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Arts and Culture
Folktales from Sudan: Audio Stories from Sudanese Folklore Coming on 1 April
Reminiscing About Sudan in Movies: Lost Past, Misunderstood Present and Perplexing Future
Elmiene Releases “For The Deported” EP Honouring Sudan
Books
Reem Gaafar’s “A Mouth Full of Salt” Coming Out on 9 April
Zeinab Badawi Announces Publication of Her First Book “An African History of Africa”
New Book “100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners” is All You Need to Master Verbs in Sudanese Arabic
Creative Writing
In Her First Book, Roaa Nizar Writes ‘To All Who Exist’
On What it Means to be Sudani: An Introspection
Crying for Omar
Photography
‘Modern Sudan’ Photography Competition Launched
‘Sudan Protests’: Regional Winner of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest
Introducing Food Stylist Thuraya Mahmoud
Society
Colourism and Skin Bleaching in South Sudan
Modesty in Sudan | Part III: Facing Patriarchal Power
The Natural Hair Movement in Sudan
Travel
Countries South Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Countries Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Atbara: The Cradle of the Sudan Uprising
Interviews
Tahani Ajak: The Unknown Helping Hand of Sudan’s Refugee Camps
Interview with Reem Gaafar, The First Sudanese to Win The Island Prize for African Novels
Ghost Season: A Debut Novel By Fatin Abbas
Foreigners’ Perspective
From Nimiti Paradise to Sand Dunes Dreamland
Five Things I Miss About Sudan
Sudan: A Home Away from Home
Science and Technology
Culture and Society in South Sudan in the Face of Climate Change
A Surgeon’s Legacy: Remembering Dr Isam Osman
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Technology
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Shakheto: Sudanese Team at 2023 Hult Prize Challenge
Blockchain for Cross-border Remittances in Sudan: A Humanitarian Approach
Health
Remembering Dr Bushra Ibnauf
B’Sarahah: New Initiative Tackling Mental Health in Sudan
Period Poverty in Sudan
Business and Economy
Videos
25 March 2025
Sudan News
Sudan and South Sudan: Trump’s New Draft Travel Ban
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Mar 16, 2025
As of 14 March 2025, the Trump Administration is considering implementing comprehensive travel restrictions affecting citizens from 43 countries, including Sudan and South Sudan. An internal memo, obtained and reviewed first by the New York Times and then by Reuters,...
Girlboss Lists Sudan’s Emi Mahmoud & South Sudan’s Mary Maker Among ‘8 Trailblazing Refugee Women to Watch’
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Mar 10, 2025
On the occasion of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2025, Girlboss – a women’s platform with over 2 million followers – published ‘8 Trailblazing Refugee Women to Watch,’ featuring Sudanese poet and activist Emi Mahmoud...
Sudan Mourns the Death of Dr Gaafar Ibnauf
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Mar 8, 2025
Dr Gaafar Ibnauf Suliman, a renowned pediatric doctor, consultant, and professor at the University of Khartoum, passed away on 6 March 2025, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, at the age of 83, after battling a long illness....
UNICEF Publishes New Harrowing Report: Sudan’s Child Rape and Sexual Violence Crisis
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Mar 5, 2025
UNICEF has published a new report, Sudan’s Child Rape and Sexual Violence Crisis, on 4 March 2025, highlighting the voices of courageous and resilient women and girls interviewed by UNICEF in an effort to increase the...
Sudanese Team Awarded SAR100,000 in Designathon 2025
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Feb 19, 2025
A Sudanese team has been awarded SAR100,000 (USD26,666) on 15 February 2025, after competing in Designathon 2025 in Saudi Arabia. The team, known by their competition name, ‘Makanz’, won first place for their project ‘Hawdag’, in...
Renowned Folklore Singer Asia Madani Passes Away in Egypt
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Feb 17, 2025
Popular folklore singer and percussionist Asia Musa Abdullah Bilal, known professionally as Asia Madani, passed away on 16 February 2025 in Cairo, Egypt after suffering from an undisclosed illness. The funeral is taking place on 17 February...
Backup Dancer Raises Sudan and Palestine Flags at Kendrick Lamar’s NFL Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show
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Feb 10, 2025
During American rapper Kendrick Lamar’s NFL Super Bowl LIX halftime show on 9 February 2025 at the Super Dome in New Orleans, the US, a backup dancer displayed Sudanese and Palestinian flags on stage, highlighting the ongoing...
Sudanese Woman Gives Birth to Quadruplets in Al Gedaref State
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Jan 6, 2025
A Sudanese woman has given birth to quadruplets in Al Gedaref State in southeastern Sudan, reported Al Arabiya news on 5 January 2025. After 40 days of labour and delivery, an unnamed Sudanese woman delivered three...
Sudan: A ‘Two-Currency Country’?
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Dec 23, 2024
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...
Commemorating the December Revolution: The Sixth Anniversary
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Samar Bengawi
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Dec 21, 2024
December has dawned on us, filling millions of Sudanese around the world with nostalgia and longing for Sudan. This time of year never fails to ignite the sense of patriotism and unity within the Sudanese people....
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