It is sad but it is not shocking. The failure was always inevitable but you had to be a southerner to know that. It is hard to resist the urge to blame; to think of all the years and opportunities that were squandered and blame even more. Perhaps it (...)
Ali Belail looks at some important historical landmarks which help us understand the significance of Sudan's recent electoral activity
The esteemed writer Mohamed Hassanein Heikal wrote a famous article in 1964 following what was known in Sudan as (...)
Ali Belail asks whether Sudan's elections mark a step forward and interviews Mansour Khaled, current foreign minister and presidential advisor
"It is enough to have one Somalia in Africa", is the eleventh hour warning from Mansour Khaled, member of (...)
Ali Belail asks whether Sudan's elections mark a step forward and interviews Mansour Khaled, current foreign minister and presidential advisor
"It is not fair to disqualify the elections here on the basis of European standards." This is how Paul (...)
Ali Belail takes the pulse of Sudanese voters at a refugee camp and in Al-Fashir
"We will never know the truth," uttered Ahmed Ezz, 30, a Sudanese television producer as we mingled with the people outside Al-Salam refugee camp, one of the many (...)
Despite widespread allegations of voter fraud, Darfurians appear willing to give the upcoming Sudanese elections a chance, writes Ali Belail
Had the world in 1937 had the global media we have now, Al-Fashir would have secured its place in history as (...)
With new regulations on the horizon, will journalistic standards finally be respected in Arab broadcasting, asks Ali Belail*
Last month saw British television -- specifically the BBC and Channel 4, the biggest names in British broadcasting -- facing (...)