Sudan: Last News

SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor The venerable “CBS Evening News” has, for many of its viewers, been something consumed along with dinner. In recent weeks, the show has served up reports that could stop someone in mid-bite. Correspondent Nikki Battiste recently traveled to New Jersey, where CBS News cameras were allowed into the bedroom of an ALS patient on the day she had chosen to die.

The Guardian in July 2013, Clooney revealed how he’d been funding The Satellite Sentinel Project as part of his activism in campaigning against the Sudanese government at the time.Clooney, who was arrested outside the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C. in 2012 for protesting, told the paper that “most of the money I make on the [Nespresso] commercials I spend keeping a satellite over the border of North and South Sudan to keep an eye on Omar al-Bashir [the former Sudanese dictator who has been accused of war crimes]”.“Then al-Bashir puts out a statement saying that I’m spying on him and how would I like it if a camera was following me everywhere I went and I go ‘well welcome to my life Mr War Criminal’,” Clooney continued.

EXCLUSIVE: MAD Celebrity, the talent management and promotion arm of Cairo-based MAD Solutions, has Sudanese actress Islam Mubarak and Egyptian actor Adham Shukr as they touch down at the Berlin Film Festival.

Macklemore has released his new protest song ‘Fucked Up’, aiming at Israel, Donald Trump and Elon Musk.The song sees the musician – real name Benjamin Haggerty – rap “The world’s on fire, we don’t own the water / Inmates hired for a couple dollars, y’all / New era ushered, but white supremacy is still in charge / Talkin’ colonizing Gaza from the White House lawn,” referring to the devastating LA Wildfires as well as Trump’s presidency and his plan for the United States to take ownership of the Gaza Strip.Macklemore goes on to call Musk in the chorus, saying: “They got me fucked up (Woo, woo) / And Elon, we know exactly what that was, bruh,” referring to the tech billionaire making two Nazi-like gestures during Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.The song also takes aim at tech corporations and CEOs, billionaires, media censorship and more but highlights how there is strength in resistance.The final verse of the track sees the rapper look towards the next couple of years with Trump in the White House and raps: “The next four years, it’s time to ride / Fuck ICE, free Congo, Sudan, and Palestine / If you still haven’t said shit about the genocide / Know your grandkids one day are gonna ask you, “‘Why?'”. Directed by Omar Alali, ‘Fucked Up’s accompanying music video opens with a title card with a quote from esteemed socialist Eugene V.

Ellise Shafer The night the third “Bridget Jones” novel, “Mad About the Boy,” came out in October 2013, author Helen Fielding was taking a walk in London when she passed her local pub and was accosted by a tipsy patron. “You’ve killed Colin Firth!” they shouted dramatically. “Well the truth is, I didn’t ever intend to actually kill Colin,” Fielding tells Variety over Zoom, remembering the details of that day with a mischievous smile.

The dancer who waved a Palestine and Sudan flag during Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show will not face any charges over the stunt, but has been given a lifetime ban from NFL stadiums and events.At the end of the performance last Sunday (February 9), a member of Lamar’s live crew unfurled a banner combining the Palestine and Sudan flags, with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” written on it.He then jumped off the stage and ran across the field, waving the flag around. The man was subsequently chased down by security before eventually being tackled to the ground and escorted off the field.In a statement to NBC, an NFL spokesperson said: “We commend security for quickly detaining the individual who displayed the flag.

Kendrick Lamar delivered a massive show at the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show last night (February 9). Check it out in full below.The event took place at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, where the Kansas City Chiefs went head-to-head with the Philadelphia Eagles.

Kendrick Lamar‘s dance crew was chased and escorted off the field during the rapper’s 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show – find out more below.During Kendrick Lamar’s history-making performance, the rapper was joined by a 400-strong cast of dancers and models. Towards the end of the performance, the majority of the cast were seen all across the field in the New Orleans Superdome as Kendrick rapped along to ‘TV Off’ with DJ-producer Mustard.The vast majority of the cast donned all-black attires.

During Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, a protester ran onto the field and unfurled a red, black, green and white and Palestinian flag.

Bridget Jones movie is the reason to subscribe. , appropriately titled Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, is the final film in the rom-com franchise, and you needn't have seen the other three to have an appreciation for this one (though it does help).The movie is by Helen Fielding, which came out more than a decade ago.

Murtada Elfadl In “Khartoum,” five protagonists and four filmmakers tell the story of a city brimming with such life that even a long and vicious war could not dim it. The filmmakers started making “Khartoum” before the war broke out in April 2023. When all of the participants were forced to leave Sudan before they could finish filming, they gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, to find refuge in each other while coming up with inventive ways to tell a story that could only be told in the eponymous city they love.

NME’s latest star of The Cover, Dua Saleh, has compiled an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.The Sudanese-American artist and actor is on this week’s (January 13) edition of The Cover, a weekly manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read the profile of Dua Saleh here, written by Aneesa Ahmed and featuring photography by Kristen Jan Wong.To accompany The Cover, Dua Saleh has made an exclusive playlist for NME, titled ‘Foraging For Shrooms’.

Bono has shared his thoughts on what is the best way to achieve freedom “ in every part of the world where health and humanity are at risk”.The U2 frontman expressed his outlook during a new op-ed for The Atlantic, which he wrote ahead of receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the US over the weekend (January 4).The title is the nation’s highest civilian honour and is awarded to people who “have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values or security of the United States, world peace or other significant societal, public or private endeavours”. Bono received it this year from Joe Biden for his work as “a pioneering activist against AIDS and poverty”.

A retired ambulance service worker has issued an urgent warning to travellers heading to Europe in the New Year - after he was fined over a migrant stowaway he didn't know was in his camping trailer.

The Duchess of Edinburgh has been tirelessly working on deeply moving and critical causes, travelling to some of the most war-torn regions in the world. In a historic move, she became the first Royal to step foot in Ukraine since the Russian invasion three years ago, making the visit in April 2024. Previously, in March 2020, she was the pioneering Royal who visited Sudan shortly after a ceasefire was announced.

Not only is she one of the hardest-working royals, with more than 200 engagements a year, but the Duchess of Edinburgh has also made history by visiting some of the most dangerous places on Earth. On International Women’s Day in March 2019, Sophie boldly announced she would be taking a stand on sex crimes in war-torn regions, initially teaming up with actress Angelina Jolie through the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative.To date, her mission has taken her to many troubled countries that no other royal has ever visited.

Mustafa has announced his first-ever world tour in support of his latest album ‘Dunya’.The Sudanese-Canadian poet and singer-songwriter – and recent NME Cover star – announced yesterday (December 10) that he will make a trek across the US before heading to UK and Europe, all before performing in Ethiopia and Sudan.Tickets for all US, UK and Europe dates will go on sale this Friday (December 13) at 10am PT time and 6pm UK time.Presales will commence on Thursday (December 12) at the same timeslots – head over to his official website here to sign up. Tickets for his shows in North Africa will be sold via email RSVP, with contact links provided on his website.A post shared by Mustafa (@mustafathepoet)To celebrate the tour announcement, Mustafa issued a YouTube video featuring a performance of songs off ‘Dunya’, featuring backing vocals from Daniel Caesar and Monica Martin, filmed at Los Angeles teahouse Tea at Shiloh.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent It’s been a long ride to get Saudi multi-hyphenate Ahd Kamel‘s directorial debut “My Driver and I” – which is premiering at the Red Sea Film Festival – onto the big screen. Saudi actors Roula Dakheelallah and Mustafa Shehata, who co-star in the film, joined Variety’s Alex Ritman at the Variety Lounge at Red Sea to speak about the drama, which provides a rare glimpse of Saudi society and social fabric in Jeddah during the 1980s and ’90s. The film is inspired by Ahd Kamel’s real-life story, noted Dakheelallah, who plays Ahd’s alter-ego Salma, who grew up in a wealthy Jeddah family.

Ben Croll “Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” “Chronicles From the Siege” and “It’s a Sad and Beautiful World” claimed a trio of post-production prizes at this year’s Atlas Workshops, which ran from Dec. 1 – 5 as part of the Marrakech Film Festival.

John Bleasdale Guest Contributor Mohamed Subahi’s documentary “Madaniya” captures an uprising that would lead to the toppling of Omar Al-Bashir’s 30-year rule in Sudan. These months of protest are told through the perspectives of participants in a sit-in organized in front of the Central Command of the Army in Khartoum. “I choose my characters as normal people,” Subahi tells Variety.