A Sudanese team has been awarded SAR100,000 (USD26,666) on 15 February 2025, after competing in Designathon 2025 in Saudi Arabia. The team, known by their competition name, ‘Makanz’, won first place for their project ‘Hawdag’, in...

Popular folklore singer and percussionist Asia Musa Abdullah Bilal, known professionally as Asia Madani, passed away on 16 February 2025 in Cairo, Egypt after suffering from an undisclosed illness. The funeral is taking place on 17 February...

During American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s NFL Super Bowl LIX halftime show on 9 February 2025 at the Super Dome in New Orleans, the US, a backup dancer displayed Sudanese and Palestinian flags on stage, highlighting the ongoing...

At least 20 people have been killed in a plane crash in the north of South Sudan on Wednesday, 29 January 2025. The aircraft, 5X–RHB, came down near the oil fields in Unity State at about 10:30...

2024 is the year for Sudanese podcasts as many were launched within the year, including the popular Al Sudan Podcast, Wanassa with Ossa, and Kaef? Developed in 2004, a podcast, a was coined by journalist Ben...

A Sudanese woman has given birth to quadruplets in Al Gedaref State in southeastern Sudan, reported Al Arabiya news on 5 January 2025. After 40 days of labour and delivery, an unnamed Sudanese woman delivered three...

As the world celebrates the arrival of the New Year on New Year’s Day on 1 January, Sudan and the Sudanese people, are celebrating two occasions. They are welcoming more than just the New Year; they...

500 Words Magazine relaunched on 1 October 2018, publishing articles, covering a variety of topics such as culture and tradition, music, arts, beauty and fashion, travel, architecture, healthcare, politics, business and economy, and more. 500 Words Magazine has...

As with 2023, 2024 was another catastrophic year in Sudan and across the world. War and conflict continues to ravage the world. The reignited Israel-Hamas war has left more than 43,000 people killed, in addition to...

War and conflict continues to ravage the world. The reignited Israel-Hamas war has left more than 43,000 people killed, in addition to 103,258 wounded, most of whom are children and women, and more than 1.9 million...