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International Youth Day 2021: Sudanese Youth; a Pillar of Change
Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health Muawad Mustafa Rashid With the world’s population expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years, it has become recognized by numerous stakeholders that simply producing a larger volume of healthier food more sustainably will not ensure human and planetary wellbeing. Other crucial challenges must also be addressed, such as the interlinkages embodied by the 2030 Agenda including poverty reduction; social inclusion;…
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ICC and Sudan’s Judiciary
Muawad Mustafa Rashid The recent visit of the ICC Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan to Sudan revealed that the government will not decide before next week at the earliest whether to hand over former President Omar Al Bashir to the International Criminal Court to face charges of atrocities in the Darfur conflict. The Sovereign Council must approve measures on joining the court and handing over suspects before Bashir can be turned over. Khan plans to visit…
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Stop Exporting Livestock to Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Saad Kamil In the news around 7 thousand sheep shipments were sent back from Saudi Arabia after finding out that the quarantine procedures have been compromised, leaving some animals without vaccination against diseases including Rift Valley Fever. Sheep are bought from western Sudan to Port Sudan and held quarantine before being exported to Saudi Arabia. While they are vaccinated against three diseases; HS (Hemorrhagic septicemia, PPR (Peste des petits ruminants), and Rift Valley Fever.…
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The Early Elections…!
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid Regarding the serious difficulties that facing the transition period, some political voices are calling for early elections through which the people will delegate who will lead the country. But putting the matter up like this, and with this simplicity, means trying & repeating the experimenter that has failed in all the previous transition periods, and brought catastrophic results. However, given the state of the stumbling in transition, and the state of…
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Al-Burhan in Turkey: The success of Khartoum and Ankara Diplomacy
Al-Sammani Awadallah Through smooth moves the Turkish Ambassador in Khartoum Irfan Nazir Oglo managed to arrange for the official visit of the First Vice President of the Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo after strict diplomatic arrangements between the foreign ministries of the two countries. The visit broke out the stalemate of the political relations between the two countries. The visit paved the way to a kick-off that cooperation between Khartoum and Ankara…
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Hamdok Is a Savior, Not a Failed PM
Omer B. Abu Haraz I beg to differ with many who described Dr. Hamdok as a weak and failed Prime Minister. Some admitted that he succeeded in the external affair and failed inside. I think his success inside is masked by the inherited disastrous economic conditions. The most important stimulus to people to go to the streets was the unbearable hardships in getting basic commodities at affordable prices, scarcity of fuel, medicine, bread, and cooking…
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China & Africa
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid Contrary to the assertion by Western officials & media that China’s interest in Africa is recent and driven mainly by its ever-increasing demand for oil and other natural resources, the historical facts confirm that the Sino-African relation has been established a long time ago. However, it is not incorrect to say that China is a long-established diplomatic partner, while it is also a relatively new investor in Africa’s development and market.…
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People Create the Dictatorship
Osman Mirghani The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the names of the candidates who passed its written and verbal exams for the posts of first secretaries and advisors in the Sudanese diplomatic corps. But Immediately after the announcement, the social media outlets were dominated by bouts about the methodology used by the Foreign Ministry in its nominating those candidates. The Ministry in turn formed a committee to review the accusations to satisfy the public…
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Minnawi’s Inauguration… Challenges Ahead
Al-Sammani Awadallah The inauguration of Darfur governor, Minni Arko Minnawi will take place today, Tuesday, in El-Fashir the capital city of the region. The ceremony will be participated by considerable participation representing the Sovereign Council, cabinet, and civil society organizations. The high committee of the inauguration completed the preparations which will be attended by the President of the Sovereign Council, 1st Lt. Gen. Abdul Fattah Al-Burhan, Prime Minister, Dr. Abdallah Hamdok besides Sovereign Council members,…
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Peace-signatory Armed Groups… Confusion and Turmoil!
Muawad Mustafa Rashid It is assumed that the leaders of the peace-signatory armed groups are aware of the status of their armies after the signature of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA). The JPA has brought an end to the war and opened a new chapter different totally from the war era. Accordingly, the leaders of those armed groups are assumed to psychologically prepare their troops for the new stage to free them from all the…