‘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...
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,...
‘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...
On Int’l Day of Peace, calls from eastern Chad and Darfur to end Sudan’s war
Sudanese refugees in camps in eastern Chad, as well as advocacy groups in Darfur, have renewed calls for an end...
South Darfur’s Kalma camp faces food crisis as rains and crops fail
Half of crops have failed in and around Kalma camp, driving food shortages and soaring prices as humanitarian funding declines......
Death sentences for women during Sudan’s war ‘profound failure of justice’
The growing number of harsh sentences handed down to women by courts during Sudan’s war, including death sentences*, represents a...
RSF releases four journalists and lawyer after months in detention in North Darfur
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have released four female journalists and a lawyer in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur,...
El Burhan’s dialogue plan faces tough questions from Sudan’s women leaders
Sudanese women’s leaders and activists are questioning whether army chief and Sovereignty Council chair Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan’s proposed dialogue...
Sudan’s women pay the price as weapons keep flowing — why an arms embargo is crucial to protecting them
The US proposal to expand the arms embargo on Darfur to cover all of Sudan is raising questions about how...
Displaced in South Darfur shelters face critical humanitarian conditions
The emergency room and health centres in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, warn of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in several...
Sudan: Verdict due today in Sennar ‘Virgin’ case as appeal court upholds prison term and fine for mother
Report by Suleiman Siri for Radio Dabanga The Sennar Court of Appeal, sitting at the city’s court complex under Judge...
South Darfur hospital closure leaves pregnant women dying on road to care
By Abdelmoneim Madibu for Radio Dabanga The journey taken by three women from Rahad Al-Bardi locality in South Darfur to...
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