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History has been made in Sudan as the first-ever match of the new women’s club football league kicked off on Monday, 30 September 2019 with two teams competing in Khartoum in a stadium as crowds cheered....

You Will Die At Twenty by Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abu Alala received the Golden Star Award for Best Feature Narrative and Talking About Trees by Sudanese filmmaker Suhaib Gasmelbari received the Best Feature Documentary award at the...

When it comes to Sudan or South Sudan, there are ample documentaries produced by Sudanese and non-Sudanese filmmakers.  The Sudans have been at the center of political unrest and conflict for decades, making them a topic...

Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, a Sudanese visual artist and a force in contemporary art, received the 2019 Principal Prince Claus Laureate by the Prince Claus Fund on 5 September 2019. Annually, the Prince Claus Fund holds the...

You Will Die At Twenty, a Sudanese film by Sudanese director and screenwriter Amjad Abu Alala, received the Lion of the Future (Luigi de Laurentiis) Award for Best Debut Feature at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on...

Former President Omar Al Bashir has been formally indicted on charges of possessing illicit foreign currency and corruption on Saturday, 31 August 2019. Al Bashir, 75, denied the charges of corruption and money-laundering. The trial began on...

With more than 80 million hectares of cultivable land, Sudan is one of the most fertile countries in the world. Since its independence, agriculture and livestock continued to be the main sources of livelihood for many...

The newly-established sovereign council have declared a state of emergency in the city of Port Sudan in the eastern Red Sea state on Sunday, 25 August 2019, following tribal clashes that have left at least 16...

It has been eight months since the Sudanese revolution began. It’s been months full of ups and downs, and positives and negatives. Feelings of excitement, power and hopefulness met with depression, desperation and helplessness. It has...

A new prime minister and a sovereign council have been sworn on Wednesday, 21 August 2019, marking a new era in Sudan, following nearly nine months of anti-government protests which forced the military removal of former...