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Sudan 2024: The Year in Review
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 30, 2024As with 2023, 2024 was another catastrophic year in Sudan and across the world. War and conflict continues to ravage the world. The reignited Israel-Hamas war has left more than 43,000 people killed, in addition to... -
South Sudan 2024: The Year in Review
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 30, 2024War and conflict continues to ravage the world. The reignited Israel-Hamas war has left more than 43,000 people killed, in addition to 103,258 wounded, most of whom are children and women, and more than 1.9 million... -
Sudan: A ‘Two-Currency Country’?
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 23, 2024The 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... -
South Sudanese Legislator Deng Goc Dies Aged 58
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 18, 2024Well-known South Sudanese legislator and member of parliament, representing Renk County of Upper Nile state, Deng Goc, has passed away on 16 December 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya at the age 58 due to an illness. Goc... -
South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network Recognises South Sudanese Human Rights Defenders
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 12, 2024South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network (SSHRDN) recognised outstanding South Sudanese human rights defenders on the third edition of the South Sudan Human Rights Defenders Network Awards (SSHRDN) Human Rights Defenders (HRD) on the occasion of... -
Elmiene Releases “For The Deported” EP Honouring Sudan
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 12, 2024British-Sudanese singer Elmiene released his full EP, For The Deported, a six-track project that honours his Sudanese heritage through both music and lyrics, on 6 December 2024. The EP opens with “The Deported”, which he released with... -
BBC Recognises Two Sudanese Women Among World’s 100 Most Inspiring and Influential Women
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 4, 2024Two Sudanese women, Hala Al Karib, a Sudanese women’s rights activist and Regional Director of Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network, and Dr Safa Ali, an obstetrician and consultant in obstetrics... -
The DJs of Sudan
by 500 Words Magazine - Dec 4, 2024Sudanese music is slowly taking the world stage, whether its common Sudanese songs such as Shokralla Ezeldin’s “Sharee’ Al Neel” (Nile Street), or contemporary Sudanese songs such as Mazmars and Seidosimba’s “MaMuhim” (Not Important). Playing a... -
TIME Features Photos from Sudan in TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2024
by 500 Words Magazine - Nov 28, 2024TIME has selected the top 100 photos of 2024, including two photos from Sudan. One of a crowd cheering for the Sudanese military during a demonstration in Omdurman; another of Sudanese women and children registering as refugees in... -
‘Sudan, Remember Us’ Receives Audience Award at Ajyal Film Festival 2024
by 500 Words Magazine - Nov 24, 2024‘Sudan, Remember Us’, a powerful documentary, which captures a jubilant moment of defiance among young Sudanese activists after the overthrow of a long dictatorship, and then chronicles the military crackdown that followed, by French-Tunisian journalist Hind...