Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour’s statements glorifying Egypt-Sudan relations swept very real tensions between the two countries under the rug rather than facing them head-on, Emad El Din Hussein writes in a column penned for Al Shorouk. While Ghandour may have intended to minimize the rift, the fact of the matter is that Egypt and Sudan have serious issues they need to work out — without blaming the media. The decision to play the platitude game instead of addressing the root causes of the tensions will only result in the continued deterioration of our ties, Hussein says.