Opinion

Mohannad Awad Mahmoud Since Sudan lost the bulk of its oil revenues following South Sudan's secession in 2011, gold has become the country’s most important source of foreign currency and, in some years, the largest component of its export…

Mostafa Bashir Issa At moments of profound historical turning points, neutrality is neither a moral nor a political position; it often becomes a form of abdication. Sudan today is living through one of the most dangerous such moments,…

Rashid Abdel Rahim The world around us is in turmoil—so what will become of Sudan? And where does it stand amid major transformations now coming into view, while we have been living through a war that has dragged on for years?…

Dr Ismail Satti After the state allowed individuals to engage in gold prospecting—on the assumption that this would act as a lever for the national economy and compensate for the loss of oil revenues, most of which went to the South…

By Walid Dalil ** Managing government subsidies via smart card means using a card (such as a smart ID card) to direct aid and subsidized commodities directly to beneficiaries. This reduces waste and ensures that subsidies…

Mohannad Awad Mahmoud In July 2025, we published an article examining the flight of Sudanese capital since 2019—how it gradually exited the country, then accelerated sharply with the outbreak of war. Economic activity shifted abroad, the…

Mahjoub Fadl Badri The full return of the Office of the Prime Minister to Khartoum represents the crowning achievement of our army’s courage in confronting the Dagalo militia in their treacherous war against our country, then uprooting…

Noaman Yousif Mohamed In the exceptional context created by Sudan’s war, default in repayment is no longer an indicator of bad faith or weak capacity. It has become a direct reflection of the collapse of the systems of life and…

Dr Enas Mohamed Ahmed International law documents the establishment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Its origins date back to the 1940s, when it began as a small unit at United Nations…

Dr Al-Wathiq Kameer Regional Intersections The Middle East and North Africa are witnessing an unprecedented state of entanglement and conflict. Local wars are no longer confined to their geographical borders; their effects now…