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Sudan Selects ‘Goodbye Julia’ as Official Entry for Oscars 2024
Sep 27, 2023Goodbye Julia, the first-ever Sudanese feature to screen at the Cannes Film Festival, has been selected by Sudan to be its second-ever Academy Awards submission for best international feature film. In May 2023, the debut feature from Sudanese filmmaker... -
UNHCR: 1,200 Children Die of Suspected Measles and Malnutrition in Sudan
Sep 24, 2023More than 1,200 refugee children under the age of five have died in nine camps between 15 May and 14 September 2023, due to a deadly combination of a suspected measles outbreak and high malnutrition, according... -
Sudanese Art Curator Duaa Tariq is on the 2023 TIME100 Next List
Sep 17, 2023On 13 September 2023, TIME, the American news magazine based in New York City, published its annual TIME100 Next list with Sudanese art curator Duaa Tariq making the list. Divided into five categories – Artists, Phenoms, Innovators,... -
Sudanese Artist Halah Taha is Refashioning Lawa in South Sudan
Sep 5, 2023‘Why the Lawa specifically?’ is the question that came into the minds of people when they heard about the Lawa art exhibition by 43-year-old Sudanese artist Halah Taha, who recently moved to Juba from Khartoum, due... -
South Sudan Makes History by Qualifying for Paris 2024 Olympics
Sep 2, 2023South Sudan has secured their first Olympic basketball place after beating Angola 101-78 on Saturday, 2 September 2023 in Manila, Philippines. 🏀 SSD takes lead vs Angola in last stand at the 2023 World Cup 🇸🇸#WinForSouthSudan... -
The Sudanese Music Artists Who’ve Been Hosted on COLORS
Sep 1, 2023Dutch-Sudanese singer and songwriter Gaidaa and British-Nigerian artist Bellah have come together for a very special A COLORS show performance of their new collaborative single, “As You Are”. The track was developed during COLORS’ first ever... -
Speak Sudanese: New Website for Learning Sudanese Arabic
Aug 31, 2023After launching the new book 100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners in April 2023 to bridge the gap between learners of Sudanese Arabic and resources, Waleed Elharith Johnson and Fakhradin Dafallaa said it is meant to be a first... -
South Sudan Historic Debut Win at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023
Aug 29, 2023South Sudan celebrated after beating China for their first ever global victory at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. HISTORY 🎉 South Sudan get their first World Cup victory with a dominant win over China 😤#FIBAWC... -
Musician Abu Araki Abdelraheem and Other Civilians Killed by Mortar in Al Shajara
Aug 24, 2023Musician Abu Araki Abdelrahim, a member of the popular Sudanese music group, Igd Al Jalad, has been killed after a mortar hit Al Hammadab Mosque in Al Shajara neighbourhood in Khartoum on 23 August 2027. Other casualties... -
Escaping A War-Torn Sudan: Building A New Home Foundation
Aug 17, 2023When we say home, we mean a place where we feel safe, comfortable and warm. For some people, it means gathering and happiness – a place that was not just built with stone and cement, but...