Opinion

Dr Marwa Fouad Qabbani The announcement by the Central Bank of Sudan that it had taken regulatory and administrative measures against several banks and their employees over violations relating to foreign exchange was more than a…

Nu'man Yousif Mohamed For many years, Sudanese people have confidently repeated that Sudan is a country rich in resources, as though an abundance of resources alone were sufficient to create prosperity. Economic history, however, tells a…

Ambassador Abdel Mahmoud Abdel Halim The sanctions imposed by the European Union banning the import of Sudanese gold bring to mind the famous phrase from an old school reading textbook: “Gold, gold… I’m losing my mind!” While the person…

Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan Sudan once had a successful project cultivating large-kernel groundnuts, commercially known as “jumbo” groundnuts, in River Nile State. The project was not merely an agricultural experiment. It was an…

Al-Musallami Al-Bashir Al-Kabbashi Yesterday, the world bade farewell to a man whose influence was profound and whose impact on global events was immense from the moment he assumed power in the State of Qatar in June 1995. The Amiri Diwan…

Dr Mohamed Awad Mohamed Metwally Sudan today is fighting two parallel battles. The first is visible, fought with bullets, artillery and drones, while its tragic images are broadcast across television screens. The second is a…

Muhannad Awad Mahmoud We have ministries that manage the economy… but we do not have an economic brain. The question may seem strange, but it is perhaps the most important economic question Sudan should be asking today: Who decides what…

Mustafa Abdelaziz Al-Batal Before me is a short post written by Ibrahim Osman, in which he compiled a collection of statements made by several leaders of the Sumoud coalition in televised interviews or published remarks. The…

Rashid Abdelrahim President Al-Burhan said last Friday that power would only be handed over through consensus. Yet the word “consensus” raises more questions than it answers. Consensus has always been a rare commodity in…

Nu’man Yousif Mohamed When countries emerge from wars, attention usually turns to concrete before people, buildings before institutions, and the amount of money required rather than the nature of the economic model into which…