Opinion

Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan Development is not simply about constructing roads, dams, factories, or farms. Before anything else, it is about building national capacity to manage, improve, and sustain those assets over time.…

Dr Ismail Sati Throughout the twentieth century, a particular model of national security dominated strategic thinking. It rested on a simple and direct assumption: a state is secure if it can defend its borders, deter…

By Muhannad Awad Mahmoud When the US dollar climbed beyond the 5,000-pound mark, I argued that the crisis was never simply one of currency speculators or foreign exchange traders. It was fundamentally a crisis of production,…

By Dr. Hassan Issa Al-Talib Farmers engaged in mechanized rain-fed agriculture in Gedaref State and neighboring areas are complaining about the exorbitant cost of diesel fuel needed to operate their machinery, with the price of a single…

Rashid Abdel Rahim The United States is a major power, not a country lacking the capacity to obtain the most precise and sensitive intelligence it seeks on nations and organisations worldwide. It possesses immense technological,…

Dr Mohammed Yousif Hassan While the terrorist militia's drones bombard the hospital and marketplaces of El Obeid, Massad Boulos stands before the United Nations Security Council in New York, criticising the Sudanese Government…

Dr Marwa Fouad Qabbani Strategic Planning and Digital Transformation Expert Sudan's banking sector is undergoing a rapid digital transformation, with electronic transfers between bank accounts increasing significantly. This…

Dr Ahmed Abdelbagi The first part of this series provided an overview of renewable energy sources and their growing global significance, with particular emphasis on the six renewable energy resources available in Sudan. Of these,…

Mahjoub Fadl Badri The number of exclamation marks in the title matches the number of letters in the familiar refrain that begins and ends almost every discussion with one of the Qahata supporters: "The Islamists are thieves!" The…

Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan In modern economic systems, central banks perform essential functions in monetary policy, liquidity management, banking supervision, and financial stability. In Sudan, however, the challenge does not…