NEWS
Politics
Sudan, South Africa discuss S.Sudan peace process
The Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir and South Africa’s Deputy-President David Dabede Mab...
October 17th, 2018
Government Calls on Opposition to Join the Peace Process, AU Lauds Achieving of Transitional Justice in Sudan
Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mohamed Yousuf Kibir has addressed the opening ceremon...
October 17th, 2018
Economics
Mutaz Pledges to Hold Cabinet’s Meeting on Winter Season in Wad-Medani
The Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Mutaz Musa has pledged to...
September 23rd, 2018
China commits $88 million in loans, grants to Sudan
The Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to support Sudan to overcome its economic woes anno...
September 3rd, 2018
Industry
IFC injects $2bn investments in MENA
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $2 billion in the Middle East and...
August 30th, 2018
India’s Malabar eyes expansions into UAE, MENA
Malabar Gold & Diamonds plans to expand into the UAE and the MENA region during 2018....
January 12th, 2018
ANALYSIS
Politics
The complicated and tortured peace process
The efforts to return peace in South Sudan have become so convoluted and tortured because...
August 13th, 2015
Economics
Mena: LNG’s top growth target
Despite its dominant role in terms of hydrocarbons reserves, Mena will become the world’s...
August 4th, 2016
Industry
Private funding for key start-ups hits $870m in Mena
Private investment funding for key start-ups in the Mena region has been consistently grow...
April 6th, 2017
ECONOMY
Sudan: Economy March 2019
Sudan plunges into recession The Sudanese economy slumped into recession in 2018, strangled by soaring in ation, a currency shortage and the lingering impact of US sanctions. The economy likely…
RISK
Sudan: Risk March 2019
Sudan is set for a stable but slowing growth pro le after the turmoil caused by the secession of South Sudan in 2011. The partial lifting of most US sanctions…
INDUSTRY
Sudan: Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals September 2018
Sudan’s healthcare industry has been characterised and shaped by years of con ict and poverty resulting from limited natural resources, low levels of industrial output and a high incidence of…
FDI
MENA FDI July 2017
Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…
SME
MENA Small and Medium Enterprises September 2017
Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…
