Sudan
- Columns
RCs Accept Early Elections
Omer B. Abu Haraz The gallant December 2018 revolution ousted the strongest autocratic regime in the history of Sudan. It was a reinforced regime by the mixture of the military to ideology. For 30 years the regime was backed by the International Islamic Movement. The regime had close connections with the Islamic fundamentalists all over the region – from Morocco to Afghanistan. Leaders of terrorist groups frequently visited Sudan. A historic conference of Islam Fundamentalists…
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Dagalo Meets Head of UNITAMS Mission and the Envoys of the African Union and IGAD
Staff Writer Khartoum – 12/04/2022 – Vice-President of the Sovereign Council, Lieutenant-General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, received in his office today the tripartite mechanism, which includes both the head of the United Nations mission, Volker Peretz, the envoy of the African Union, Professor Mohamed Hassan Ould Labat, and the IGAD envoy, Ismail Aweys. The meeting discussed the latest developments in the country and the efforts made by the three parties to facilitate dialogue between the Sudanese…
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MSF Supports Ministry of Health in Conducting Measles Vaccination Campaign in East Darfur
Staff Writer Khartoum – April 2022 — Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is supporting a vaccination campaign launched by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in East Darfur state to stem a measles outbreak and increase the protection of children’s lives through immunisation. The initiative targets about 30 000 children between six months and 15-year-old.Since early 2022 hundreds of suspected cases of measles have been reported across East Darfur state. The MSF received its first…
- Opinion
Welcome Back, Wise Man
By Mekki ELMOGRABIPress Writer on African AffairsWhatsApp & Telegram +249912139350elmograbi@gmail.com The report “Sudan: Breakthrough is on the Horizon” posted on the website of Global America and African Affairs has published my answer to the question: “Is the release of Professor Ibrahim Ghandour, former foreign minister, head of NCP seen as a sign of de-escalation, or is it just a tactic by the military to force political forces to speed up the negotiation process before members…
- Columns
The Collapse of the Values & Ethics System
Muawad Mustafa Rashid Last week an obscure female journalist called Safa Al-Fahal threw her shoe toward Al-Toum Hajo who was one of the speakers of a press conference organized by the Forces of Freedom and Change (National Reconciliation) at SUNA premises to announce its structure. She said while throwing the shoe “This is my comment on what is said by the speakers at the podium.” Another incident took place a week earlier when a prominent…
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Africa
Mohammed Saad The area of Africa = 30.37 million square kilometers The area of China = is 9.6 million square kilometers The area of the USA = 9.8 million square kilometers The area of Europe = 10.18 million square kilometers Africa is bigger than Europe, China, and the USABut in most of the world’s geographic maps, Africa is shown intentionally as lower than its area to establish the visual impact that Africa is small, feels…
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Finance Minister: “The Arab Funds Meetings are Achieving Good Results”
Staff Writer In Relation to Dealing with Sudan’s Debts and Arrears, and in Refinancing Projects Jeddah 04/07/2022 (SUNA) — The annual meetings of the Arab financial institutions, hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, began today, Thursday, in the coastal city of Jeddah. Where Dr. Jibril Ibrahim, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, and the membership of Mr. Hussein Jangoul, Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, and the accompanying technical delegation, chaired the annual…
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A Failed Transitional Period
Omer B. Abu Haraz By all measures or assessments, the current transitional period is a failed one. It was preceded by two successful transitions from a military autocratic rule to a full-fledged democratic rule. Unfortunately and sadly enough the democratic civilian rule did not last long in Sudan. In 66 years after independence, only 14 years were civilian rules including 2 years of transition. That is to say only 12 years out of 66 years…
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The Banality System
Muawad Mustafa Rashid I recently read that in several places in the USA, Canada, and Western countries in general, people will see an expressive painting dominating the arena which reads (Stop Making Stupid People famous). Indeed, pushing scumbags to the frontlines of social and media work is considered a crime as it will have a bad impact on the upcoming generations and our youngsters. If we view the social media accounts of the new famous…
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Is Sudan Slipping Towards Being a Stateless State?!
Dr. Elshafie Khidir Saeid When the state institutions are disrupted and unable to perform their well-known tasks, or when parallel institutions working behind the scenes are marginalizing the state institutions and performing their tasks, and when the constitution and the laws are constantly violated, their existence becomes meaningless, and the state is run according to whims and interests of the ruling group, and when the citizens lack security and safety in their own country and…