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Emergency Reliefs for Sudan
Apr 20, 2023On 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... -
Al Burhan vs Hemedti: Everything You Need to Know
Apr 17, 2023On 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’ Makes History as First Sudanese Film at Cannes
Apr 16, 2023Goodbye 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... -
Amnesty: Pope Francis Should Call on Leaders to Address Impunity
Feb 1, 2023Pope 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... -
South Sudan Prepares for Pope Francis’s First Visit in February
Jan 18, 2023The Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff published the calendar of solemn liturgies, which includes Pope Francis conducting several masses in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan from 31 January to... -
New Sudanese Film ‘Heroic Bodies’ Debuts at IDFA 2022
Jan 3, 2023Heroic Bodies, a new Sudanese documentary film by Sudanese filmmaker Sara Suliman, has made its debut at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2022, one of the leading documentary festivals in the world. صور ومقتطفات من... -
Murder of Sudanese Rapper Rana Bader Aldeen Sparks #JusticeforRana Campaign
Dec 29, 2022Sudanese rapper and dancer Rana Bader Aldeen was found dead in an apartment in Khartoum North (Bahri) on 25 December 2022. She has been dead for approximately 10 days until she was found. She appeared to... -
Equality Now: The Case of Maryam Tiyrab
Dec 27, 2022In July 2022, the story of Maryam Tiyrab, a 20-year-old Sudanese woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, broke out. It was the first known case in the country for almost a decade. She... -
Award-winning Writer Leila Aboulela to Publish New Novel
Dec 27, 2022Award-winning Sudanese-Scottish writer Leila Aboulela is to publish a new novel, River Spirit, on 7 March 2023. The novel explores the imperialist history of Sudan during the Mahdist War in the 19th century. The US edition... -
Sudanese-British Dancer Hamza Yassin Wins Strictly Come Dancing
Dec 19, 2022Strictly Come Dancing star Hamza Ahmed Yassin is the winner of BBC One’s dance competition. Hamza is not only the first Sudanese-British to win the competition, but also the first to compete on the show entirely....