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Pope Francis’s Legacy in South Sudan and Expectations for Pope Leo XIV
May 28, 2025The death of Pope Francis on 21 April 2025, reverberated deeply across South Sudan, a nation grappling with persistent political violence, widespread displacement, and profound economic collapse. For a country where the Catholic Church serves as... -
Pray for Sudan: Here’s How
May 26, 2025Sudan is currently the world’s biggest humanitarian crisis, driven by an ongoing war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began on 15 April 2023. The conflict has displaced... -
All You Need to Know About Kamil Idris, Sudan’s Newly Appointed Prime Minister
May 20, 2025Army chief and de facto head of state, Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, has appointed Kamil Idris as prime minister on Monday, 19 May 2025 as part of changes to his sovereign council in the midst of Sudan’s... -
Sudanese Student Killed in India Protecting Women; Six Suspects Arrested
May 19, 2025A 24-year-old Sudanese student was stabbed to death, and another critically injured, by Indian assailants on Thursday, 15 May 2025, in Maheru village in Phagwara, Punjab, a state in northwestern India. In Phagwara India a Sudanese... -
Sudan Children’s Cancer Organization Launches Campaign to Renovate Sudan’s Only Paediatric Oncology Unit
May 18, 2025Sudan Children’s Cancer Organization (SCCO) launched a campaign to renovate and expand Sudan’s only paediatric oncology unit at National Cancer Institute (NCI), which is currently under-resourced and overwhelmed. Located in Wad Madani, NCI serves as a key... -
Sudan Mourns the Loss of Singer Mohammed Faisal Al Jazzar
May 14, 2025Popular singer Mohammed Faisal Al Jazzar, better known as Al Jazzar, passed away on Tuesday, 13 May 2025 in Souma’a, Al Gedaref State, following a sudden undisclosed illness. The news of his passing was announced on... -
Rethinking Nubian: How One Word Replaced Ancient Divides
May 13, 2025It is often believed that the term ‘Nubian’ is rooted in the Ancient Egyptian word for ‘gold.’ This lines up with our modern-day, romantic image of ancient Nubia as a place of wealth and royalty. However,... -
SOAS President Zeinab Badawi Launches Humanitarian Aid Initiative for Sudan
May 11, 2025Zeinab Badawi, renowned Sudanese-British television and radio journalist, and SOAS University of London President, launched the Humanitarian Action for Sudan (HAS) at SOAS, an initiative created to address the crisis in Sudan and improve humanitarian support... -
Conjoined Twins Separated at National Center for Pediatric Surgery in Wad Madani; One Stillborn
May 11, 2025A conjoined twin was successfully separated from her stillborn sister at the National Center for Pediatric Surgery in Wad Madani, the capital of Al Gezira State, on 10 May 2025. Both twins were girls. The surviving... -
[The Picture] No War: A Grassroots Campaign Against War in South Sudan
May 8, 2025In the heart of Juba, a black rickshaws, locally called tuk-tuks, rolls down an empty street, its back painted in bold red and white letters #NO-WAR. This seemingly simple image by South Sudanese caricature artist Ladu...