Reports
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Noble: In The Midst of Rumors
Staff Writer The Paris Conference; a point of contention between a lot of Sudanese, and a hotbed of rumors. With unpleasant memories of the previous regime’s nepotism and corruption, journalists and the general populace have formed an inherent distrust for government. This fed a rumor-mill that would twist truths and falsehoods together on the assumption that since the government is involved, there must be a conspiracy a-foot. In this environment, good intentions can transform into…
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Good Brevity Makes Sense
Ghazi Al-Raih Noble Capital Group, which had been assigned to deal with the presentation of Sudan’s dossier at the Paris Conference, was founded and registered in the United Kingdom on May 2020. The pictures provided show the registration certificate issued by the registrar general in the UK. Noble’s offices are in London and Mauritius, meaning that it is not an American company as Hamdok’s cabinet officials argue. Is this because the agreement entered into was…
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Trained Youth: A step towards Sustainable Development in Africa
Shawgei Salah Ahmed The concept of sustainable development, a development that meets current needs without affecting the capacity for future generations to meet their needs through focusing on the three areas of economic, social, and environmental development. This is while taking into account population density and factors of internal migration from the countryside to cities, and external migration from poor countries in the third world to rich countries, and the mutual influences between these factors.…
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Juba Peace Agreement: Obstacles of Implementation
Muawad Mustafa Rashid As the Paris Investment Conference inches closer, there are high hopes that it will contribute in resolving the Sudanese economic crisis, especially in regard to funding the Juba Peace Agreement signed between the Sudanese government and the armed struggle movements last October. The Juba Peace Agreement is actually a collection of accords setting out principles covering power and wealth sharing, land reform, transitional justice, security arrangements and the return of displaced persons.…
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April 25th, World Malaria Day
“Zero Malaria – Draw the Line Against Malaria” The African Summit on Roll Back Malaria held in Abuja, reflects a real Convergence of Political Momentum Haffiya Abdalla Khartoum — Malaria constitutes a major public health problem in Sudan. Almost, 75% of the population is at risk of developing malaria. Malarial transmission is unstable and puts the whole country at the risk of a malarial epidemic. The possibility of epidemic increases with heavy rains, floods, and…
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Border Conflict in Africa: Part 3 — Aouzou Strip
Abudigana Al-Tahir Introduction In August 1987, the armed forces of Chad swept across vast stretches of desert in a series of rapid attacks that shattered an occupying Libyan army and drove it from the northern third of Chad. This operation briefly captured the Aouzou Strip, an obscure piece of territory in the northernmost of Chad, but Libyan forces recaptured it shortly afterward in a campaign marked by unusually heavy and intense fighting. Although the two…
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11 April, Two Years past the Revolution: Profit and Loss Account
Al-Sammani Awadallah The 11th of April 2019 marked the end of the rule of the former dictator Omer Al-Bashir. Since then the country witnessed several events on both local and international levels. The April 2019 announcement, which brought an end to the ousted regime, came as a result of an uprising that had dominated all thought across the country, where youth were the main factor in implementing change. The protests removed fear and loosened the…
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What is the Secret to Turkey’s Success in Africa?
Staff Writer French President Emmanuel Macron is well aware of the waning influence and reputation of his country in Africa, but he prefers to lay the blame on “foreign powers”. In an interview with Jeune Afrique newspaper in December 2020, Macron said the strategies developed by Turkey and Russia were aimed at “playing on post-colonial resentment” against France. “We must not be naïve about this subject,” Macron said. However, there are other factors that affect…
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Civic Space – Institutional & Legal Reform Efforts in 2020
An update on efforts of civil society to reform the law and institutions governing organizations registered under the Sudan Voluntary and Humanitarian Works Act of 2006, and the way forward. In late 2019 following the establishment of the new transitional government (August 2019) a few civil society organizations – registered under the Voluntary and Humanitarian Works Act of 2006 (SVHWA) and activists, undertook individual but uncoordinated advocacy efforts to reform/repeal the law (SVHWA). Two such…
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Two Years since December: A Look Back
Mohammed Saad It was not surprising, in light of the changes that took place in the region, that the change took place in Sudan according to the new system that beset the world. After two years, the revolutionaries who kept the flame of protests burning in the streets of Sudanese cities for four months and protected their sit-in in front of the army leadership in Khartoum for about two months, found that they had accomplished…