The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

UK’s partial study visa ban ‘will drive people to small boats’, campaigners say

Ban affecting Sudan, Afghanistan, Myanmar and Cameroon will mean more people make Channel crossings, charity says

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4

Iran war fallout: risks for the Red Sea and the Horn of Africa

The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, in March 2026 marks the end of a political era in the Middle Eastern country. Khamenei was killed in US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s capital, Tehran. This has triggered a war drawing in numerous countries across the Middle East.

The Conversation · Mar 4

UK halts study visas from four countries to stop students claiming asylum

The British government has imposed an "emergency brake" on visas for students from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, in response to what it said was a surge of requests for asylum from people arriving in the United Kingdom to study.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 4

UK suspends student visas for four countries over asylum abuse claims

The Home Office has characterised this suspension as an ‘unprecedented’ move

The Independent UK · Mar 3

South Sudan risks return to full-blown civil war as violence escalates

At least 169 killed in raid near Sudan border as clashes between government and opposition forces intensify

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3

UN warns of resurgence of violence in South Sudan following massacre

The United Nations has expressed deep concern following another massacre in South Sudan, in which at least 169 people were killed and buried in a mass grave. Local officials have attributed the weekend attacks to intercommunal violence, which come amid growing political instability in the country.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 3

Joseph Kony: how a Ugandan war criminal and his soldiers have evaded capture and endured for decades

Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), remains at large two decades after the International Criminal Court issued its first arrest warrants against him and four of his commanders.

The Conversation · Mar 1

South Sudan faces turmoil as former officials arrested in wave of detentions

A former finance minister of South Sudan is the latest former government official arrested in a wave of detentions that analysts say shows cracks in the government of President Salva Kiir, who also faces an armed rebellion

The Independent UK · Feb 28

Mohammed bin Salman urged Donald Trump to impose sanctions on UAE, report claims

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly urged President Trump to sanction an armed group in Sudan, a move Saudi officials claim was aimed at ending the conflict by pressuring the UAE's support.

The Times of India · Feb 27

Sudan's war puts charity kitchen workers feeding displaced families at risk

Charity kitchens are a lifeline in Sudan after nearly three years of war but the community-led public kitchens have been targeted and some of their workers abducted, robbed, beaten or killed

The Independent UK · Feb 27