‘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...
‘Drone strike on El Obeid shelter kills boy, wounds 12 children’
A drone strike on a shelter for internally displaced people in El Obeid, North Kordofan, late on Thursday reportedly killed...
Women’s groups report widespread sexual violence and detention across Sudan
Arabic report by Sarah Taj-Elsir, translated and adapted by the English newsdesk Women’s rights groups have reported widespread sexual violence,...
Centre for Humanitarian Change: Darfur faces deepening humanitarian crisis as rains fail
Darfur is facing a potentially devastating humanitarian crisis after the 2026 rainy season failed across much of the region, according...
Abyei market reopens after deadly Sudan-South Sudan border violence
Community peace committees representing the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya have agreed to reopen the Amiet Common Market in Abyei region...
Sudan foreign minister attacks external intervention at UN
Sudan’s Foreign Minister Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim urged the international community to halt the flow of weapons, ammunition and fighters...
RSF drones strike El Gezira fuel depot as both sides report shootdowns
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces drones struck the Umm Alila fuel depot east of Wad Madani in El Gezira early on...
US and Sudan trade statements over legitimacy and peace efforts
The United States and Sudan have traded statements over Washington’s rejection of both sides of Sudan’s war as legitimate constitutional...
Somoud anti-war forces call on UN Security Council for immediate truce in Sudan
Civilian forces opposed to the war in Sudan have called on the UN secretary-general and members of the Security Council...
Civilians flee North Kordofan as fighting escalates
Civilians are fleeing the Hamrat El Sheikh locality of North Kordofan as military operations intensify, with the Emergency Lawyers Group...
Sudan: Six killed, dozens injured in Red Sea mine collapse
At least six artisanal miners have been killed and dozens injured after four mining shafts collapsed at the Oni El...
At least 26 killed, 82 injured in Sudan-South Sudan border violence
At least 26 people were killed and 82 injured in deadly violence at the Amiet Common Market in the Abyei...
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