The Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) has began circulating new currency, a SDG1,000 note, on 10 December 2024 based on the recommendation of economic and political experts to curb the shadow economy and combating counterfeiting, as...

Well-known South Sudanese legislator and member of parliament, representing Renk County of Upper Nile state, Deng Goc, has passed away on 16 December 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya at the age 58 due to an illness. Goc...

South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network (SSHRDN) recognised outstanding South Sudanese human rights defenders on the third edition of the South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network Awards (SSHRDN) Human Rights Defenders (HRD) on the occasion of...

British-Sudanese singer Elmiene released his full EP, For The Deported, a six-track project that honours his Sudanese heritage through both music and lyrics, on 6 December 2024. The EP opens with “The Deported”, which he released with...

Two Sudanese women, Hala Al Karib, a Sudanese women’s rights activist and Regional Director of Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network, and Dr Safa Ali, an obstetrician and consultant in obstetrics...

Sudanese music is slowly taking the world stage, whether its common Sudanese songs such as Shokralla Ezeldin’s “Sharee’ Al Neel” (Nile Street), or contemporary Sudanese songs such as Mazmars and Seidosimba’s “MaMuhim” (Not Important). Playing a...

TIME has selected the top 100 photos of 2024, including two photos from Sudan. One of a crowd cheering for the Sudanese military during a demonstration in Omdurman; another of Sudanese women and children registering as refugees in...

‘Sudan, Remember Us’, a powerful documentary, which captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed, by French-Tunisian journalist Hind...

Sudan has qualified for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025. The 35th edition of AFCON will take place in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026. ‘I am very happy to lead Sudan...

Shabaka, a diaspora-led organisation focused on the role of diaspora and migrants in humanitarian preparedness, response, and recovery, celebrated its 10-year anniversary in partnership with Centre of African Studies (CAS) at SOAS University of London on 14 November 2024 at the...