The Latest Breaking News from Khartoum

Sudan launches a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum as war continues

Health officials in Sudan have launched a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in the capital, Khartoum, to curb what humanitarians call a rapidly spreading outbreak

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Starvation spreads from camps to besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher

Months after famine was declared in nearby displacement camps, the besieged Sudanese city of El-Fasher is now seeing starvation deaths of its own, with no food aid entering and the UN’s World Food Programme warning of worsening conditions for the 300,000 people still trapped inside.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 9, 2025

RSF attacks compound humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s strategic city

RSF attacks in North Kordofan are exacerbating the humanitarian crisis on the provincial capital of el-Obeid.

Al Jazeera · Jul 29, 2025

Khartoum before the war: the public spaces that held the city together

What makes a public space truly public?

The Conversation · Jun 12, 2025

Sudan's former prime minister Hamdok says recent military gains won't end the war

Sudan’s former prime minister has told The Associated Press that the military's recent victories will not end the country's two-year civil war

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

At least five killed in attack on aid convoy in Sudan’s western Darfur region, UN says

Sudan was plunged into a war more than two years ago, when tensions between the army and its rival paramilitary RSF exploded with street battles in the capital of Khartoum that quickly spread across the country.

Euronews · Jun 3, 2025

‘Corpses rotting in the Nile’ as cholera tears through Sudan

The waterborne disease has rapidly spread throughout Sudan due to the ongoing civil war.

Al Jazeera · Jun 3, 2025

Paramilitaries Claim Capture Of Key Sudan Towns

Paramilitary forces fighting Sudan's military have said they captured two strategic towns in the war-ravaged nation, which has been hit by a cholera outbreak that killed 70 people in the capital this week.

International Business Times · May 30, 2025

Cholera outbreak in Sudan capital kills at least 70 in two days amid ongoing war

A cholera outbreak in Sudan's capital has killed 70 people in two days, health officials said, as Khartoum battles a fast-spreading epidemic amid a collapse of basic services.

Radio France Internationale · May 29, 2025

Sudan reports 70 cholera deaths in Khartoum in two days

Cholera outbreak is centred around the capital city, Khartoum, which has been devastated by more than two years of war.

Al Jazeera · May 29, 2025