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Reminiscing About Sudan in Movies: Lost Past, Misunderstood Present and Perplexing Future
Elmiene Releases “For The Deported” EP Honouring Sudan
The DJs of Sudan
Books
Reem Gaafar’s “A Mouth Full of Salt” Coming Out on 9 April
Zeinab Badawi Announces Publication of Her First Book “An African History of Africa”
New Book “100 Sudanese Verbs for Beginners” is All You Need to Master Verbs in Sudanese Arabic
Creative Writing
In Her First Book, Roaa Nizar Writes ‘To All Who Exist’
On What it Means to be Sudani: An Introspection
Crying for Omar
Photography
‘Modern Sudan’ Photography Competition Launched
‘Sudan Protests’: Regional Winner of the 2022 World Press Photo Contest
Introducing Food Stylist Thuraya Mahmoud
Society
Colourism and Skin Bleaching in South Sudan
Modesty in Sudan | Part III: Facing Patriarchal Power
The Natural Hair Movement in Sudan
Travel
Countries South Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Countries Sudanese Can Travel to Visa-free
Atbara: The Cradle of the Sudan Uprising
Interviews
Tahani Ajak: The Unknown Helping Hand of Sudan’s Refugee Camps
Interview with Reem Gaafar, The First Sudanese to Win The Island Prize for African Novels
Ghost Season: A Debut Novel By Fatin Abbas
Foreigners’ Perspective
From Nimiti Paradise to Sand Dunes Dreamland
Five Things I Miss About Sudan
Sudan: A Home Away from Home
Science and Technology
Culture and Society in South Sudan in the Face of Climate Change
A Surgeon’s Legacy: Remembering Dr Isam Osman
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Technology
Introducing Pesabase: Revolutionising Sending Money to South Sudan
Shakheto: Sudanese Team at 2023 Hult Prize Challenge
Blockchain for Cross-border Remittances in Sudan: A Humanitarian Approach
Health
Remembering Dr Bushra Ibnauf
B’Sarahah: New Initiative Tackling Mental Health in Sudan
Period Poverty in Sudan
Business and Economy
Videos
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Traditional Sudanese Names
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500 Words Magazine
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Jul 19, 2022
Having a baby and looking to name your child a name that is purely Sudanese? Here is a list to help you choose a name for your little one. Most Sudanese names are of Arab or...
21 October: Why It’s A Significant Date for Sudan
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500 Words Magazine
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Oct 22, 2021
On 21 October 2021, hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in a ‘Million March’ across Sudan to demonstrate their support for a civilian rule and objecting to a military rule. This was in...
2020: A Year of Exceptionally Unfortunate Events?
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Tony Malik
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Jul 3, 2020
In December 2018, Sudanese citizens rose against the authoritarian regime of former Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir, who ruled Sudan for nearly 30 years. On 11 April 2019, the revolution succeeded in toppling Al Bashir when...
A Letter of Solidarity and Resilience to Sudan’s Youth
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Azza Abdelmagid
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Aug 22, 2019
It has been eight months since the Sudanese revolution began. It’s been months full of ups and downs, and positives and negatives. Feelings of excitement, power and hopefulness met with depression, desperation and helplessness. It has...
New Sudanese Ruling Body Sworn in
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500 Words Magazine
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Aug 22, 2019
A new prime minister and a sovereign council have been sworn on Wednesday, 21 August 2019, marking a new era in Sudan, following nearly nine months of anti-government protests which forced the military removal of former...
Everything You Need To Know About Sudan Right Now: Part II
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Afnan Hassab
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Apr 16, 2019
On 11 April, Defense Minister, Awad Ibn Auf announced the ousting of Omar Al Bashir and the formation of a new transitional Military Council. Ibn Auf was then sworn in as de facto ruler of the Military...
World Happiness Report: South Sudan and Sudan
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500 Words Magazine
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Mar 22, 2019
The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network released its annual World Happiness Report on 20 March, revealing the world’s happiest and least happy countries in 2019. Finland has once again been ranked as the happiest country in the world,...
Atbara: The Cradle of the Sudan Uprising
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Yusra Jamal and Rawan Abazer
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Jan 21, 2019
It all began on 19 December 2018 in the eastern city of Atbara, the first city to take to the streets in protest of a hike in bread prices. Soon, they began to call for the...
Sudan: My Somewhere Else
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Zee Zahnur
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Oct 22, 2018
People believe that paradise is always somewhere else. Sudan is my somewhere else. I was born and grew up in a small village in Java, Indonesia where the mountains are blue and the lands are green....
Sudan: The Misfortunate Land
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Saria El-Amin
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Oct 9, 2018
I have always hated farewells at the airport. Every time, it was someone’s turn to leave Sudan, to make a living and provide for their family. It is someone’s turn to earn a life worth living, to...
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