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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Drone strike kills woman, injures civilians in Blue Nile capital

A woman was killed and several civilians injured in drone attacks on residential neighbourhoods in The post Drone strike kills …

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Darfur survivors vow to tell story of those killed after Sudan camp attacks

Survivors of attacks on displacement camps in Darfur recall the lives they built, and violence that forced them to flee.

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Sudan women journalists’ voices and pens deserve protection, redress, and justice

Sudan’s Women Journalists Network has warned of escalating violations and crimes against journalists in Sudan,... The post Sudan …

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منسقة الشؤون الإنسانية في السودان: الناس بحاجة إلينا، وهجمات المسيرات ونقص الوقود يثيران …

الأمم المتحدة: أجرى الحوار: خالد هريدي قالت المنسقة المقيمة للأمم المتحدة ومنسقة الشؤون الإنسانية في السودان دينيس براون إن النمط …

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ضحايا قصفُ المُسيّرات من المدنيين بولاياتِ إقليم كردفان الثلاث

مقتل وجرح 394 من المدنيين بالولايات الثلاث

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الحرب والأمن

«الدعم السريع» تهاجم الدمازين بسرب مسيرات انقضاضية

الدمازين، 4 نوفمبر 2026 – هاجمت قوات الدعم السريع الدمازين عاصمة إقليم النيل الأزرق بالمسيّرات الانقضاضية بكثافة في هجوم استمر من …

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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.

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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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The Relationship of External Debt and Growth: Sudan's Experience, 1975–1984

Y. Hossein Farzin · 1988

World Bank Discussion Paper 24. Historical study of Sudan’s external debt and growth during 1975–1984, not a …

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Oil and Challenges of Trade Policy Making In Sudan in a Globalizing Arena

Mehdi Shafaeddin · 2007

October 2007 conference paper. MPRA Paper 6720, deposited 13 January 2008. Historical analysis of oil and …

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3D Acquisition of Archaeological Structures at Wad Ben Naga

Alexander Gatzsche · 2013

Alexander Gatzsche’s complete 2013 Wad Ben Naga 3 D acquisition article, Der Antike Sudan 24, printed 125–134. …

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