Abu Idrees News Today

Sudanese journalist Ali Farsab finds himself perched on Red Sea shores, immersed in a painful reflection on the nation’s grim circumstances. Military conflict in Sudan, now in its ninth month, has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians without any of the warring parties securing a decisive victory. Shifting to the stark reality encountered by reporters amidst the chaos of war, Farsab said: “Conflict has created a divide between journalists and their pens and papers.”

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Many girls and women have started weaving carpets in northern Balkh province after the ban on their high and university education remains imposed.

IFEX's Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah reflects on a year in the MENA region with more than its share of dark stories, but shares reasons for hope grounded in the work of civil society - persistent, collaborative, strategic - and effective.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Almond yield has increased in northern Balkh province compared to last year’s harvest, but the dried fruit prices and its export to foreign

‘Historic’ move sees media professionals claim rights after years of persecution under Omar al-Bashir and crackdown after 2021 coup

Campaigners said was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup

Unions played a large role in toppling former leader Omar al-Bashir, but have been sidelined since the military coup.

KHARTOUM: Sudanese journalists have formed the country’s first independent professional union for decades, in what campaigners said was an important step toward re-establishing freedoms after a military coup. “The victory is to regain our syndicate after more than 30 years in order to defend the freedom and professionalism of the press,” said one journalist Waleed Alnour, who

Campaigners said the formation of Sudan's first independent professional union in decades was an important step towards re-establishing freedoms after a military coup.

Sudanese journalists defend freedom by forming union. The union has 1,164 members, 659 of whom took part in Sunday’s vote.