Where Journalism
Meets the Public.
Facts Center convenes journalists, researchers, civil society, and the public around the questions that matter most to Sudan – inside the country and across the diaspora.
Forums happen every two to three months.
Each forum brings together journalists, researchers, and public voices around a question that matters to Sudan. Write to us to be notified about the next one.
Atar Forums
Public discussions · Nairobi & online
Sudanese Journalism Under Conflict: Professional and Financial Independence
A two-hour panel examining how Sudanese journalism has adapted to the war – editorial independence, financial sustainability, journalist safety, and the ethics of conflict reporting.
Rethinking State Formation in Africa: Militias, Power, and the Crisis of Sovereignty
A comparative analysis of how Sudan, South Sudan, and Somalia are producing new forms of political order through armed movements, militia politics, and fragmented sovereignties. Three countries. One question: who governs?
Workshops & Training
Editorial capacity building · Sudan & diaspora
Facts Center for Journalism – Official Launch
The public launch of Facts Center brought together senior journalists, legal scholars, and media professionals for a panel on journalism, press freedoms, and Sudanese media law. Moderated by Khalid Mohammed Ali with Othman Mirghani, Dr. Khalid Al-Tajani, and Dr. Abd Al-Azim Hassan. Closed with a live musical evening. In this event we issued Atar 0
Speakers: Othman Mirghani · Dr. Khalid Al-Tajani · Dr. Abd Al-Azim HassanZamala Fellowship – Opening Workshop
The inaugural three-day workshop for Zamala’s first cohort covered investigative journalism methodology, data journalism, effective digital research, open-source tools, and live sessions on food security and education in Sudan – grounded in real data and field reporting.
Zamala Fellowship · Cohort 1
The Northern Sudan Forum
Convened in response to protests over electricity tariff increases in Northern Sudan, this forum brought together activists, a former trade minister, and engineers to discuss land rights, Egypt–Sudan trade, and the impact of electricity pricing on farmers dependent on pump irrigation along the Nile.
Moderated by Arif Elsaui · Speakers: Mohammed Sati · Medani Abbas Medani · Abu Bakr Abbas Al-ZeinHawadi Center Collaboration – “The Next Generation of Journalists”
A fifteen-week partnership with Hawadi Journalism Training Center delivered weekly investigative training sessions. Facts Center supervised three graduation investigations, then ran a second collaboration training economists to extract stories from Central Bank of Sudan data and financial reports.
In partnership with Hawadi Journalism Training Center
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