‘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...
University of Khartoum counts cost of Sudan war as 71% of academics remain abroad, infrastructure destroyed
More than seven in 10 academics at the University of Khartoum remain outside Sudan, while the war has destroyed or...
UN vote gives Africa rightful size on world map
An African-led campaign against the dominance and ‘cartographic colonialism’ of the Mercator projection of the world map has won overwhelming...
Khartoum (2025): Sudanese filmmakers turn war into intimate portraits
By Sara Bass for Radio Dabanga Drawing from footage shot in Sudan and Nairobi since 2022, four Sudanese filmmakers use...
Sudan timeline April-June 2026: Struggles toward ceasefire fail amid El Obeid violence
The second quarter of 2026 comes to a close with the United Nations and other international bodies warning of another...
Rare images of Sudan war reap Africa laurels in 2026 World Press Photo Contest
Syrian-French photojournalist Abdulmonam Eassa has been named as one of the winners in the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, for...
Eid Mubarak
The Dabanga team wishes our listeners, readers, viewers, and all Muslims in the world, a blessed Eid El Fitr. Our...
International Women’s Day: ‘Women’s involvement in Sudan’s peace processes, negotiations, and ending the war, a fundamental requirement’
Report by Fatima Burima for Radio Dabanga As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Sunday, March 8, Sudanese marked...
Free Press Awards 2025: Sudanese war reporter wins Newcomer of the Year
Sudanese journalist Almigdad Hassan has been named as Newcomer of the Year, at the Free Press Awards 2025, which were...
Sudanese artist Yasser Ali… ‘Paintings that resist war’
Report by Hind Ramadan for Radio Dabanga On the walls of his studio in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, hang stories...
570 stolen antiquities recovered in Sudan
Sudan’s Ministry of Culture, Information, and Tourism has confirmed the recovery of 570 stolen Sudanese antiquities, coinciding with the passage...
Sudan timeline October-December 2025: ‘A collective failure’ to end a brutal war
Sudan’s battlefield map shifts significantly in the second half of 2025, marking one of the most notable territorial changes since...
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