates relating to peace, development, democratization process, human rights, and citizenship. This has further been heightened by the current globalization processes which have to a great extent removed the barriers separating the local and the international through…
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The Essence of CPC’s Thoughts on Diplomacy During Its 100-year Journey
Ma XinminChinese Ambassador to Sudan On July 1 this year, the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrated its founding centenary. In retrospect, under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee headed by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping in succession, the CPC has identified, step by step, a set of thoughts and ideas on China’s distinctive major-country diplomacy, whereby China’s diplomatic work has broken the waves and scored splendid achievements.…
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EU builds the capacity of State authorities in Eastern Sudan to enhance data-driven development
Staff Writer In Sudan, the European Union (EU) is supporting Government authorities in Eastern Sudan to create an evidence-based, innovative, and sustainable development and protection solution for refugees and host communities and hence provide alternatives to irregular primary and secondary migration. To that end, Landell Mills, the international development consultancy implementing the EU-funded “Capacity Building Project for State Authorities in Eastern Sudan”, organised a five-day workshop in Khartoum from 4th – 8th July 2021. The…
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Sudan Family Support Programme (SFSP) the Biggest Achievement for the Sudanese Households
Thammarat’s website Instructed Citizens Against Giving National Information or Numbers to People who Come to them at Home. Shomoul is on A mission to Democratize Finance and Leave no One in Sudan Without Access to All the Financial Instruments Available in the Country Report: Haffiya Abdalla Sudan Family Support Programme (SFSP) is a cash transfer program. It aims at mitigating the adverse effects of economic reform measures for the most vulnerable families in Sudan. They…
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The agricultural revolution, industrial revolution, and technical revolution are steps towards sustainable development in Africa
Shawgei Salah Ahmed The beginning of human civilization dates back to the period when plant seeds began to be planted. And those seeds germinated and turned into grains, which are the vital and basic source of food. With this development, man has become in a state of stability after he remained for thousands of years hunting game to get his food, followed by the spread and replacement of manual labor with mechanization. During the eighteenth…
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UNSC to Meet on GERD Dispute… What are the Expected Outcomes?
Sputnik – BL The United Nations Security Council will likely meet tomorrow (Wednesday) to discuss a dispute between Sudan, Ethiopia, and Egypt over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This step came after the failure of all the attempts to Sudan and Egypt to reach a final legal agreement with Ethiopia on the issue. Sputnik correspondents in Khartoum investigated some experts and analysis on the issue by asking what are the resolutions expected to come…
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Blocking Websites… Is Censorship Back?
Al-Sammani Awadallah On midday of Wednesday 30th June 2021, and without warning, the owners of at least 15 websites, Facebook pages, and web pages in Sudan were surprised by their blocking of publication, amid official government silence and timid denials of the official authorities’ link to this step. Officials of these news sites – most of them – say that since last June 29 they have been receiving related inquiries about the severe slowness of…
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Ae-Trade Group and its Partnerships making an impact in Africa
COVID19 affected the trade in Africa but the fatal pandemic confirmed that e-commerce is urgently needed for business in the continent. Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African Affairselmograbi@gmail.com It was a lunch for a business forum in Khartoum. I was with a friend who was running a medium-size business in West Africa. We were at the best table viewing the confluence of the White and Blue Niles. Our discussion focused on the idea of joining an…