Opinion

Dr Ammar Abkar Abdullah At a time when climate, economic and humanitarian challenges are accelerating across the globe, attention is increasingly turning to water as one of the most critical drivers of development and stability in the…

Dr Ahmed Abdelbagi Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Malaysia is no longer burdened by the social stigma and perceived inferiority that once accompanied it when compared with traditional academic…

Fouad Gabbani Sudan, that vast and expansive land of broad plains and fertile terrain, is among the countries most richly endowed with rainfall and river systems. It also enjoys a remarkable diversity of climate and soil types.…

Mohand Awad Mahmoud Anyone reading the final communiqué issued by the Quintet Mechanism following the Addis Ababa meetings might initially conclude that the process amounts to little more than another round of political consultations aimed…

Ramadan Ahmed One of the most persistent problems in Sudan’s intellectual and political discourse is the tendency to interpret Sudanese realities through theoretical frameworks borrowed from experiences that differ fundamentally from…

Dr Abdelazim Awad In two days’ time, our esteemed Professor Ali Shomo will be back in Khartoum after three years spent enduring the hardships of displacement and exile. His ordeal began when the “Brave Ones” forced him to leave his home…

Ambassador Atta Al-Mannan Bakhit On 23 May, Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dismissed his young Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government. At first glance, such news might appear routine in any country. In…

Mahjoub Fadl Badri The headmaster of the girls’ school in Shendi could not reconcile himself to the idea that one of his teachers should also be a singer performing at the town’s social occasions while his pupils danced to his songs.…

Eng. Monjed Ibrahim Yousif This report provides a comprehensive statistical analysis of global import activity in 2025, based on data from the International Trade Centre (ITC). The data includes a ranked list of 230 countries and…

Mohand Awad Mahmoud Over the past few days, my attention was drawn to the news of a visit by the Director-General of the Sudanese Agricultural Bank, Mr Salah Mohamed Abdel Rahim, to China. Some may view it as an ordinary banking-related…