Our work in Sudan

The BBC World Service Trust is focusing on emergency relief in Sudan. We are providing life-saving information to people displaced by the conflict in Darfur, and are also working to strengthen the country's media sector.

  • Khalid Dnnaa interviewing in Southern Kordofan, Sudan, January 2010. Image: BBC WST

    South Sudan: voice of independence

    Radio will provide a vital source of information for the people of the world’s newest country as they embark on the long process of nation building, says Carol Morgan in Juba.  Read more
  • BBC WST trainee Lillian Ochoo and BBC African English journalist Damian Zane live on Network Africa

    South Sudan referendum

    In the lead up to a watershed referendum in South Sudan, six local radio trainees have been working together to give a voice to local people.  Read more
  • BBC WST trainees learn to use handheld sound recorders in Southern Sudan

    A platform for debate in South Sudan

    The BBC WST is working with local radio stations across South Sudan to bring people from different backgrounds and religious affiliations together on air.   Read more
  • Mohannad Merghani Ome, Sudanese reporter

    Stretching the Darfur Lifeline

    David Mowbray, Africa director for the BBC World Service Trust, describes how work is continuing in southern Sudan, despite the challenges of working in the country.  Read more
  • Woman being interviewed by Trust reporter, Mohammed Hassan

    A lifeline for Darfur

    We work in partnership with Sudanese media professionals and the World Service to broadcast life-saving information to 6.5 million people in Darfur, including two million people living in the region's 85 camps for people displaced by the conflict.   Read more