Sudanese Youth Need to Speak Up

Before the session of it’s southern counterpart, Sudan was Africa’s largest country, which made it the tenth largest nation in the world.

With a large oil industry that generates a large portion of the Sudanese economy, a future prospective in a mining empire, a profitable agricultural sect and a growing industrialized and urban nation, Sudan has the potential to be at the forefront of not only economic stability but innovation.

But we can’t deny, like most countries in today’s economy, with all the potential invested in our country we’ve befallen on hard times. With the introduction of the Sudanese pound, the value of the currency has fallen increasingly after its initiation and there have been large shortages in foreign trading exchanges. With all of this, Sudan has witnessed some of the nations worst inflation rates in decades.

Nonetheless, the economic and even political future of our country lies among a single group of people. People, who haven’t yet made their marks on the nation. People who aren’t usually heard, needless to say even considered.

The Sudanese youth.

It’s is our generation that inevitably will have control of our countries future in a few years. And yet, we play the smallest role today. Ironic really, when it is believed that 15.5 million people of Sudan’s total 34.5 million is 14 or younger. 42 percent, almost half of the countries population is compromised of youth. We are the majority, a majority with potential to change our country.

That is why it is so important that we strive to reach educational success. That is why it is so important for us to read about what happens around the world, and to write, stories and articles. That is why it is so important for us to explore our potential, go to college, travel, and then learn from the next few years.

Because in just a little bit, it was what we do now that will shape what we do in the future. A generation of intellectual growth and exploration will lead to a country wiling to innovate and grow. We have the potential to house the next Einstein, Steve Jobs or J.K Rowling.

This is why I urge you all to do just that. Think, learn, and raise your voice because it will one day change your country and maybe even change the world. Never underestimate how powerful your thoughts can be because inevitably Sudan will depend on it.

-Omnia Saed
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