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Francis Mading Deng

A Call for an End to Dependency

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The Perspective of An Elder As a member of the sun-setting generation, our role is to advise and consent. Our principal source of ideas is experience. For me personally, this has included the honour of serving my country, now two countries of Sudan and South Sudan, in senior positions at home and diplomatically abroad. Pertinent…

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Leadership Beyond Presidential Power: A Tribute to Jimmy Carter

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My Rationale for Paying Tribute to Leaders  Over the years, I have paid tribute in differing ways to national and global leaders. Even as I wrote about these leaders, I posed to myself the question why I dared write about people who were so important and well known that it did not need me to…

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Sudan’s Wars of Identity: The Creeping Quest For A New Sudan

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Overview of the Conflict The war that erupted in Sudan on April 15, 2023, in the capital Khartoum, has spread to various parts of the country, particularly the Western region of Darfur. It is causing great suffering, destruction, and death. Thousands of people have been killed. Millions have been uprooted from their homes as internally…

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