On Saturday, 15 April 2023, fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti). Clashes between the two forces continue, leaving many casualties and...

On Saturday, 15 April 2023, fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary force led by General Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti). Clashes between the two forces continue, leaving many casualties and...

Goodbye Julia, the debut feature from Sudanese filmmaker Mohamed Kordofani, has been selected to screen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival 2023 or Festival de Cannes in the Un Certain Regard section, a milestone for Sudan, marking the country’s...

Sudanese American Medical Association (SAMA) is set to launch Art for Sudan on 29 April 2023, selling canvas paintings by Sudanese artists online and at Downtown Gallery. ‘Art, knowledge and health bring people together and promote...

Sudanese Arabic is a beautiful dialect, yet it is almost unknown to the outside world. Even to some who are of Sudanese descent, but grew up in a different country the language may be foreign. Virtually...

South Sudan became the world’s youngest country after seceding from Sudan in 2011 and has since struggled to overcome a multitude of challenges. Conflict, climate change and a continuing economic crisis, and the global food crisis, continue to...

Sudan is one of the poorest countries in the world with at least 40% of its citizens living below the poverty line. The country has struggled with decades-long civil conflict and rampant government corruption, which has...

A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. Weaving a sweeping history of...

Pope Francis is visiting the DRC from 31 January to 3 February, and South Sudan from 3 to 5 February. The last visit by a pope to the DRC, Africa’s largest Catholic nation, was 38 years...

Sudan is home to many cultural, language and education centres whether Sudanese, British, American, German, Turkish and more, providing visitors educational, professional and cultural services. Here are some of Sudan’s best and most popular cultural, language...