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Legalize Hard Currency Possession
Omer B. Abu Haraz The resilient economy of Sudan is weird. Almost all elements of economic collapse are prevailing for more than 7 months and there are no signs of the collapse. Elements of Economic Collapse Are: No government since October 25th, 2021Drastic deterioration of revenues to government from customs dues, tax collection, and administrative charges of government dealings.A sharp drop in exports proceeds.Plummeting of production and productivity in public and private sectors projects, firms,…
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Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit
Omer B. Abu Haraz At the onset of the military coup of October 25, 2021, the political situation started to spin out of control. Now after more than 6 months after the coup, the situation started spiraling out of control. Spinning prevails in one horizontal dimension but spiraling prevails in two dimensions having a vertical one which leads to a catastrophic head-on collision. A collision will be manifested in dispute, streets; rallies, street barricading, killing…
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Why are we Gravely Concerned?
Muawad Mustafa Rashid We are gravely concerned because the group that jumped over the back of the revolution and alleged that it is delegated from the public to run its battle against the unjust Salvation regime, proved to be unqualified and unable to shoulder its historic responsibility towards the nation.Despite all the slogans we discovered that we are only facing a developed version of the power-hunger disease in which the politicians top their interests over…
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Some Remarks on the Political Process (1)
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid Regardless of any divergent perceptions, conflicting opinions, or emotional feelings, the historical responsibility dictates the Sudanese elites to engage seriously in explaining, clarifying, and spreading the wisdom behind the national dialogue process as the best and optimum strategic option to address the chronic Sudanese crisis. In this regard, it would be a grave mistake if we ignore, obstruct or underestimate the tripartite initiative of Unitams, the African Union, and IGAD. I…
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Meaningful and Productive School Holidays
Muawad Mustafa Rashid As we all know the summer holidays have already started in most towns along with Sudan. Educationally school holidays are a must as a break from studying overstraining. By the end of the school year, students are tired and get stressed out, gasping for a break from long school days, usually starting in the mornings. We are mindful that during the school holidays the student needs to rest. During the school holidays,…
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The Chaos
Mohammed Saad Even if the revolutionary forces took the governance lead, we will applaud them in the first month, then condemn them in the second and third months, after which we will work on aborting the reform of the state, then we go to the streets which do not betray. We are betraying each other. There is only one way out and that is isolating the politics from the professionalism and effective performance. The successive…
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Interference Vs. Engagement
Osman Mirghani On April 28th, 2022 international envoys representing the USA, UK, Germany, France, Norway, and EU met with the President of the Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, and his Deputy, 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, in the presence of the ambassadors of their countries in Khartoum. At the end of their meetings, they issued a statement that was considered a severe interference in the Sudanese internal affairs. The statement pointed…
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A Dreadful Stalemate
Omer B. Abu Haraz The prevailing dreadful stalemate in the governance of Sudan can only be resolved by a process of reset to the original date of April 11, 2019, when the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) aligned with the revolutionaries who staged the historical unprecedented sit-in around the Army’s H.Q. area. A Reset Which: Condemns the inhumane ruthless dispersal of the sit-in which claimed the lives of hundreds of youth martyrs, The condemnation should include…
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Darfur: The Bleeding Wound
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid For two decades, Darfur has been groaning, bleeding, and inhabited by death and destruction, in the worst manifestations of ethnic violence, and in light of the enforced disappearance of the rule of law and the unfortunate absence of the state and its institutions. The reports coming from West Darfur state confirmed an armed tribal militias attack, covered by artillery fire and heavy weapons, on the small village of “Kreinik”, east of…
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West Darfur Clashes Require Urgent & Strict Measures to Avoid More Bloodshed
Al-Sammani Awadallah Tribal clashes have renewed between Arab nomads and local farmers in West Darfur resulting in the killing of more than 200 and hundreds of injuries a matter that was condemned by the United Nations The mayhem that began followed the discovery on April 21 of two nomads’ bodies near Hashaba village, outside of the town of Kreinik. According to a preliminary report, 201 bodies have been identified on roads and other public places,…