Sudan News
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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... -
‘Khartoum’ Receives Best Social Impact Documentary at the 2025 Hot Docs Festival
May 6, 2025The award-winning Sudanese film Khartoum received the Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary on 4 May 2025 at the 2025 Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, Canada. The Bill Nemtin Award for Best Social Impact Documentary is... -
Sudanese Actress Islam Mubarak Receives Award at Hollywood Arab Film Festival
Apr 22, 2025Sudanese actress Islam Mubarak received the Special Jury Prize for her outstanding performance in the Egyptian film Seret Ahl El Daye (The Tale of Daye’s Family) by Egyptian director Karim El Shenawyn at the Hollywood Arab... -
Bit Al Fasher: Sudan Mourns the Killing of Dr Hanadi Al Nour Daoud in Zamzam Camp
Apr 15, 2025Dr Hanadi Al Nour Dawood, known as ‘Bit Al Fasher’, was killed on 13 April 2025 due to artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Zamzam Camp in Al Fasher, the capital city of... -
Sudanese Runner Abubaker Kaki Khamis is Not Dead
Apr 15, 2025On 12 April 2025, many took to social media to mourn the death of Sudanese runner Abubaker Kaki Khamis, who was believed to have been killed in an artillery strike in Al Fasher, the capital city... -
Sudanese Photographer Mosab Abushama Awarded for ‘Life Won’t Stop’ in the 2025 World Press Photo Contest
Apr 14, 2025Mosab Abushama, a photographer, filmmaker, and visual storyteller from Sudan, has been awarded in the 2025 World Press Photo Contest for his photograph, ‘Life Won’t Stop’. ‘The groom poses for a portrait at his wedding in... -
Amnesty International Releases New Report: “They Raped All of Us: Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls in Sudan”
Apr 12, 2025The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has inflicted widespread sexual violence on women and girls throughout Sudan’s two-year civil war to humiliate, assert control and displace communities across the country. The RSF’s atrocities, including rape, gang-rape and... -
Eid Al Fitr Commences on Sunday, 30 March in Sudan and South Sudan
Mar 30, 2025Sudan and South Sudan have announced that the first day of Eid Al Fitr, known as the Festival of Breaking the Fast, will begin in each respective country on Sunday, 30 March 2025. Both Sudan and...