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Civilian and Military Partners are Equally Responsible
Omer B. Abu Haraz At the onset of the success of the December 2018 revolution in ousting an autocratic Islamic regime that stayed in iron-fist 30 years rule, two partners, shouldered the responsibility of transforming the governance of Sudan to a full democratic civilian sustainable system. The military partner immediately formed a military council to take care of rule till the formation of a civilian government. After painstaking negotiations between the civilian incubator, Forces of…
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A New Phase in India-Africa Relations
Ahmed Hassan Hurga The continent’s fast-growing economies have prompted India to refresh its passive engagement with the block. India’s Africa policy over the past few decades has oscillated between passive and reluctantly reactive at best. Strategic apathy toward the continent was obvious on many fronts. Not only did countries in Africa not feature in New Delhi’s larger foreign policy matrix, but also until recently there was not any significant attention paid to the continent. Indian…
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The Productive Forces and the Economic Policies
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid In dealing with the economic crisis in Sudan, I think the transitional government is focusing on financial management only while the best approach, I believe, is to address the root causes of the crisis represented by the stalling of production and the low level of value-added products of the Sudanese products, whether they are agricultural, animal or mineral. This attitude of the government will accelerate the aggravation of this crisis and…
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Obstacles on the Road to Democratic Transformation in Sudan
Al-Sammani Awadallah Introduction: In 2019, after six months of determined mass actions, the people of Sudan finally overthrew Omar al-Bashir. Since the fall of the dictator, representatives of the people have jostled with the military for power. This struggle has developed as the people, represented by the Freedom and Change (FFC) movement, have forced themselves into a transitional government with the military. This transitional government is reflective of the struggle of previous regimes’ efforts to…
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Gambeel Organization Elects Archbishop Yunathan KUKU as President
Staff Writer The general assembly of “Gambeel Organization for Relief and Development” approved its statute and elected Archbishop Dr. Yunathan Hammad KUKU as president of the Organization. More than five years ago Archbishop Yunathan and several activists, community leaders, and youth established the “Mercy Call” organization on the local level, yet the new procedures and the new law require the new re-establishment on the federal level. On 7th September 2021, hosted by the Evangelical cultural…
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Cybercrime in Sudan
Muawad Mustafa Rashid A year ago the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) have circulated a statement to the local media which include Criminalizing journalists and social media activists if they insult or underestimate safe or publish any misinformation. According to the statement, the punishments seemed to be very harsh as they may reach 20 years imprisonment. The statement said that procedures were launched against several journalists and social media activists who tried to tarnish the image…
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Population Census… Better Late than Never
Mohammed Saad Kamil After more than 12 years from the last population census, Sudan will launch a nationwide census to count the country’s population, farmlands, and livestock. The two-year project will cost $173 million, of which 99,931 for population census while $72,374 for farmlands and livestock census. The census is crucial as essential data for any planning process. One of our crises in Sudan is the absence of strategic planning and this is not because…
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Join Hands to Pursue Shared Development and Future
Ma XinminChinese Ambassador to Sudan 2021 is a crucial year for Sudan as the country is making a new, vital step in its political transition. Despite the grave challenges posed by the epidemic and floods both unseen in a century, Sudan has made positive progress in its peace process and breakthroughs in rejoining the international community. With the external environment continuously improved, Sudan is forging ahead with its economic reform. Led by the two leaders,…
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Insecurity Concern in Greater Khartoum
Osman Mirghani Khartoum has witnessed an organized armed banditry attack during the daylight in a crowded area North/East Khartoum North. Videos spread in the social media outlets showed a group of people armed with big knives attacking the crossing vehicles and stop them forcibly to take the mobile phones and money. It is a clear indicator that greater Khartoum has an urgent insecurity problem. The reaction towards that specific incident varies between those who considered…
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Peace Building: A Step Towards the Stability of Nations
Neimat AlNaiemneimatalnaiem@yahoo.com War with its severe meanings conflicts, disputes, displacement, refuge, unemployment, homelessness, illegal migration, human trafficking, drug smuggling, has made me very anxious about how could we rebuild our destroyed nations. Africa had suffered for years from such civil wars, borders conflicts, that negatively affected the internal economies of the African countries as well as political stability. Rwanda is a successful model of these African countries that overcome its internal issues and become at…