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InsureTech for Development: Emerging Markets Trends Webinar
Haffiya Abdalla One of the key recent trends in global insurance has been the growth of InsurTechs in emerging markets. Research by SwissRe previously forecasted that emerging market premiums would more than double over the next ten years and outpace advanced market premium growth by four times. Post-pandemic, is this forecast still relevant? The growth of InsurTech in emerging markets can be commonly attributed to two key factors – the presence of big players entering…
- Columns
New Blueprint for Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa
Ma XinminChinese Ambassador to Sudan During his visit to three countries of Eritrea, Kenya, and Comorin at the beginning of 2022, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi formally put forth the Outlook on Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa which has been warmly received by Sudan and other countries in the region. Xue Bing, the first Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs,…
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The Change
Mohammed Saad These days there seemed to be some indicators for another chance that might put an end to this critical situation in Sudan. All the indicators are showing that the change is imminent. It is usual in Sudan that the citizens witness difficulties in getting their basic requirements, and then the crises are followed by political and social conflicts a matter that leads to the change. It is not necessarily that the change is…
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China and a New Union in the Horn of Africa
Change in the International Balance of Power Dr. Yassir M. Alobaid In light of international and regional competition, the Horn of Africa is really under a new international balance of power and remains the focus of the attention of many regional and international powers, for geopolitical and strategic considerations, as it is the crossing and the main artery for international trade as a result of the extension of its water crossings from Bab Al-Mandeb to…
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The Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF)
Press Release On the Opening of the Abd-Al-Rahman(Kushayb)Trial Dr. Elhadi Idriss Yahya Chairman of SRF5th April 2022 The Sudan Revolutionary Front is encouraged by the opening of the case The Prosecutor v. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”) on 5 April 2022 before the International Criminal Court. The SRF welcomes this vital step toward achieving justice for the people of Darfur. The people of Darfur have suffered from decades of conflict, oppression, and marginalization, and the…
- Opinion
A Grain War
By Katja Keul and Niels Annen All around the world, food prices are soaring and reaching levels we have not seen in over a decade. Droughts, storms, and the high cost of energy have already led to drastic price increases over the past year. When it comes to current record-level food prices, the responsibility lies with one man alone: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President is waging an arbitrary war of aggression against Ukraine. His military…
- Breaking News
With Mediation from Dagalo: The Structuring Agreement of Troops in the Republic of Southern Sudan
Staff Writer Juba – 03/04/2022 — Sudan’s mediation, led by the Vice-President of the Sovereign Council, has succeeded in carrying out the parties in the Republic of Southern Sudan to comply with the restructuring of the country’s senior command arrangement. The parties signed the government from the one hand and the opposition of Dr. Riac Mshar and Hussein Abdel Baqi today at the presidential palace in Juba on a close structural structure in all regular…
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Sovereignty Council VP receives the VP of South Sudan
Staff Writer Juba – 03/04/2022 — General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo received, at his residence in Juba, Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan, Mr. Hussein Abdel-Baqi Akol, in the presence of the Minister of Defense in charge, Lieutenant-General Yassin Ibrahim, the Sudanese Ambassador in Juba Jamal Malik and members of the Technical Committee. The two sides discussed the progress of implementing the security arrangements, in light of the proposals submitted by Sudan. In this…
- Columns
Smoking Room
Osman Mirghani In some international airports, if anyone wants to light a cigarette, he has to look for the isolated room where the phrase “smoking area” is written on the door and there he can smoke. In Sudan, we are in bad need to apply this system in public work. For instance, if a politician wants to practice any political activity he should look for a specified place to do so and stay there as…
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The Resistance Committees
Omer B. Abu Haraz The Resistance Committees (RCs) body is a legitimate offspring of the Sudanese Professionals Association (SPA) which was formed by the dissolved Trade Unions of Professionals in June 1989 following the military coup of the Sudanese Islamic Front. Since then the Trade Unions held clandestine meetings setting plans to confront the coup. It took them years to start struggle activities because the Islamic regime was ruthless after apprehending thousands of the leaders…