Ataui Deng, a Sudanese model who has worked with some of the world’s top designers, has gone missing in New York, police said Monday. Deng, 22, measures 6 feet, one inch (1.85 meters) and weighs…
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No dream job: Khartoum’s walking department store
The Sudanese man with an armful of battery-powered wall clocks pushes one through the taxi’s open window. His head follows. “For you, a good price,” he tells the passenger. “How many dollars?” he asks expectantly,…
Spotlight: The Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery in Sudan
“The right to receive proper healthcare is a universal right,” says Dr. Gino Strada a cardiac surgeon. The Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery is run by “Emergency,” an Italian medical charity co-founded by Dr. Gino…
Africa Movie Academy Awards ’13 deadline extended
The organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards have extended the deadline for receiving film entries to January 31, 2013. Tony Anih, the Executive Secretary of AMAA, says this extension is aimed at giving filmmakers…
Kwani? Litfest 2012 Conversations with the Horn
(Kate Hampton) The fourth biennial Kwani? Litfest kicked off on Sunday in Eric Wainaina’s spacious studio garden. Kwani? Litfest 2012: Conversations with the Horn brings together leading and emerging writers, artists and scholars from the…
Sudan mourns musical icon Mohammed Wardi
Sudan mourned on Sunday the death of musical icon Mohammed Wardi, a former prisoner who spent years in self-imposed exile but who died on home soil after seeing his beloved nation divided. “Mohammed Osman Wardi,…