Tag: Omar Albeshir

  • Dr Newitol’s Readers Are Tired of Ethiopia

    Dr Newitol’s Readers Are Tired of Ethiopia

    91. Awadallah from Gedaref, Sudan writes: I am told you don’t always talk about Ethiopia and sometimes you mention other countries. My question: Now that it is a given we have defeated Omar Albashir, where will he go? Qatar? Turkey? Malaysia? Dr. Newitol: My bet is on Ethiopia. Sure Qatar and Turkey make ideological sense,…

  • Sudan: Another Strike for Self-Inflicted Deafness

    Sudan: Another Strike for Self-Inflicted Deafness

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    …when self-reliance is no more than a call for no witnesses When Sudan’s Islamist party assumed power, it had a message of “self reliance” and a catchy slogan: na’kul min ma nazra’e: nalbas min ma nasnaE. We shall eat what we sow; we shall wear what we manufacture. That was in 1989, thirty years ago.…