Fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Sudan has killed around 200 people and wounded 1,800, left hospitals damaged and medical supplies and food in short supply Monday after three days of urban warfare. A weeks-long power struggle exploded into deadly violence Saturday between the forces of two generals who seized power in a 2021 […]

President Muhammadu Buhari and his Chadian counterpart, Gen Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno have reacted to the war that broke out in Sudan between the army and paramilitary group as “unfortunate.”

A passenger plane preparing to take off to Saudi Arabia caught fire in Sudan when the army and paramilitaries clashed on Saturday.

Fighting continued into the night in the Sudanese capital Saturday after a day of deadly battles between paramilitaries and the regular army that left at least three civilians dead and sparked international alarm. Explosions and gunfire could still be heard on the deserted streets of Khartoum, according to witnesses, after the paramilitaries said they were […]

A Sudanese government official on Tuesday said security forces attempted to rape a young woman during a protest against military rule in central Khartoum, prompting calls for renewed demonstrations. Sulaima Ishaq, who heads Sudan’s Violence Against Women Unit at the Ministry of Social Development, said the woman, who was not a protester, was in a […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen has gone with the line-up that defeated Egypt in their first game of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations for the second group game against Sudan. The team put up a performance last Tuesday against Egypt that quickly made them favorites for the title and will hope […]

Lieutenant-General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council at the Republican Palace, received the credentials of Ambassador Safiu Olukayode Olaniyan as accredited Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to Sudan on Monday, 4th October 2021 in the presence of the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Maryam Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi.

Deteriorating economic conditions since 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have fuelled an increase in domestic violence and forced marriage in Sudan, a UN-backed study has revealed. The study, Voices from Sudan 2020, published this week is the first-ever nationwide qualitative assessment of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the country, where a transitional government is now in […]

Sudan’s Finance Minister, Jibril Ibrahim, announced late on Friday that his country had received relief from its $14.1 billion debts to Paris Club. “Sudan’s remaining debts, which stand at $9.5 billion, have been rescheduled until reaching the completion point in the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. “This is with the suspension of debt service […]

Sudan and South Sudan must reach an agreement on the disputed, oil-rich border region of Abyei in order for the UN mission there to conclude, according to Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Abyei has been contested since South Sudan gained independence in 2011 and the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) was deployed after […]