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RCs National Charter
Omer B. Abu Haraz I think the recently presented charter by the Resistance Committees (RCs) is a positive step in the direction of creating two political blocs each having its supporters with a consensus on major issues. The formation of two political blocs is conducive to a radical change in the system of governance in Sudan, this being a change from the failed chronic parliamentary system to a presidential one. The RCs became a phenomenon…
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Don’t Believe Everything You Hear!
Mohammed Saad Kamel Abu Dhabi police arrested a man who was cleaning his new vehicle when he was surprised that his 2-years old son took a nail and started scratching the side of the vehicle. The father was very angry and started hitting the hand of his son with a hammer. It was too late when the father recognized that, so he took his son to the clinic in Riyadh where the son lost one…
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Popular Economy: A Great Idea
Osman Mirghani I bought a big quantity of tomatoes at a very cheap price because this is the season of its harvest and the prices fall because it is a commodity that could not be stored. In my village in the neighborhood of greater Khartoum, most of the farmers used to sell their harvested tomatoes with the cheapest price to be picked from their farms by the purchaser to avoid the cost of its transport…
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Sudan’s Foreign Policy
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid The foreign policy of any country is believed to be a reflection of its internal situations and policies. Its formulation requires understanding and careful study of the various factors, determinants, and events, internal and external, that are directly or indirectly affecting the process, such as the current international crisis after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The official institutions in the country are ultimately the solely responsible bodies for making the country’s…
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Dagalo’s Successful Visit to Moscow: Toppling Al-Burhan Rumors
Al-Sammani Awadallah The enormous issues tabled by the Vice President of the Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo before the Russian officials during his ongoing visit found considerable responsibility for the government of Vladimir Putin. The visit was faced with criticism as it came at a time of tensions between Russia and Ukraine, but those criticisms did not consider that the visit was scheduled before the developments that led to the tensions between…
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Long Borders: a Mercy or a Curse?
Omer B. Abu Haraz Sudan has 6819 km land borders with seven countries i.e. 2158 km with S. Sudan, 1403 with Chad, 1276 with Egypt 744 with Ethiopia, 682 with Eritrea, 382 with Libya, 174 with the Central African Republic plus 853 km coastline in the Red Sea with Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Depending on well or bad acting governance the long borders can be a curse or mercy. Sudan governance since 1956 to…
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Merkel’s Valuable Advice
Muawad Mustafa Rashid The former German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, addressed the annual ceremony, at Harvard University in the USA. In her speech that earned several standing ovations, she advised the graduates to go out into the world and “tear down walls of ignorance and narrow-mindedness, for nothing has to stay as it is.” At Commencement, the German chancellor urged the graduates to embrace new beginnings, cautioning them to take nothing for granted. “Our individual liberties…
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SAF Versus RSF
Mohammed Saad Kamel In the recent few days, the social media outlets were overwhelmed by signs of confrontation between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The visit of the Vice President of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo to Russia is said to prepare for a coup against Al-Burhan, and that the latter informed the Egyptian authorities about the intention of Daglo to topple him. The…
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The Return of the “Dawn Visitors”
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid History tells us about a phenomenon when leaders who cling to power usually and gradually start to sustain weakness of memory and blindness of insight. They do not recall history lessons saying that although the systematic arrest and aggression of their opponents may help them to remain in power for some time eventually they will be overthrown. That was the case of the Ingaz regime when it was kicked off power…
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The International Community’s Trump Card
Omer B. Abu Haraz The political scene of Sudan these days is dreadful. It is a scene of fragmentation. The fragmentation of society into a collection of interests groups – groups and military groups. Civilian groups are inhomogeneous formations of political parties, Resistance Committees (RCs), professional trade unions, and the Sudanese Islamic Movement of the ousted regime. The fragments of all groups are clinging to either left or right ideologies. The left stream of the…