May 14
Sudan: Experts Question Central Bank of Sudan's Ability to Control Export Revenues
Dabanga
The Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) granted 250 Sudanese companies two months to supply reports of export revenues yesterday. The list includes several major companies. Two economic… Read more »
May 13
Sudan: Historic Khartoum Palace Set Ablaze By Sudan Army Airstrike
Dabanga
The old Republican Palace in Khartoum was hit by a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) airstrike yesterday, setting parts of it ablaze. An attack by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on a… Read more »
Sudan: Countless Lives At Stake in Sudan's El Fasher, Warn UN Aid Teams
UN News
Reports have been coming in that a hospital in Sudan's North Darfur has been damaged in a heavy uptick of hostilities, leaving two youngsters dead and fanning renewed famine fears,… Read more »
Sudan: Telecommunications Blackout in Sudan
Norwegian Refugee Council
Parties to the conflict must end collective punishment and enable access to life-saving telecommunications. In the midst of the devastating humanitarian crisis that is fast… Read more »
Sudan: Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - On Sudan [press release]
United Nations in Sudan
The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the outbreak of fighting in El Fasher, which puts over 800,000 civilians at risk. He is alarmed by reports of the use of heavy… Read more »
May 12
Sudan: Bomb Puts El Fasher Paediatric Hospital Out of Action Amid Intense Escalation in Fighting
MSF
On the evening of Saturday 11 May, an airstrike carried out by the SAF landed 50 metres from Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital, which is supported by Médecins Sans… Read more »
Sudan: Unlawful Detentions and Extrajudicial Killings of Activists Continue in War-Torn Sudan
Dabanga
A new wave of unjustified detentions of unarmed Sudanese who are not a party to the more than 11-month-old armed conflict is taking place these days. Obituaries posted on social… Read more »
Sudan: Dozens Injured in North Darfur Skirmishes
Dabanga
El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, has witnessed ongoing skirmishes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and its allied militias against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) at… Read more »
May 11
Sudan: Counterfeit and Expired Medicines Sold On Sudan Markets
Dabanga
Sudan's National Council for Drugs and Toxins issued a warning last week regarding the unknown packaging of Amidol 500 mg tablets used as a painkiller. This warning redrew… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan's Humanitarian Coordinator Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Al Fasher to Safeguard Civilians [press release]
OCHA
Statement by the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, on the attack in Al Fasher. Read more »
Sudan: Statement By the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami, On the Attack in Al Fasher [press release]
OCHA
I am gravely concerned by the eruption of clashes in Al Fasher despite repeated calls to parties to the conflict to refrain from attacking the city. Read more »
May 10
Sudan: Sudan's Descent Into Chaos Sets Stage for Al-Qaida to Make a Return to Historic Stronghold [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
"Sudan's moment has come; chaos is our chance to sow the seeds of jihad," warned Abu Hudhaifa al-Sudani, a high-ranking al-Qaida leader, in an October 2022 manifesto. Read more »
Africa: French Catering Company Gives Refugee Women a Recipe for Success
RFI
French catering company Bande de Cheffes employs women displaced from their own countries to cook food from around the world. The goal is to make the most of refugees' talents… Read more »
Sudan: Sudanese Pound Continues Its Rapid Decline, Banks Expected to Collapse
Dabanga
The Sudanese Pound is continuing its accelerated decline against the foreign currencies since the beginning of this week. Economists expect the imminent collapse of about 25 banks… Read more »
Sudan: Tagadom - 'Sudan Army and RSF to Return to Negotiation Table Without Conditions'
Dabanga
The official founding conference of the Civil Democratic Forces alliance (Tagadom), twice postponed, is now scheduled to take place in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on May… Read more »
May 09
Sudan: Both Sudan Army and RSF Claim Control of Mount Kordofan
Dabanga
Both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced control of the Mount Kordofan area near El Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, after violent battles… Read more »
Sudan: MSF Forced to Suspend Support in Wad Madani
MSF
MSF has been forced to suspend work and withdraw staff from Madani Teaching Hospital, the only functional hospital for the hundreds of thousands of people in dire need of medical… Read more »
Sudan: Drought or Drowned - Sudanese Continue the Risky Journey to Libya, Europe
Ayin English
With residents of El Fasher and its surrounding areas under siege, those who have the means are fleeing the area to make the perilous journey to Libya and beyond. Read more »
Sudan: Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur
HRW
Thousands Killed, Half Million Remain Displaced Read more »
Sudan: The Bleak Déjà Vu in Darfur [opinion]
IPS
As dawn breaks over Darfur, my return after two decades feels heavy. Many millions are suffering once again. Twenty years ago, I was part of the humanitarian effort to make a… Read more »
Sudan: Sudanese Leader Says No Talks, Ceasefire Until Paramilitary Forces Defeated
Independent (Kampala)
Chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan on Wednesday said there would be no negotiations or ceasefire until the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces… Read more »
Sudan: War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity, Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur [document]
HRW
1. Human Rights Watch released a new report on abuses by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan against people in West Darfur's capital during 2023. What were the key findings? Read more »
Sudan: The Army's First Offensive in North Kordofan and Mediations in South Kordofan
Ayin English
For the first time, Sudan's army took the offensive in El-Obeid, North Kordofan State, on Monday after the largest military battle took place between the army and Rapid Support… Read more »
May 08
Sudan: Sudan Requests Ethiopia to Play Vital Role in Sudan's Comprehensive Peace-Making Efforts
ENA
State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Mesganu Arga today received Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan, Ambassador Hussein Awad Ali Mohammed, in… Read more »
May 07
Sudan: Ongoing War in Sudan Stalls Progress in Disputed Abyei Region
UN News
The ongoing conflict between rival militaries in Sudan has stalled progress towards the determination of the final status of the disputed oil-rich Abyei region which straddles the… Read more »