The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Sudan's military leaders have submitted notes on a draft constitution as a basis for talks under international mediation, three political sources told Reuters, signalling an easing of a year-long political deadlock.

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Sudanese Minerals Minister Mohamed Bashir Abunammu — whose behaviour towards a woman during a visit to Perth earlier this year prompted an apology from the country's ambassador — cancels an appearance at a mining conference in Sydney.

Three United Nations agencies say up to eight million people in South Sudan could face severe food shortages between now and next year's harvests as a result of floods, drought and conflict.

Up to 7.8 million people in South Sudan, two thirds of the population, may face severe food shortages during next year's April-to-July lean season due to floods, drought and conflict, United Nations agencies said on Thursday.

A group of lawyers loyal to the regime of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir attacked on Tuesday the headquarters of Bar Association in an attempt to seize it. The attack was sparked by a decision to dissolve the Association’s steering committee, which had recently developed a proposal for a transitional…

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani announced on Tuesday that one of his government’s top priorities is to recover Iraq’s funds smuggled abroad. During a visit to the Commission of Integrity (CoI) headquarters, he said his government will determine its relations with others based on the extent of their cooperation…

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Abdelbaset Yaakoub followed victim from Sudan, court told

Head of Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah announced on Monday reopening the land border crossing with Sudan. He pledged to provide infrastructure to improve the economy between the two countries. The announcement came during the opening session of the Libyan-Sudanese Economic Forum, which kicked off its activities…

An oil refinery in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum resumed operations following a brief halt due to an act of “sabotage” on one of its pipelines, state-run media said on Monday. According to the SUNA news agency, the pipeline was “forced to stop for a limited period due to sabotage…