Sudan this month marks one year since protests over prices turned into a months-long demonstration that led the military to oust former president Omar al-Bashir from three decades in power. The coup was followed by a deadly crackdown on protesters before a deal was made on a transitional government
Sudan once had the largest railway network in Africa, with most of the train-cars sourced from the United States. But decades of negligence, economic troubles, and U.S. sanctions have crippled the railway and made Sudan reliant on Chinese-made trains and parts that it can hardly afford
Sudanese citizens gathered in dozens of cities around the world over the weekend to show solidarity with protesters in their home country demanding the country’s military junta hand power to a civilian government
Sudan’s crackdown on anti-government protests has left more than 50 people dead and hundreds more injured. One protester, Mohamed Masri, lost his hand when he picked up a teargas canister that had been thrown by police
“Lost Boys of Sudan” was the name given to a group of more than 20,000 ethnic Dinka and Nuer children who were displaced and orphaned during the 1987-2005 Second Sudanese Civil War