Opinion and Analysis
‘Cinema keeps that memory alive’: Suzannah Mirghani on Cotton Queen and Sudanese cinema
Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani’s debut feature Cotton Queen (2025) follows Nafisa, a teenage girl growing up in a cotton-farming village where stories of Sudan’s colonial...
‘Accusation against women in Sudan of ‘collaboration’ needs clearer definition’
The head of Sudan’s Women and Child Advisory Council, Salimi Ishaq Sharif, has said accusations of ‘collaboration’ brought against a number of detained women in...
Bank of Sudan’s banking sector reform strategy faces range of challenges, led by digital transformation
By Suleiman Siri for Radio Dabanga The Central Bank of Sudan has announced a new five-year strategic plan covering 2026 to 2030, aimed at conducting...
International Involvement
UN Human Rights Council extends mandate of Sudan fact-finding mission
The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan for another year. The resolution...
El Alamein declaration backs Sudan-led political process
Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia reaffirm Sudan’s sovereignty, reject parallel entities, and call for a Sudanese-led political process and stronger regional cooperation. The countries have...
Sudan WFP aid convoy attack draws widespread condemnation
The deadly bombing of World Food Programme (WFP) trucks in South Kordofan, in which a driver was killed, has drawn widespread condemnation from Sudanese civil...
Features
Amnesty researcher: ‘Sudan’s children face recruitment, sexual violence, and lasting trauma’
Children in North Darfur have been recruited by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), subjected to sexual violence and left facing the effects of starvation and...
‘Cinema keeps that memory alive’: Suzannah Mirghani on Cotton Queen and Sudanese cinema
Sudanese-Russian filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani’s debut feature Cotton Queen (2025) follows Nafisa, a teenage girl growing up in a cotton-farming village where stories of Sudan’s colonial...
‘Accusation against women in Sudan of ‘collaboration’ needs clearer definition’
The head of Sudan’s Women and Child Advisory Council, Salimi Ishaq Sharif, has said accusations of ‘collaboration’ brought against a number of detained women in...
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