Sudan News
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Sudan Ranked 5th Most Miserable Country in the World
Jun 14, 2023Sudan has ranked as the fifth most miserable country in the world in Steve Hanke’s Annual Misery Index (HAMI) with inflation listed as the major contributing factor, and a misery index score of 176.1. The annual... -
Why Are Sudanese Changing their Profile Pictures to a White Background with a Black Line?
Jun 11, 2023Many social media users have changed their profile pictures to a picture with a white background with a thick horizontal black line in the middle. This is part of a social media campaign to bring awareness... -
Egypt Imposes New Visa Restrictions on Sudanese Nationals
Jun 11, 2023Sudanese nationals arriving to Egypt are now required to have a visa issued before entering Egypt, effective from 10 June 2023. An official statement was released on 10 June 2023, the new regulations were imposed as... -
ICRC and UNICEF Evacuate Children from Maygoma Orphanage
Jun 10, 2023More than 280 children and 70 caretakers from the Maygoma Orphanage have been evacuated from Khartoum to a safer location outside the capital on 7 June 2023, due to the ongoing heavy combat between the Sudanese... -
Sudan Animal Rescue Launches Emergency Appeal
Jun 9, 2023Sudan Animal Rescue, the country’s first animal shelter, has launched an emergency appeal, calling for urgent aid help relocate their animals outside of Khartoum, due to the ongoing fighting in Sudan. On 15 April 2023, fighting... -
Daniel Caesar’s New Music Video for “Toronto 2014” Features Clips from Sudan
Jun 6, 2023Canadian R&B singer and songwriter Daniel Caesar released the official music video of his new song, “Toronto 2014”, on 30 May 2023, featuring Sudanese-Canadian poet, singer, songwriter Mustafa The Poet and clips of their trip to Sudan... -
Sudanese-American Iman Abuzeid Among Forbes’s America’s Richest Self-Made Women 2023
Jun 5, 2023Iman Abuzeid, a Sudanese-American physician and entrepreneur, has been named one of America’s Richest Self-Made Women 2023 by Forbes. The annual list was released on 1 June 2023 with the 76-year-old businesswoman and billionaire Diane Hendricks... -
‘Goodbye Julia’ Receives Freedom Prize at Cannes Film Festival 2023
May 28, 2023Goodbye Julia, the debut feature film by Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kodofani, has received the Freedom Prize, a milestone for Sudan, making history as the first Sudanese film to receive an award at the Cannes Film Festival.... -
‘Goodbye Julia’ Historic Debut at Cannes Film Festival 2023
May 22, 2023Goodbye Julia, the debut feature from Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, has received praise from international filmmakers and critics who attended the screening of the film at the Théâtre Claude Debussy at the Cannes Film Festival 2023 or Festival de Cannes. The... -
On-Demand Ride-Hailing Apps in Sudan
May 21, 2023When the American ride-hailing service application Uber first launched in 2009, it revolutionised the transportation system around the world, inspiring many versions of the application or apps in various parts of the world. Although Uber is...