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A Sudanese farmer cultivates henna amidst water shortages in El-Damer in the Nile River State.  By - (AFP)

Sudanese women hold fast to threatened henna body art

Sep 18, 2026 | Sudan

Inside a beauty salon in northern Sudan, a woman in a striped dress sat patiently as henna artist Najwa Mubarak painted ...

Sep 17, 2026 | Sudan

Journalist and author Zeinab Badawi, whose history of Africa has sold more than 110,000 copies, is turning her attention ...

Sep 16, 2026 | Sudan

A gold mine collapse killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan, a medical group and survivors said Wednesday. ...

Sep 8, 2026 | Sudan

A drone strike blamed on Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces killed 13 people outside a courthouse in the army-hel ...

Sep 6, 2026 | Sudan

The series, which was awarded a World Press Photo prize earlier this year, is made up of images captured between 2020 an ...

Sep 3, 2026 | Sudan

Foreign fighters and support networks are fuelling the conflict in Sudan and worsening violence against civilians, a UN- ...

Aug 25, 2026 | Sudan

The Darfur arms embargo, which has been in place for more than two decades, is set to expire on 12 September if a new ag ...

Aug 24, 2026 | Sudan

The United States proposed at the UN on Monday to expand an arms embargo on the Sudanese region of Darfur to cover all o ...

Aug 22, 2026 | Sudan

Along the bone-dry riverbanks of the Nile in Sudan, farmers struggle to pull water to their crops. Others gather to pray ...

Aug 9, 2026 | Sudan

Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for humanitarian corridors to be opened for civilians caught up in a conflict in Sudan which ...

Aug 3, 2026 | Sudan

Hundreds of Ethiopians from the northern Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan over the past two days, flee ...

Aug 3, 2026 | Sudan

Rights group Emergency Lawyers said the attack hit civilians gathered for local court hearings, wounding several others ...

Aug 3, 2026 | Sudan

The Sudanese army on Sunday struck a traditional court in western Darfur with drones, killing 35 people and wounding oth ...