Once the largest country in Africa, representing over 8% of the continent and nearly 2% of the global population, Sudan ...

However, this all changed in 2011 when 99% of South Sudanese voters chose to secede from Sudan and South Sudan officially ...

Sudan has outlined wide-reaching reforms including allowing non-Muslims to drink alcohol, and scrapping the apostasy law and public flogging. "We [will] drop all the laws violating the human ...

August 4, 2011 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s Islamic Council on Friday has released rules and guides for fasting among Muslims in the newly established state, days after commencing the month of ...

The population of Sudan is predominantly Muslim and the country's official languages are Arabic and English. Since the 2021 coup, Sudan has been run by a council of generals, led by the two ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Sultan Nazrin said action must be taken to help vulnerable Muslims and non-Muslims before it is too late.His Royal Highness added that across the globe, whether in Gaza or Sudan, Muslims are in pain.

People flee as smoke billows on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday in Wad Hamid, about 100 kilometers north of Sudan's capital, June 28, 2023. [AFP] Hundreds gathered in the Sudanese ...