Mental Health

A new initiative called B’Sarahah has launched, which is an online platform to provide a community hub for Sudanese with mental health disorders. B’Sarahah Initiative was established in 2022 by 23-year-old Samah Hashim Musa Hashim, who...

From salt water foot soaks, bath bombs and scented candles to getting yourself out of bed in the morning or opening a savings account, the term self-care describes a broad spectrum of various activities. As our...

Sudan is one of the first countries in Africa and the Middle East to offer mental health services. Dr Al-Tigany Al-Mahy is one of the first psychiatrist in the region. He graduated in 1935 from Kitchener...

Mental health has been a crucial topic in recent years. It’s even more crucial today as the world deals with a pandemic leaving people locked away in their homes as an attempt to curb the spread...

With April coming to an end, the world is completing four months and entering a fifth month of battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The global outbreak has been an ordeal for health workers and medical professionals as...

COVID-19 has affected more than 200 countries and territories with more than 1.2 million confirmed cases, and at least 70,500 confirmed deaths. Cities are on lockdown, travel is banned, and people are asked to stay at...

COVID-19 made life a mess. It was the early work from home days. Restaurants were still accepting patrons. A Sudanese friend called me, frantic, begging to meet in person. I broke social distancing protocol because it...

Since the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) reached a power-sharing agreement on 5 June 2019, a much-needed grace period came into effect after eight months of ongoing protests – although protests...

According to Autism Speaks, a non-profit which was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright and grandparents to a child with autism, autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a broad range of conditions characterised...

Have you ever wondered how many decisions we take every day? Why is it that sometimes we take the wrong decision despite better judgment? And could the number of decisions we take every day influence their...