Osman Mirghani

True to form, US President Donald Trump painted a dramatic picture of his country’s strikes on Iran. He announced that the war had ended and attacked anyone seeking to downplay its impact, particularly certain American media outlets that claimed the strike had only set Iran’s nuclear program back…

A brutal civil war continues to wreak havoc in Sudan, and foreign actors are clearly fueling the conflict. Most recently, we saw the campaign to weaken the Sudanese army at the border triangle between Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. Some are now openly hoping for its defeat and others, behind the veil of…

Sudan’s new Prime Minister, Dr. Kamel Idris, faces formidable challenges as he navigates the most complex and critical moment in the country’s history. Sudan has been ravaged by a devastating war, its economy has been enfeebled, its infrastructure is crumbling, its institutions are decaying, and…

It is difficult to get the Sudanese people to agree on any political question. Continuous debate, unending disputes, and entrenched polarization have long defined the Sudanese political landscape. That has been the case since Sudan gained its independence nearly seven decades ago at the latest. …

As the armed conflict rages on, Sudan has been and is being subjected to a vicious media and psychological war aimed at manipulating public opinion by either sowing confusion, inciting strife, instilling despair, or breaking morale. Disinformation has been a key weapon, and social media has become…

The liberation of Khartoum and expulsion of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) was a decisive and game-changing victory for the Sudanese army. It changed the course of the war, as key symbols of sovereignty, the Republican Palace, cabinet headquarters, and the country’s most significant institutions…

Without any of the rapture seen when the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and a number of political and civil society groups signed the “Sudan Founding Charter” in Nairobi last month, it was announced that the signatories had agreed to a transitional constitution that document adopts secularism, calls…

In a week of swift military shifts, the Sudanese Armed Forces have completed the liberation of Bahri city, except for a few pockets that are currently being cleared. At the same time, there is little left to do to recapture Khartoum, and the army is advancing towards the capital from several…

Many people in Sudan, and of course outside the country, had not heard of the village of Seriha, in Al-Jazirah State (central Sudan), before the massacre it witnessed a few days ago, during the assault of the Rapid Support Forces. All kinds of crimes and human rights violations were committed…

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) fact-finding report on Sudan issued a few days ago would not have caused all this commotion if it had merely documented the human rights violations and called for holding the perpetrators accountable. However, the report…