Opinion

Mahgoub Fadl Badri “It is never too late for a first experience,” as the Spanish novelist Carlos Ruiz Zafón put it in one of his novels — The Labyrinth of Spirits, The Shadow of the Wind, The Prisoner of Heaven, or The Angel’s Game — all…

Rashid Abdel Rahim The history of Sudanese political parties shows little tolerance for remaining outside power. They either become government partners or oppose it, and they have not hesitated to hand power over to the military when…

Dr Hassan Issa Al-Talib The Nigerien government in the capital, Niamey, thwarted a failed coup attempt against General Abdourahamane Tiani on Saturday, 29 August 2026, carried out by an armed group calling itself the “Armed…

Muhannad Awad Mahmoud Reports about the salary and allowances of Amina Mirghani, Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, have sparked widespread controversy. Yet they have also exposed a growing flaw in the way we approach public affairs:…

Dr Hassan Mohamed Saleh The coming days are likely to witness an unprecedented wave of surrenders and defections from the militia in this war, which Sudan's enemies, both at home and abroad, unleashed against its people. Our…

Mustafa Abdel Aziz Al-Batal The army and state leadership must recognise that the most dangerous thing that could happen in such a delicate moment in Sudan's history is not merely the spread of talk here and there about corruption, but…

Dr Haitham Al-Kindi Yousif O Khartoum, whose beauty is a Garden of Paradise, In all my life, I have never seen an equal to you anywhere. I have chosen the above lines from a wonderful song by the Egyptian poet Ibrahim Ragab,…

Nu'man Yousif Mohamed Former Banker – Institutional Development Consultant In the first article in this series, we examined how Sudanese families cope with an inflationary economy and how they can protect purchasing power amid rising…

Dr Ismail Sati Burying the truth no longer requires concealing it. In the age of the internet and social media, the truth may remain directly before everyone’s eyes, yet become impossible to see beneath immense layers of information,…

Dr Awad Al Hassan Al Nour This study examines the state of legal education in Sudan during the post-war reconstruction phase, drawing on the Justice Committee's final report (October 2025) and its supplementary documents. It traces the…