Society

In Sudan, the documented and undocumented cases of sexual violence, abuse and assault are many. Although in recent years, many rape cases came to light, it wasn’t until the revolution and mass sit-in in Al Qeyada...

In 1969, Malaysia held its first parliamentary elections in which opposition parties including the Democratic Action Party (DAP) – a multi-racial party – recorded notable gains at the expense of the ruling Alliance Party, a political...

Since December 2018, Sudan has witnessed a revolution that brought millions of people to the streets across the country, calling for ‘Freedom, Peace, Justice. Revolution is the choice of the people’. The protests, triggered by the...

On 31 January 1995, soldiers employed by the central government of Sudan attacked an Otoro village located in South Kordofan. The onslaught happened amid the conflict between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese...

When we look back at our pasts, we construct a narrative about it. In this manner, narrative becomes a process of making sense of the unfolding of our lives. When we look back, we tell a...

To my people for whom freedom is imminent, You have done yourselves proud. In seven months, you have gathered together and determined to remain steadfast in your united goal for freedom, substituting the walls of your...

Since 6 April, Sudan has been witnessing the largest and longest sit-in in Sudanese history with at least five million protesters camping at the headquarters of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Khartoum. On 11 April,...

On 2 March 2019, students at the women-only Ahfad University for Women (AUW) in Omdurman, Sudan, staged a peaceful, musical sit-in within their campus as part of the ongoing anti-government protests in Sudan. Sitting in a circle,...

The endless lines outside bakeries and petrol stations seem to suggest a purposeful naivety to dire economic and politics woes. The Kafkaesque bureaucratic systems that requires an element of nepotism to vitalise it into animation. The...

Over the years, I have learnt to embrace myself as a person. My abilities, my ethnicity, my sexual orientation, etc. I have also learnt adaptability from experience and life challenges. I still struggle with a lot...