While landing in Khartoum, it is hard to ignore the new high rises and unexpected façade of a real estate boom. Surely it must be a façade because this is Khartoum. For those who have traveled between Frankfurt and Addis Ababa, the two-hour stop to refuel in Khartoum simply seems [...]
On first watch of “The Olive Garden Song“, you might be left feeling somewhat puzzled. That was our first reaction at Africa.com. So we watched it again, and again. In it we are introduced to Manyang Reath. We see him meeting Beyoncé and later sharing the stage with international model [...]
Today, Academy Award-winning actor George Clooney meets with President Barack Obama to speak about work to be done in Sudan and South Sudan. We have a report from Jacqueline Adams, a former White House correspondent from CBS News, on Clooney’s talks last night during a panel at the Council on Foreign Relations.
African models are getting increasingly lucrative campaign’s and Sudanese model Nykhor Paul is one of them. In addition to Payless and Pepsi, Paul is now the face of designer Mara Hoffman’s Spring 2012 Swim collection. Get a glimpse of the luxe photos here…
While human suffering resulting from the armed conflict in Darfur is immeasurable, the costs can be measured in economic terms. Dr. Hamid Ali from the American University of Cairo is the first to attempt this, and his findings indicate a staggering cost: US$35.11 billion spent by the Government of Sudan between 2003-2009 on the war effort in Darfur.
Meghan Thom wraps up her four-part series on traveling across North Africa with a missive about Ramadan in Sudan, and offers travel advice to potential adventure-seekers!
(Editor’s note: Over the last two months, Meghan Thom has posted about her recent trip across North Africa. A student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Ms. Thom resides in London. Previous posts: Part I, Part II, Part III)
Unperturbed by our change of plans to travel to Egypt by boat from Khartoum, we decided to travel in a loop around the north of Sudan to see some of the sights, returning in time to catch my flight to Cairo.
(Editor’s note: Over the next two months, Meghan Thom will be posting about her recent trip across North Africa. A student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Ms. Thom resides in London. Previous posts: Part I, Part II)
Our next early morning arrival was into Khartoum Airport in Sudan. This time (as opposed to our landing in Cairo), we had visas and breezed through customs.
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