Opinion

Al-Mubir Mahmoud Every few months, the French organisation Promediation convenes yet another meeting on Sudan. The host city may change, as may the title of the workshop or conference, but the participants are largely the…

Prof. Hussein Suleiman Mohamed Ahmed Strategic Exports and Essential Commodities Strategic exports are products in which Sudan enjoys a comparative advantage. These include gold, livestock, oilseeds, cotton and gum arabic.…

By: Gomaa Hamdallah Over the past decade, Ethiopia has projected an increasingly ambitious external posture, positioning itself as a rising regional power in the Horn of Africa and a key actor in continental affairs. This…

Mahjoub Fadl Badri My grandmother, may Allah have mercy on her, belonged to a generation whose education was largely oral, as was the case with most grandmothers of her time. May Allah have mercy on them all, and on those bygone…

Hassan Abdel Hamid On the morning of Tuesday, 23 June 2026, I received a telephone call from Mr Ahmed Mirghani, a lawyer, inviting me to accompany a delegation from the Turkish Waqf Al-Khayrat Foundation on a visit to the Africa…

Muhannad Awad Mahmoud During the meetings of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), held at the organisation's headquarters in Vienna to discuss economic and industrial recovery in Sudan, Syria and…

Rashid Abdelrahim The decision issued by the Central Bank of Sudan requiring fuel import companies to deposit a guarantee of 200 kilograms of 21-carat gold in exchange for an import licence and a certificate of no objection is, without…

Nu’man Yousif Mohamed The decision by the Central Bank of Sudan to liquidate Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Sudan Branch, pursuant to Administrative Decision No. (18) of 2026 carries implications that extend far beyond the legal closure of a…

Dr Al-Sadiq Ali Haj Al-Sheikh Ten years have passed since the United Kingdom chose to sail away from the European harbour in which it had been anchored for more than four decades. In the summer of 2016, the referendum was not merely a…

Al-Mubir Mahmoud I recently came across a news report about a delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation visiting Morocco to explore cooperation in water resource management and the development of irrigation systems. Like…