The outbreak of violence in the Blue Nile leading to the death of at least 60 people this weekend and the injury of over 100 was sadly not unexpected....

The decision to dissolve the Sovereignty Council has angered the revolutionary forces but has come as no surprise to observers who have witnessed the slow decline of the institution...

As the death toll continues to rise in the protests against Sudan's military rulers, the local currency has plummeted after the Central Bank's flotation exacerbated the country's deepening economic...

The decision by Sudan's Prime Minister, Abdulla Hamdok, to resign just six weeks after he was reinstalled in the job leaves a dangerous political vacuum that looks like it...

Seventeen days after the Sudanese Army, led by General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, denied that it had staged a coup, the country is still no closer to restoring civilian rule...

The universal condemnation of the coup d'état led by Lieutenant General Abdel Fatah Al-Burhan in Sudan on 25th October was little comfort to the bitterly disappointed and outraged Sudanese...

The pressure for Sudan's far left to be isolated from the country's politics reached its climax this week with the formation of a new council from which its representatives...

It cannot have escaped the attention of observers that Sudan's name has not yet officially been removed from America's list of state sponsors of terrorism even though President Donald...

Despite the latest peace agreement signed earlier this month, journeying through Darfur in the heart of a 17-year armed conflict area is an arduous task. There are still major...

Just how Sudan will be able to convict former President Omar Al-Bashir and 27 defendants for staging the 1989 coup remains a major issue of contention. Not merely in...

The pending cabinet reshuffle, schedule next month, is unlikely to make a huge difference to Sudanese current economic difficulties. Despite the signing of two peace deals ending 17 years...

The bizarre sacking of the Foreign Ministry spokesman after publicly admitting Sudan was considering normalising relations with Israel, signalled the weakening of Sudan's negotiating position with the US and...

The abolition of the apostasy laws and the relaxation of rules allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol is unlikely to have any real impact on the day to day life...

Observers of the situation in Sudan have long doubted that the United States will ever take it off Washington's list of "countries sponsoring terrorism". The recent report from Anadolu...

Sudan's continued insistence on maintaining a neutral stance in the negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Renaissance Dam could be hindering rather than assisting the prospect of finding a...

The role of the former intelligence chief, Salah Abdullah, in bringing down Sudan's former President, Omar Al-Bashir, has become the most talked about controversy in Sudan. The admission that...

The death of Sudan's defence secretary in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic was not only a shock for Sudanese people, but it placed unprecedented pressure on the country's...

The Sudanese government is to be commended for its swift response to the coronavirus pandemic, there being just one death to date, and 19 cases of infection. Schools and...

The shocking news of the attempted assassination of Sudan's Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok is an indication of the political turmoil that threatens to derail the democratic aspirations of the...

Since Sudan's transitional head of state Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 3 February, an unverified list of demands reflecting agreed points has emerged. This...

Details of the meeting between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan's transitional head of state General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan suggest that the normalisation of diplomatic relations between the...

The gap between the military and civilian government in Sudan appears to be widening. The rift is threatening the political stability of the country and the power-sharing agreement. In...

For many people in Sudan, the conviction of 27 intelligence officers for the killing of a protestor is a step in the right direction, but it raises questions about...

Four months into the rule of Sudan's transitional government and the cracks are beginning to appear. The 2020 budget has yet to be revealed because of major differences emerging...

As Sudan celebrates the first anniversary of the beginning of the protests which led to the fall of the three-decade old regime of Omar Al-Bashir, it also completes the...

An arrest warrant for two leading members of the 1989 coup d'etat; a lawsuit against a conservative scholar accused of breaching religious freedom, an accusation the curriculum is being...

The decision by United States' President Donald Trump to continue sanctions against Sudan is the clearest indication yet of the unwillingness to acknowledge or accept the progress made by...

With the arrival at the Murted Airbase outside Ankara of Russian planes, over the past six days, carrying the S-400 missile defence system, the expected fall out between the...

According to well-informed sources, on the night of 22 February this year, as the invited guests in Sudan's presidential palace gardens and television crews waited for the President to...

Few Sudanese support the notion that the ideals of the revolution should be abandoned, but most have surrendered to the reality that the desired civilian transitional rule is unlikely...

Historians and political scientists who have followed recent events in Sudan closely will point to the irony of the current dispute between the military and protest groups over the...

There are at least a dozen reasons, some fictitious, why Sudan's ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) appears reluctant to give up power, but protest groups are becoming increasingly aware...