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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Sudan should rebuild its Family and Child Protection Units as one part of a survivor-centred system linking police, health, social services and independent oversight.
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The Sudanese army has captured the Bir Kelekel area in West Darfur following clashes with The post Sudanese army announces capture …
A new initiative faces serious questions about military influence, but its critics should not write it off prematurely.
Two Egyptian truck drivers were shot dead in Khartoum on Monday, days after reported Egyptian... The post Two Egyptians killed in …
قدم عضو الكونغرس الأمريكي جيم بيرد، تشريعاً يقترح شراكة زراعية وتعدينية مع السودان، في إطار The post عضو بكونغرس الأمريكي يقترح …
لن تحصل أديس أبابا بالقوة على ما لا تملكه جغرافياً عبدالله بشير تشهد منطقة القرن الإفريقي توترًا خطيرًا وتصعيدًا غير مسبوق، ويأتي …
إعلام الحرب: البرهان ودولة الخؤولة والعمومة..! د. مرتضى الغالي ما يحدث الآن في (دولة البرهان) مهزلة كبرى ليس لها سابقة بين مهازل …
Digital reading selections
Nile Bookstore is separate from Kandaka’s editorial work. These clearly identified links are promotional.
Explore books on Sudan and the Nile, including John Garstang’s illustrated account of ancient Meroë.
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Searchable Arabic EPUB editions of literature, history, philosophy and rare works, prepared for comfortable right-to-left reading.
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Digitally preserved public-domain adventures, mysteries and superheroes with generous page previews.
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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.
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Contemporary photography · Sudan
Ola Alsheikh · 2016
A photographic work documenting Mawlid celebrations in Omdurman, Sudan, on 5 December 2016.
View artwork & source ↗ Wikimedia Commons · Photograph by Ola A. Alsheikh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Unmodified
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Historical painting · Sudan / Nubia
Painter unrecorded · Historical painting; photograph published 2005
A Nubian church painting photographed at the museum in Khartoum. The descriptive title identifies the scene from Daniel 3; the record does not name the original painter or date the artwork.
View artwork & source ↗ Wikimedia Commons · Photograph by Ibrahim Omer / ancientsudan.org · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Unmodified
Image unavailable — view artwork at the source ↗Crafts · Sudan / Nubia
Maker unrecorded · 1st–3rd century
Meroitic pottery from Faras, Sudan. The museum record identifies no individual maker.
View artwork & source ↗ The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Public domain · Met Open AccessRichard A. Lobban Jr.
Historical legal study of resistance movements and colonial jurisprudence.
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The definitive World Bank technical assessment of the Gezira Scheme — the world's largest irrigation project — …
Download PDFHassan and Abdullah · 2015
An econometric model finding oil revenue explained roughly 79% of the variation in Sudan's services-sector GDP …
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