Kandaka — The Sudan Knowledge Platform

Named for the Kandakas — the warrior queens of ancient Nubia — this site brings their spirit of clarity and resolve to today's questions about Sudan. Articles and analysis on the country's economy and development, alongside reflections on its past, culture, and the people who shape its future.

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Police stations resume operations in North Darfur’s El Fasher

Police stations in El Fasher, the capital of Sudan’s North Darfur State, have resumed operations The post Police stations resume …

ReportingDarfur EN
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Deadly RSF drone attacks reveal deep divisions between Sudan and Ethiopia

Sudan demands UN accountability after devastating drone attacks expose a complex regional crisis.

ReportingNational EN
Health

Sudanese Journalists’ Syndicate documents 673 violations and calls for end to impunity

The Sudanese Journalists’ Syndicate has documented 673 violations against journalists since the outbreak of war... The post …

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“قوات تأسيس” تزعم سقوط قاعدة “سالي” العسكرية تحت سيطرتها بالنيل الأزرق

زعمت قوات تأسيس اليوم “الثلاثاء” سيطرتها على قاعدة سالي العسكرية بإقليم النيل الأزرق، عقب معارك The post “قوات تأسيس” تزعم سقوط …

تغطية صحفيةBlue Nile AR
اقتصاد

السودان وروسيا يعيدان فتح ملف القاعدة العسكرية المؤجَّل

موسكو 3 نوفمبر 2026- شهدت المباحثات المغلقة بين الجانبين السوداني والروسي إعادة فتح الملف المؤجل المتعلق بإنشاء نقطة دعم لوجستي …

تغطية صحفيةKhartoum · Red Sea AR
زراعة

ثمن البقاء في سنار أثناء سيطرة الدعم السريع: سنتان من الاعتقال بسبب الوقود والزراعة

أمستردام: الإثنين 2 نوفمبر 2026م: راديو دبنقا تقرير: سليمان سري تتواصل حملات استهداف الناشطين والصحفيين... The post ثمن البقاء في …

تغطية صحفيةSennar AR
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Nile Book Store is separate from Kandaka’s editorial work. These promotional book selections rotate daily at 00:00 UTC and repeat.

Journey to Meroë and the White Nile - English · Illustrated EPUB

English · Illustrated EPUB

Journey to Meroë and the White Nile

Frédéric Cailliaud’s account of exploration in Sudan and the Nile region.

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Al-Nisaiyat — Malak Hifni Nasif - Arabic · EPUB

Arabic · EPUB

Al-Nisaiyat — Malak Hifni Nasif

Essays by Malak Hifni Nasif on education and women’s place in society.

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Planet Comics #6 - English · Comic (CBZ)

English · Comic (CBZ)

Planet Comics #6

The 1940 science-fiction anthology from Fiction House.

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Sudan in Images

Next reviewed update: Saturday

New photographs are discovered daily; additions are reviewed weekly before publication in Arabic and English. Photo dates appear in titles and captions; historical images do not show current conditions.

Sandstone doorway with a winged sun disc, carved columns and arched openings at Naqa.
Hathor chapel at Naqa, 2016

The carved entrance of the Hathor chapel at Naqa, Sudan, photographed by Nina R on 26 March 2016. The columns, arched openings and winged sun-disc decoration match the chapel documented by the Naga excavation team. The source file's title and description incorrectly refer to pyramid reliefs at Meroe; Kandaka has corrected that identification. This photograph records the monument in 2016, not its present condition.

Nina R, via Flickr and Wikimedia Commons; image unmodified · CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons
A forearm supported by wooden strips secured with bands.
A historical forearm splint, published in 1908

Wellcome identifies this as a reproduction of a photograph published in Robert Grenville Anderson’s 1908 book on medical practices in Kordofan. The individual photographer and exact capture date are not recorded. The image shows a forearm supported by a splint; it is historical documentation, not medical advice or evidence of treatment effectiveness. The image-level record M0005276 is licensed CC BY 4.0.

Photographer unrecorded / Wellcome Collection; reproduced in R. G. Anderson, 1908 · CC BY 4.0 Wellcome Collection
A man in a patched robe and turban stands in a doorway holding sandals.
A caretaker at the Khalifa’s House, around 1936

The catalogue identifies the man as the caretaker of the Khalifa’s House in Omdurman; his personal name is not supplied. The older caption’s generalisation about Mahdist followers is not adopted here as a factual identification. Matson Photo Service; Library of Congress, dated [1936]. The date is approximate. This historical image does not describe current conditions. The Library records no known restrictions on publication; that is not a declaration of public-domain status.

Matson Photo Service / Library of Congress · No known restrictions on publication Library of Congress

Art & Visual Heritage

Weekly artwork selections — New additions are scheduled each Saturday, prioritizing Sudanese artists, with creator credits and source links.

A curated companion to the photo stream: contemporary and historical art, photography, crafts, posters and book arts, with Sudan first and room for the wider world.

Nubian wall painting of the Virgin and Child beside Bishop Marianos in decorated ecclesiastical robes

Historical wall painting · Sudan / Nubia

Madonna and Child with Bishop Marianos

Painter unrecorded (Faras) · 1005–1036

Tempera on plaster from Faras, now in the National Museum in Warsaw. The source dates the painting to 1005–1036; this is the artwork date, not the photograph date. The individual painter is unrecorded.

View artwork & source ↗ National Museum in Warsaw · Photograph uploaded by Vert, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · Unmodified reproduction

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Eastern African Country Profiles: Sudan

L. Berry; S. Geistfeld · 1983

Regional development indicators and socioeconomic data for East Africa.

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Saving Water from the Sudd: The Jonglei Canal Debate

Grace Gershuny; Deborah, L. Martin

Study of the proposed Jonglei Canal to bypass the Sudd swamps and reduce Nile evaporation losses.

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Land Use Patterns along the Nile: Traveling Farmer

Rick Bein

Land Use patterns along the Nile. Publication date is not established. Traveling Farmer,chapter35;undated …

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