These activities include the acquisition of technical material, training of staff in digitizing media and providing online access for the general public in Sudan and worldwide.
Because of various factors, ranging from the high temperatures and the intrusion of sand, economic and political restrictions to the lack of adequate technology and training, archives in Sudan are at risk of being lost for future generations and the country's cultural heritage in general.
[11] Highlights from the collection relate to political history, music and festivals, visual art and architecture, public health and medicinal plants, airline timetables, Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities, Sufi traditions, natural history, newspapers, radio and television, vernacular languages and different ethnic groups, food and dress, agriculture and animal husbandry.
"[18] In South Sudan, the National Archive Project has been conserving, reordering, cataloguing and digitizing the historical government records and other documents going back to colonial times.
Pending the construction of a future South Sudan National Archive building, various international donors have been supporting these efforts.
[19] The Rift Valley Institute maintains an expanding open-access digital library, the Sudan Open Archive, available online and on disk, comprising historical and contemporary books, documents and audio-visual media.