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WhatsApp and the Spread of Fake News
Abudigana Altahir WhatsApp chat groups can be a fertile ground for misinformation & rumor mills to disseminate among older adults, this has been shown to a great extent during the Covid-19 Pandemic. If you use the WhatsApp app, there is no doubt that you have received some iteration of these viral messages, asking you to do anything from taking part in a mass prayer to make COVID-19 go away to accusing certain people of committing…
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Press Freedom in Sudan
Muawad Mustafa Rashid Introduction: Hailed as the fourth pillar of democracy, journalists have time and again risked their lives and reputation to reveal the truth behind an incident, event or scandal. In a bid to appreciate their hard work, every year, May 3 is observed as World Press Freedom Day. The special day celebrates the spirit of journalism and recognizes the dedication of journalists. It is extremely significant, as the United Nations considers it an…
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Rwanda and the Sudanese Dream
Mohammed Saad I went through an old press report four years ago about the economic renaissance of Rwanda which coincided with a social renaissance in all aspects. Having a look at the improvement of the raw GDP in Rwanda reveals that it doubled 10 times within 13 years (from US$900 million in 1994 to US$9.14 billion in 2017). Rwanda has become one of the most important growing economies worldwide as it was classified by COMESA …
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Deliver on Global Security Initiative for World Peace and Stability
Ma XinminChinese Ambassador to Sudan The global COVID-19 pandemic has yet to end, but the Ukraine crisis is posing a new threat. Due to traditional and non-traditional security threats, global peace and development, the trend of the times, is now at stake. At a critical juncture where the future of the human race hinges on the choice we make, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed at the recent opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia…
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Responding to Sheikh Abul Hai Yusuf’s Threats
Osman Mirghani Where have you been when the ousted regime was tarnishing the religion and sacking those who are not loyal to the regime under the theme of (empowerment). Those practices have nothing to do with Islam. Where have you been the ousted regime initiated new legislation to allow for the corrupt people who embezzled public money to pay back some of what they have embezzled without bringing them to book. Where have you been…
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The Political Process Requires a Conducive Atmosphere!
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid With a prolonged unresolved crisis, Sudan is about to go into a dangerous stage with terrifying possibilities including a societal civil war similar to the fire raging in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. As we have been saying all the time, Sudan is in dire need of an effective and safe exit. In my opinion, this safe exit is the option that combines an effective cure to the crisis with the least…
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Happy Eid-ul-Fitr
Muawad Mustafa Rashid Muslims around the world are going to celebrate after five days the Eid-ul-Fitr after the completion of the holy month of Ramadan. Eid is a festival for joy because the Muslims could pass the divine test by taking a fast and being busy more in prayers. Thus, every Muslim looks happy and goes to meet relatives and friends to greet the happy Eid days to them as well as host them in…
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Long Live Egypt
Mohammed Saad Within the activities of a training course which I attended in Egypt, the organizers took us on a tour in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt, in an air-conditioned bus accompanied by Ms. Nevien Morsy, who is the supervisor of the training course during which she positive energies inside our bodies which are suffering the thirst and hunger in this holy month of Ramadan. Ms. Nevien kept showing and explaining the giant development…
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Restructuring the State of Sudan
Osman Mirghani In the recent few weeks, almost all the envoys to Sudan expressed their concern and fears that the country might slip into chaos. The accurate description of the Sudanese case is that it has nothing to do with the influential parties in the political scene being military or civilian, but the problem is in the structure of the state. It might be possible to provide an urgent prescription to come out of the…
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Together We Can Fight Hate Speech
Muawad Mustafa Rashid Last week two disgusting videos have gone viral on social media groups. The first was about the lawyer who was talking to another lawyer in the court session of the June 30th, 1989 coup leaders. The lawyer expressed in that video his happiness for firing Logman Ahmed from his post as the director of the national TV channel, adding that Logman doesn’t deserve that position because of his big nose (hinting at…