Opinion

Ambassador Abdel Mahmoud Abdel Halim Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez mounted the rostrum in the United Nations General Assembly Hall during its 2006 session, a day after US President George W. Bush had delivered his…

Dr Inas Mohammed Ahmed Transboundary rivers have shifted from a natural resource to a potentially dangerous geopolitical tool amid rising global water demand driven by rapid population growth, worsening environmental…

Retired Police Brigadier Omar Mohamed Osman Whenever people criticise a minister or public official, someone invariably comes to his defence by saying: “He is an honest man. He has not stolen anything and has never…

Adel Al-Baz 1 The most welcome news I have heard in recent days is the return of the National Oil Corporation, following the Ministry of Justice’s approval of its law. This is a sound decision because it strikes at the sector's centres of…

Dr Marwa Fouad Qabbani In the Sudanese economy, battered by war, inflation and market instability, the question is no longer whether we need electronic banking services. The more pressing question is: why are Sudanese banks not investing…

Noaman Yousif Mohammed When we talk about the economy, we tend to focus on the big numbers: billions in deposits, financing, transfers and investment. But the real economy doesn't run on billions alone. A significant part of it starts with…

Adel Al-Rifai Abulhasan With the 32nd meeting of the Higher Committee for Currency Change and Replacement taking place, it is becoming clear that the currency issue is being considered within a broader economic context that…

Muhannad Awad Mahmoud One of the strangest afflictions of Sudanese politics is that some forces see themselves as having a place only in the seat of government or on the back of the state. When they enter government,…

Noaman Yousif Mohammed Electronic payments in Sudan are no longer an optional service citizens use at will. They have become part of everyday life: bus fares, a cup of tea, coffee, vegetables, milk, restaurants, cafés, and…

Dr Al-Sadiq Ali Haj Al-Sheikh If the question in the first part was: What kind of civil service do we want for the Sudan that is emerging from the rubble of war? then the answer cannot simply be to amend a law or…