2020 has almost come to an end and this year we lost many extraordinary characters that helped shape Sudan in one way or another. As the world mourned the loss of America politician Colin Powell, American...

Ten of thousands of Sudanese in Khartoum and outside of Khartoum continue to protest the coup and Al Burhan and Hamdok agreement by joining a Millions March on 19 December towards Sudan’s President Palace in Khartoum....

Dr Abe Manase Lori is haunted by the memory of a 45-year-old patient who succumbed to COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic in South Sudan. ‘This was a time when we ran out of resources…It...

500 Words Magazine relaunched on 1 October 2018, publishing articles, covering a variety of topics such as culture and tradition, music, arts, beauty and fashion, travel, architecture, healthcare, politics, business and economy, and more. 500 Words Magazine has...

Well-known academic and human rights activist Balqis Badri received the ‘Pioneering Arab Woman Award’ at the Takreem 2021 awards ceremony organised by the Arab Union in Beirut, Lebanon on Friday, 3 December 2021. The Takreem Foundation...

One of Sudan’s greatest icons, distinguished singer, poet, songwriter and composer Abdel Karim Al Kabli has passed away on 2 December 2021, at the age of 89, after battling an illness in the US where he...

Sudan is set to play against Algeria, Egypt and Lebanon at the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™, which is taking place in Qatar from 30 November and 18 December 2021. The opening ceremony was highly-received, which included jaw-dropping...

Google Doodle celebrates Sudanese-Libyan writer Muhammed Al Fayturi on 24 November 2021 – on what would have been his 85th birthday. The writer, poet, playwright and ambassador died in Rabat, Morocco in 2015. Widely revered as a...

Hundreds of thousands are preparing for a Millions March, dubbed as the “Millions March for the Martyrs”, on Thursday, 25 November 2021 to honour those who have been killed by military forces in anti-coup protests since...

After a military coup, led by General Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, took place on 25 October 2021, millions of protesters took to the streets on a ‘Millions March’ on 30 October to condemn the coup. According...