Thousands of Sudanese came out Friday in the city of Omdurman for the funeral of the country's last elected prime minister and prominent political party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi, who died of COVID-19.

KHARTOUM, Sudan—On a recent afternoon, Mariam Al-Mahdi, a daughter of Sudan’s last democratically elected leader and a spokeswoman for his political party, found herself unable to attend a ...

In 1884 a Sudanese boatman, turned religious seer, involved the British Empire in a sticky little war. ... Last week the dervish spirit was astir again in Khartoum. So was the Mahdi’s son.

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi was arrested on Saturday on charges that could lead to the death penalty, a government official said, a move that could hurt efforts ...

French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar ...

But Mahdi said the situation was worse at Argeen, which is in the desert and far from the nearest Sudanese city. Mahdi said there were an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 people stuck at the two border ...

To many Sudanese Moslems, Mohammed Ahmed was more than a national hero. He was El Mahdi—the Messiah—legendary descendant of the Prophet and leader of the Whirling Dervishes, who massacred the ...

The conflict between Sudan’s army and the RSF paramilitary group has forced hundreds of thousands to flee heavy fighting in Khartoum and beyond.

In war-ravaged Khartoum donkey carts clatter over worn asphalt, the smell of tomatoes wafts from newly reopened stalls and pedestrians dodge burnt-out cars left by two years of war. Today, Mahdi ...

December 16, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The Deputy Chairman of the National Umma Party (NUP), Maryam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi stressed the need to involve the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan ...