From flags to currency, a new country needs new symbols. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anne Quito, who traveled to the world's newest country, South Sudan, to observe as they designed theirs.

Sudan's revolution ushered in an explosion of culture. But the military crackdown has nearly muted the most popular pop radio station. A once-vibrant cultural space is now struggling for survival.

Analysis - The Dalaib tree (in Latin Borassus flabellife) is part of the general heritage of Sudan, assuming a high position in the culture of Sudan, the mid-western region of Kordofan in particular.

“We had a 30-year dictatorship in Sudan. People died, but in 2019 we won our revolution,” the protester says in the film. “Now, the generals, Burhan and Hemeti stole that revolution.

A photograph of a woman leading a protest chant has come to symbolise the Sudan Uprising. The photo, taken by photographer Lana Haroun, is said to summarise “this moment we have been waiting for ...