This article explores "The Sudanese Kitchen" book author’s effort to document Sudanese cuisine, preserving traditional recipes and regional food cultures in a decade long journey. Through social media, fieldwork, and international support, the project creates a lasting culinary archive for current and future generations.
Gender-based violence in East Africa is widespread and often goes unreported, fueled by harmful gender norms, patriarchal structures, and cultural taboos. Women, girls, and vulnerable groups face abuse, and addressing the problem requires coordinated, community-wide action.
This article presents reflections on Andariya’s research paper “Gendered Frontlines: Feminist Readings of Militarization in Sudan, South Sudan, and Eritrea”, engaging it through philosophical perspective on gender discourse and the logic of militarization to examine how militarization shapes gendered lives in the Horn of Africa.
The war that erupted on April 15, 2023, turned the lives of millions of Sudanese upside down, forcing widespread internal displacement and driving many others to seek refuge abroad. Stories from Khartoum to Libya, Egypt, and East Africa, portraying a generation caught between violence at home and the struggles of exile. Young people like Talal, Shaimaa, and Ayman endured perilous journeys, lost their dreams, and faced exploitation, poverty, and racism, yet they continued to cling to survival and hope.
Sudan's conflict has intensified in North Darfur following the liberation of Khartoum, turning El Fasher into the center of a growing humanitarian disaster. A siege by RSF forces has led to food shortages, the collapse of health services, and mass displacement from camps like Zamzam and Abu Shouk. With over 2.5 million people in crisis or emergency conditions, and access to aid nearly cut off, the situation represents one of the worst humanitarian crises in the region.