Category: OPINION & ANALYSIS
I propose a system of regional decentralization in Sudan similar to the model applied in the United Kingdom. Here’s how it would work: Regional Parliaments: I support establishing regional parliaments for each historical area in Sudan, similar to the devolved…
The ongoing conflict in Sudan is deeply rooted in complex historical, political, and ethnic factors. Here’s an overview of the key issues: which have become taboo that the parties to the conflict in Sudan do not want to hear. First,…
The coronavirus pandemic is not the only news we should be paying attention to at the moment. This spring marks a truly grim milestone: the war in Syria enters its 10th year. How did the world allow this conflict to last…
75 years ago, the world united around a groundbreaking document. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reflected a shared belief in “never again”, a belief that humanity needed to set rules and principles for itself, in order to ensure the…
Auatf Mater Jaber, who works in the neonatal unit at UNICEF-supported Wad Madani Children’s Hospital in Gezira State, southeast-central Sudan, describes how she manages to care for sick babies when medicines are in short supply. “I don’t see children here…
By: Tara O’Connor With war between Israel and Palestine, centred on Gaza, the ring of fire that has engulfed the Sahel now appears to reach up to encircle the Mediterranean, stretching as far as Jordan, with Egypt serving as the…
Pillage, rape and mass killings have again returned to one of the world’s most impoverished regions, at a time when the international community is focused on wars in Ukraine and Gaza Twenty years ago bands of the notorious Janjaweed militias…
Yasmeen Freightman Over the last month, the harrowing conflict between Israel and Palestine has taken center stage for much of the world to agonizingly witness from afar. Officials estimate that more than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza so…
Story by By Jameel Altheyabi All eyes of Sudanese people and peace advocates are turned toward Jeddah in western Saudi Arabia, with a “ray of hope” in ending the bloody war that’s being fought between two rival factions in Sudan.…
The conflict that erupted in April between the Sudanese National Army and the Rapid Support Forces wreaked havoc on Sudan, and has ultimately taken an appalling toll. Thousands were killed and millions displaced. Buildings were burned and infrastructure lay in ruins, instilling fear of a spiraling descent into…
