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Guaranteed Recipe
Osman Mirghani I wrote several times in the media outlets that the radical solution for the Sudanese crises and its chronic dilemmas starts from a core focal point – it is the axis which all the failure cycle revolves around. The start point is to separate the fate of the citizens from the fate of politics and politicians. We leave what is for politicians to them and what is for the people to them. The…
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UN Shooting Around the Bush
Omer B. Abu Haraz Any conflict can only be resolved by one of three methods: Compromise, Integration, or Domination Compromise wants a sustainable solution as it leaves both conflicting parties unsatisfied. It is like an analgesic, it stops the systems of the disease temporarily without treating the cause. Domination is a surgical treatment that removes one part leaving the other enjoying the full benefits. That is to say, one part is fully satisfied and the…
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GIS: Safe Valve within the Regional and International Challenges
Al-Sammani Awadallah Sudan has witnessed in recent years dramatic political and security developments a matter that the country seemed to be heading to the examples of Iraq, Syria, Central African Republic(CAR), and other countries which witnessed confusion and turmoil. To come out of the crisis it was important to resort to the voice of wisdom and sacrifices besides doubling the efforts to cement the pillars of democracy, freedom, stability, and rule of law all over…
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The Colonial Embassies!
Mohammed Saad The recent Sudanese uprising was a result of the protests which erupted on 19th December 2018 in some Sudanese towns due to the price hikes and the deterioration of the economic situations besides the absence of freedom of expression and banning any political activities. This revolution is not the first of its kind in Sudan as the country witnessed – since its independence – several uprisings against the military governments. The first was…
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Worsening Living Situation
Albashir Ahmed Albashir A record and unprecedented rise in prices, which the country has not witnessed throughout its history, and despite the stability of the exaggerated for nearly a year after the float of the pound against foreign currencies early last year, as goods and services became difficult to obtain and out of the hands of the Sudanese family, in light of inflation approaching its levels to 400% As well as with low calories, and…
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Pick up Abiy Ahmed’s Conventional Wisdom
Omer B. Abu Haraz PM Abiy Ahmed proved to be a real statesman, patriotic, wise, and genuine in his goals of delivering Ethiopia from a catastrophic collapse. In fact, Ethiopia was on the verge of total disintegration and anarchy similar to what had happened in Somalia after the era of Siad Barre. The TPLF(Tigray People Liberation Front) defeated the Ethiopian Federal Army in the Tigray region and assumed the rule of the region from its…
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Sudan in the Circle of Evil
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid The political crisis in Sudan has entered a dangerous stage with a terrifying possibility of dragging the country into a societal civil war similar to the fire raging in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. Unfortunately, the political atmosphere is so conducive for such a scenario: The ongoing war in Darfur with a possibility to spread to the rest of the country, since all the conflicting parties are present everywhere in the country,…
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Uganda the Source of White Nile, and a Mediator to Solving the Crisis of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
Badreldeen khalafallah Researchers have not ruled out Uganda’s entry into the regional and international conflict over the Nile waters, and observers fear that the rivalry will intensify in light of the great dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between Ethiopia, one of the two upstream countries, and the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan. The life of Ugandans has been associated with the Nile since ancient times. Thousands of Ugandans have lived at Lake Victoria…
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Volker’s Initiative: Will It Pay Off?
Al-Sammani Awadallah The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan and Head of UNITAMS, Mr. Volker Perthes, in consultation with Sudanese and international partners, is formally launching a UN-facilitated intra-Sudanese political process which is aimed at supporting Sudanese stakeholders in agreeing on a way out of the current political crisis and agree on a sustainable path forward towards democracy and peace. It is worth noting that the UNITAMS was established by the UNSC Resolution 2524…
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Green, Inclusive, Open and Clean Beijing Winter Olympics Ready for the World
Ma XinminChinese Ambassador to Sudan In less than a month, all eyes will be on China as the flame for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games will be lit in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, on February 4, 2022. Fourteen years later, China’s capital Beijing will stage its second Olympics, making itself the first city in the world to host both the Summer and Winter Games. The world is turning its…