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  • Sudan Mourns Death of Prominent Opposition Leader Ali Mahmoud Hassanein

    by - May 24, 2019
    Prominent opposition leader, Ali Mahmoud Hassanein, has passed away in Sudan early morning on Friday, 24 May at the age of 85. The cause of death is yet to be determined. #السودان #سونا| المجلس العسكري ينعى فقيد البلاد الأستاذ...
  • Migration: Young, Gifted and African

    by - May 23, 2019
    If we want to hold on to our young, dynamic and determined youth, we need to give them the right incentives to stay or risk them leaving the continent behind. When statistics tell us that more...
  • The Attacks of 13 May

    by - May 22, 2019
    On 19 May, the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Alliance of Freedom and Change gathered around the table, after a 72-hour long period of suspending negotiations, to resume negotiations to determine or finalise an interim...
  • Outrage After Arab TV Racist Portrayal of Sudanese People

    by - May 14, 2019
    Egyptian actress Shimaa Seif has faced backlash after appearing on a Ramadan TV prank show, “Elshak2labaz”, on MBC Masr in blackface in a demeaning imitation of a Sudanese woman. Dressed in the Sudanese toub, Seif attempts to...
  • Sudan Uprising: Ramadan Inside Al Qeyada

    by - May 7, 2019
    As May arrived, carrying in its winds the smell of Abrai and voices of Imaams praying taraweeh, marking the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan, the protesters welcome and are eager to greet May and...
  • Inside Al Qeyada

    by - May 5, 2019
    The Sudanese uprising begin on 19 December 2018 and continues to this day. The protests began in smaller numbers in cities outside the capital and found their way in larger numbers in Khartoum and across the...
  • On Governance and Institutions in Sudan

    by - May 1, 2019
    Now that the old king has been overthrown, will Sudan’s institutions survive a new one? After long 30 years and four continuous months of peaceful anti-government protests, Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir was overthrown on 11...
  • World Autism Month: Autism in Africa

    by - Apr 30, 2019
    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...
  • Cofftea Awards Boys of Viral ‘Shai’ Song

    by - Apr 29, 2019
    Cofftea Trading Co Ltd, a leading tea and coffee company in Sudan, has awarded the three young men who went viral for a street song they came up with to encourage protesters to have tea in...
  • South Sudanese Veteran Journalist Alfred Taban Dies at 62

    by - Apr 28, 2019
    One of the most well-known South Sudanese journalists, Alfred Taban Logune, died on Saturday, 27 April, 2019 at the age of 62. The veteran journalist turned politician died in Uganda where he has been hospitalised for months...