Vania Gulston

by Vania Gulston|08 November 202108 November 2021|Politics

It is estimated that nearly 4 million people were in the streets in Khartoum on October 30th calling for Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to step down after the prime minister he shared power with–Abdalla Hamdok–was arrested and Burhan claimed control of...

In a “New” Sudan, the Fight Against the Corona Virus Challenges an Old View of Africa as Passive Victim

by Vania Gulston|19 April 202019 April 2020|Politics

The world reels and moans from the apocalyptic reality of the coronavirus epidemic. But many parts of Africa watch from the outside—as usual. This time, though, being on the margins (in terms of COVID-19 cases) is better than being in...

Not Everyone is Celebrating the Power-Sharing Deal in Sudan

by Vania Gulston|27 July 201927 July 2019|Politics

While the Sudanese Journalist Network, in a statement dominated by indignant disappointment with the fact of an alliance with the transitional military council, says "the agreement is devoted to a dysfunctional partnership that produces a being distorted by a hateful military head,...