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Collective Iftar Trays Prepared by Volunteers in Sudan

Sudan: Nuba Residents Share Iftar with Passersby

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 27, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Al-Nuba (Sudan) (AFP) – As the sun sets over the Sudanese village of Al-Nuba, Ibrahim Abdelrahim rolls out carpets by the side of the Khartoum highway and his friends line them with plates of food. Minutes later, groups of villagers rush into the road, shouting...

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Mohamed Abkar’s workshop transforms tires into shoes in Khartoum. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Sudanese Ingenuity in Hard Times

by Ahmed Younis | Mar 6, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—In Sudan, car tires have multiple uses. These rubber rings are employed during riots when they are burned by protesters to block the traffic; or they are used to prop up washtubs by women; poor children turn them into toys to be rolled from...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir looks on during a meeting with former South African President and head of African Union High-Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) Thabo Mbeki (unseen) in Khartoum on September 10, 2014. (AFP Photo/Ashraf Shazly)

Sudan: Constitutional amendments give Bashir new powers

by Ahmed Younis | Jan 5, 2015 | Middle East

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sudan’s parliament approved changes to the country’s constitution on Sunday, giving President Omar Al-Bashir additional powers to appoint and remove senior officials, as well as expanding the role of the intelligence service. A total of 18...

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Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addresses a crowd in North Khartoum, on June 8, 2013. (Reuters)

Opinion: Sudan’s False Promises of Change

by Osman Mirghani | Jan 3, 2015 | Opinion

The Sudanese people on Thursday celebrated the 59th anniversary of national independence but without any feelings of optimism that there will be any real change to their political, economic and living conditions in the near future. All promises of change made since...

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Opposition Umma Party leader and former Prime Minister Sadiq Al Mahdi (left) speaks during joint news conference with Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir (R) after their meeting at Mahadi’s house in Omdurman August 27, 2013. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

Opinion: Business as Usual in Khartoum

by Osman Mirghani | Oct 4, 2014 | Opinion

That Sudan’s Islamist regime is using trickery and prevarication is not strange for a group that has made deceit and pretense a key part of its political culture. But a recently-leaked document highlighting what happened during a meeting between military, political...