Opinion

Dr Al-Sadiq Ali Haj Al-Sheikh There are places inhabited not only by walls, but by memory. There are buildings which, when they collapse, do not lose stones alone; something of a nation’s collective consciousness falls with them.…

Nouman Yousif Mohammed In the first article, we discussed why the traditional microfinance model is no longer capable of responding to the complexities of post-war Sudan. In the second, we presented an alternative model that we called…

Dr Al-Haytham Al-Kindi Yusuf Our country has become an arena where complex and intersecting interests converge, both profoundly influencing and being influenced by the emerging regional order. The war currently raging in Sudan is neither…

Walid Dalil** The images of volunteers at Al-Nau Hospital breaking down in tears or sitting silently on the ground after being prevented from continuing their voluntary work deserve reflection that goes beyond the emotional…

Mahjoub Fadl Badri Everyone over seventy has felt their bones grow frail and their hair turn grey. The army is older than all of them, yet it remains young — indeed, in the very prime of youth — as it celebrates its…

Adel Al-Rifai Abu Al-Hassan Throughout its history, Sudan has witnessed many political and military upheavals. Yet the war the country is experiencing today differs from everything that has come before it in its scale, brutality,…

Mohamed Al-Shater Al-Amin Sudan possesses enough gold to become a major global player in the sector: reserves exceeding 1,550 tonnes and annual production ranging between 80 and 100 tonnes. Yet instead of serving as an economic…

Muhannad Awad Mahmoud Yes, the headline is correct. According to information circulating in the gum arabic market, Sudanese companies and investors have begun purchasing gum arabic through intermediaries in South Sudan, paying…

Dr Mohamed Awad Mohamed Metwally Academic Analyst and Associate Economic Expert at the Experts Centre for Development Studies and Crisis Analysis If, in the first article, we identified the source of the problem by diagnosing…

Nouman Yousif Mohamed In the previous article, we concluded that the real challenge facing Sudan’s microfinance sector after the war does not lie merely in restarting institutions, restoring financing portfolios, or addressing the…