Khartoum International Community School was founded by DAL Group in 2004 in order to provide an international school of excellence in Sudan for the local and expatriate communities. KICS moved to its new 10 acre site on the southern edge of Khartoum in August 2005. This state of the art campus offers world class sports facilities including an air conditioned sports hall, 25 m. swimming pool, tennis courts and a full size playing field. Facilities for the Arts include two dedicated art studios, a 500-seater open air amphitheatre and a subterranean music department consisting of acoustic teaching rooms, practice rooms, recording studio and laboratiories. For uniterubted operation of the campus a power plant was installed.