ع
Sections
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
Regions
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
More
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • Newsletter

LATEST ISSUE

Latest Issue
Magazine Archive
النسخة العربية
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Tag
  • Sudan

Ishag Abdullah Khatir, 30, from Geneina in West Sudan, whose leg was amputated after RSF soldiers shot him, poses for a portrait on April 20, 2024, in Adre, Chad. Getty

Foreign meddling in Sudan's war is only part of the problem

The country has all the ingredients that enflame tensions: acute social inequality, an unformed national identity and myriad ethnic groups, all of which were exacerbated by colonial rule

Sergey Eledinov 22 August 2025
A child looks outside from a train window as Sudanese families displaced by conflict return home voluntarily from Egypt to Sudan, on a special train, Cairo July 21, 2025. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

Going where? Sudan's illusory new 'Government of Peace'

The formation of a parallel government in Sudan is not the beginning of a solution, but the deepening of a moral and political crisis

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 03 August 2025
UN special representative Volker Perthes addresses the media in Khartoum on 10 January 2022 to announce that the United Nations will launch talks to help Sudan. A year later, the country descended into civil war. Ashraf Shazly/AFP via Getty Images

Volker Perthes: fragmentation and stalemate awaits Sudan

In a wide-ranging interview, the German scholar and former UN envoy offers a sobering assessment of the conflict's trajectory.

Ibrahim Hamidi 12 July 2025
Al Majalla

The 'New Generation' writers bringing Sudan's rich culture to younger audiences

New novels and debutant publishing houses have defied the terrible toll of conflict, making a significant contribution to Sudan's rich literary scene

Mansour Al-Souaim 28 January 2025

Sudan faces starvation crisis of historic proportions

Fares Garabet 23 January 2025
Sudanese novelist Hammour Ziada.

Sudanese author Hammour Ziada on embracing the surreal

The award-winning novelist who was forced into exile has a new book in the works, but with the horrors of war in his homeland still unfurling, this latest offering is different, he tells Al Majalla

Abeer Younis 10 December 2024
Relic with queen Amanishakheto and her name in Meroitic hieroglyphs, 1st century BC, sandstone, from Pyramid 6, Meroe, Sudan in the Berlin Ägyptisches Museum. Wikicommons

Looting Sudan: From an ancient queen’s jewels to present day

Since Sudan's civil war began in April 2023, the world has focused on the fighting, humanitarian impact, and ceasefire efforts, yet all the while, Sudan's cultural heritage was being looted. Again.

Tarig Hassan Abusalih 20 October 2024
In this file photo taken on June 8, 2022 Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces commander, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti), now de facto deputy military leader, attends a meeting in Khartoum. AFP

Behind Hemedti's charge against Egypt lies an admission of defeat

The head of the Rapid Support Forces blames Cairo for his militia's recent heavy losses south of Khartoum. Al Majalla offers several explanations for Hemedti's finger-wagging.

Amr Emam 19 October 2024
UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett meets with refugee students during a visit to Gorum refugee camp in South Sudan, on July 10, 2023. Reuters

Shocking testimony emerges of systematic rape in Sudan

Women and girls caught in a wave of appalling sexual violence in the country's civil war tell their stories as international human rights groups and on-the-ground organisations warn of the danger

Hadil Arja 11 October 2024
Sudanese refugees who fled violence in the Darfur region arrived on the backs of their donkeys in search of a place for temporary settlement, near the border between Sudan and Chad. AFP

Why traditional approaches to protecting civilians in Sudan aren't working

Establishing military peacekeeping missions has always been a fraught process, triggering discussions on sovereignty. But the Sudanese people need our help now before it's too late.

Amgad Fareid Eltayeb 20 September 2024
  •  Load More
  • Popular
  • Editor's Pick
Reuters-Al Majalla
Politics

Six factors shaping Trump’s calculus on Iran

27 January 2026

From a US military build-up in the region to Trump's growing unpopularity at home, several factors could influence his decision on whether or not to attack

Brian Katulis
A salesman displays gold chains, at Jos Alukkas jewellery store in Bengaluru on 17 September 2025. Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP
Business & Economy

Gold hits record high of $5,100 as traders seek safety

27 January 2026

Investors' flight into precious metals is symptomatic of the economic upheaval and uncertainty being causes by US President Donald Trump and his trade wars

Mohamed Sharki
Al Majalla
Politics

'Gaza has broken every record of modern warfare'

23 January 2026

Former Médecins Sans Frontières president Rony Brauman explains to Al Majalla how Israel's war on Gaza has produced unprecedented suffering and exposed the collapse of international law

Elie Kossaifi
Opinion

Four miscalculations by the SDF

26 January 2026

Recent events do not mean the end of the SDF as a local actor, but rather the end of a political chapter built on outdated assumptions. The next chapter will be more fluid and unpredictable.

Ibrahim Hamidi
Lebanese pop star Haifa Wehbe performs during the Batroun International Festival in the coastal city of Batroun, north of Beirut. ANWAR AMRO / AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Lebanon finds an anthem out of the reach of drones

26 January 2026

The economy is a mess and the politics are askew but the Lebanese are once again learning how to celebrate, these days to the tune of Badna Nrou, meaning 'We need to calm down'

Samer Abou Hawwach

Sign up for the Weekly Newsletter

Get the best of Al Majalla, straight to your inbox.

Your newsletter subscriptions are subject to Al Majalla privacy policy and terms and conditions.

OPINIONS

Gold hits record high of $5,100 as traders seek safety

Mohamed Sharki
Mohamed Sharki

Six factors shaping Trump’s calculus on Iran

Brian Katulis
Brian Katulis

Four miscalculations by the SDF

Ibrahim Hamidi
Ibrahim Hamidi

Greenland: the frozen Arctic island that Trump wants

Al Majalla - London
Al Majalla - London
MORE FROM OPINIONS
logo
  • Politics
  • Culture & Social Affairs
  • Business & Economy
  • Science & Technology
  • Documents & Memoirs
  • Gulf
  • MENA
  • Europe
  • USA
  • Asia
  • World
  • Videos
  • Cartoons
  • World in photos
  • Infographics
  • Profiles
  • About Al Majalla
  • Al Majalla Team
  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
logo

© Al Majalla Magazine. All Rights Reserved.

0:00:00
0:00:00