The British-appointed governor, General Gordon is killed when the city falls to Mahdist forces. 1885 - Muhammad Ahmad dies. ... The war leads to the independence of South Sudan in 2011.

The eight-team, month-long Sudan Elite League will take place to determine the Sudanese clubs playing continental football in ...

Sudanese activists have been given British funding to rescue cultural treasures from looting militias. Museums across Sudan have been raided since the start of the civil war in 2023, and artefacts ...

Mapping Sudan’s rich cultural and historical heritage, and assessing the damage it has sustained since the onset of the war, is a daunting task, according to experts in the field.

Inside war-torn Sudan where people are ... Karari is where the Battle of Omdurman took place in 1898 between the Sudanese resistance army of the Mahdist Islamic state and the British ...

ADRE, Chad -- Fatima Omas Abdullah wakes up every morning with aches and pains from sleeping on bare ground for almost two ...

Sudan violence intensifies as Pentagon readies plan for possible evacuation of U.S. embassy staff 02:56. The death toll from the crisis in Sudan has climbed over 500, according to the World Health ...

The Mahdist army numbered about 52,000, including the reserves under the ‘black’ standard, led in person by their leader, the Khalifa ‘Abdullahi. Dervish tribesmen at the Battle of Omdurman ...

Sudan war shatters infrastructure, costly rebuild needed. By Khalid Abdelaziz and Eltayeb Siddig. May 28, 2025 5:52 PM UTC Updated May 28, 2025 Summary; Conflict since 2023 has ...

In 1881 Muhammad Ahmad had declared himself Mahdi (‘rightly guided one’) in Kordofan province Sudan, and led a jihad or Holy War against the Turks, ... Some remained in Mahdist service, ...

The British-appointed governor, General Gordon is killed when the city falls to Mahdist forces. 1885 - Muhammad Ahmad dies. ... The war leads to the independence of South Sudan in 2011.