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Making School Holidays Purposeful
Muawad Mustafa Rashid By the end of this month and at most mid-June the schools will go on summer holiday. Educationally school holidays are a must as a break from studying overstraining. As the end of the school year comes, kids are tired and get stressed out, gasping for a break from long school days, usually starting in the mornings. We are mindful that during the school holidays the kid needs to rest. During the…
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The Recovery Starts
Mohamed Saad First Vice President of the Transitional Sovereign Council , 1st Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo has said that Turkey is no doubt one of the important and advanced countries which Sudan should cooperate with especially after the December revolution and its openness to the whole world to serve the mutual interests of the two counties. On August 21st, 2019, Sudan started its 53 transitional period to end early 2024 during which period the…
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Three Pre-requisites to Materialize Paris Enthusiasm
Omer B. Abu Haraz Omer B. Abu Haraz The Paris Conference on Sudan is a spectacular success that threw intense floodlight on Sudan. It also marked the passing of the threshold of rejoining the international community after painful isolation. The isolation aggravated the economic downfall of Sudan. Foreign debt swelled to US$61 billion. All doors of helping international isolation were closed for more than thirty years. The ousted Islamic regime unaware of what they were…
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The Revolution Needs Inspirational Leadership
Osman Mirghani Is insulting the national army a heroic action? One of the biggest catastrophic of the Sudanese glorious revolution and is because it lacks a godfather being one person or a group of persons; because such inspirational leadership could direct the compass to what serves the interests of the nation. But unfortunately, the Sudanese revolutionists in most times adapt chocking slogans afar from any sound judgment. The spirits of similar African revolutions in other…
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All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals are More Equal!
Muawad Mustafa Rashid According to news articles, some 11 police officers and non-commissioned officers were killed while carrying out their national duty in protecting their communities from the spread of drugs and harmful toxins, after they were exposed to a treacherous attack from drug gangs in the jungles of Al-Radoum Reserve, Sngo area in South Darfur State. Prime Minister, Dr. Abdallah Hamdok mourned the martyrs and extended condolences to their families, friends, and the Sudanese…
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No for Targetting the National Army
Mohammed Saad The Sudanese army was established in 1925 and some of its battalions participated in WWII. The Sudanese army has its combat doctrine based on defending the homeland and preserving its sovereignty and national unity, besides its considerable role in providing services to civilians during natural disasters and maintaining security when required in cases of confusion and turmoil. The officers and soldiers of the Sudanese army are highly respected within the Sudanese societies and…
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The Paris Conference… Another Step Forward
Muawad Mustafa Rashid One of the greatest changes in Sudan after the glorious revolution of December is in its foreign relations as it almost changed and Sudan came out of its long international isolation. The French initiative represented a platform to deal with the new Sudan to allow it to meet the transitional challenges, hence accomplish the noble goals of the revolution in building the civil democratic state. The conference was attended by several African…
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I Can’t Breathe
Muawad Mustafa Rashid “I can’t breathe”, the last words spoken by George Floyd on May 25, 2020, are echoing everywhere in Sudan today. I can’t breathe because our ministry of health failed to provide only US$50 million for the importation of essential medicines, let alone improving the health system in the country. I can’t breathe because our ministry of education failed to print the textbooks for the new school year, let alone arranging for healthy…
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Widespread of Weapons in Darfur: A Ticking Bomb About to Explode
Muawad Mustafa Rashid Citizens and officials in Darfur expressed concerns about the widespread availability of firearms in the hands of people, pointing out that this has led to rampant crimes, kidnapping, and looting The spread of firearms is still the main obstacle for the voluntary return and repatriation of the IDPs to their home villages. According to official figures, what was collected from the citizens doesn’t exceed 20% of the available firearms during the collection…
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The Plotters!!
Osman Mirghani On the occasion of the present unprecedented sky-rocketing of the exchange rate of the US dollar against the Sudanese pound and the inflation which is inching to 400%, let me tell you this story which was told to me by former Minister of Finance, Dr. Abdulwahab Osman: He said that when he assumed his position as minister of finance, the country was suffering an economic crisis to the extent that the Sudanese currency…