Opinion and Analysis
Op-ed: Performing refugeehood – How will Sudanese navigate Egypt’s incoming asylum system?
By Joseph A. Owens for Radio Dabanga Egypt has slowly whittled down its commitments to the 1951 Refugee Convention. And now we wait for the...
Counterfeiting compels Central Bank of Sudan to withdraw old SDG500 bills
Sudan’s central bank is withdrawing SDG500 notes issued in 2023 or earlier, with an economist linking the move to counterfeiting and warning of its inflationary...
‘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...
International Involvement
Rights activist: Ceasefire top priority for Sudan’s women
Sudanese women’s rights activist Naemat Koko says a comprehensive ceasefire is essential to protect lives, ensure unrestricted humanitarian access, and allow Sudan’s civilians to determine...
UN human rights chief: ‘Sudan drone strikes killed 306 in three weeks’
The UN Human Rights Office documented hundreds of deaths and injuries in October, with attacks attributed to both sides hitting displacement sites, markets, hospitals, and...
Intensive int’l and UN efforts to end Sudan war
A Geneva meeting involving 21 countries has highlighted immediate confidence-building measures, including prisoner exchanges and coordination over Sudan’s secondary school examinations, as diplomatic efforts seek...
Features
Sudanese-Armenian archivists fight erasure and keep their history alive for generations to come
Feature by Sara Bass for Radio Dabanga Sudanahye is a Sudanese-Armenian archival project launched just after the war’s outset in April 2023 and is building...
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...
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