Al Jazeera English | Sudan tribes wrestle in greeting | 26 August 2007
The Baqqara Tribes of central Sudan mark the end of the cattle herding season with celebrations, including wrestling matches. Rawya Rageh reports for Al Jazeera on the tradition.
Al Jazeera English | Heart of Darfur: Arab Nomads | 17 Aug 2007
All this week we’ve been bringing you a series of reports about the Darfur you didn’t know. Now Mohammed Vall follows the trail of the nomadic Arabs of Darfur. They are sometimes wrongfully characterised as Janjaweed, the government backed militia involved in much of the violence of the past 4 years. But as Mohammed discovered, the Rizegat Bedouin are themselves struggling to preserve their way of life in a region torn apart by the conflict.
Friday 12 November 2010 Juba, Southern Sudan, 10 November, 2010 - Arts and Crafts Exhibition composed of Children’s work will be held from 12th to 14th November 2010 at Roots Project in Juba, Southern Sudan. The exhibition is a collection of art pieces created (...)
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June 7, 2008 — June the 7th is a sad day in Sudan. It might as well be a sad day for lovers of the Sudanese songs and music in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, Chad, Uganda, Kenya, and the rest of the world. This is a day (...)
Monday 6 December 2010 By Julius N. Uma
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Saturday 29 November 2003 by Anthony Morland
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Thursday 21 March 2013 ‘Remember Sudan’
Art Exhibition
Thursday 11th April at 7pm
Swiss Church, 79 Endell St, London, WC2H 9DY, near Covent Garden
The exhibition features a unique collection of drawings by children living in Sudanese refugee camps, (...)
Thursday 10 March 2011 By Philip Thon Aleu
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Thursday 20 December 2012 By Magdi El Gizouli
December 19, 2012 — Hawa Jah al-Rasool, better known as Hawa al-Tagtaga, passed away on 10 December in Khartoum. Born around 1924 in northern Kordofan Hawa moved to the capital at the tender age of 14 years to begin (...)
Saturday 19 March 2011 March 18, 2011 (JUBA) – The Southern Sudan 2011 Taskforce, which is charged with the responsibility to prepare the South Sudan government for post-independence governance, on Thursday approved the proposed national anthem for the (...)
Tuesday 17 August 2004 By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer
CAIRO, Egypt, Aug 16, 2004 (AP) — For the Sudanese swaying to the beat at a concert in Egypt, the singer from their troubled homeland brought a reminder that music can bring people together. (...)
Thursday 24 March 2005 KHARTOUM, Mar 23, 2005 (SUNA) — The Federal Ministry of Education has decided to teach the English language as from the first year in the base level instead of the fifth year, starting from July this academic year.
Within this context, (...)
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