The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

The UN said on Monday that floods in Sudan could affect more than 460,000 people this year while humanitarian organizations on the ground, and local authorities revealed that more than 136,000 people have been affected by floods since May in the Darfur, eastern Sudan and Kordofan states. Also, torrential rains…

Kenya's outgoing Deputy President William Ruto has won a narrow victory in the presidential election over his rival Raila Odinga. However, four of the seven election commissioners have contested the results. Also, 49 Ivorian soldiers have been charged as mercenaries in Mali. Ivory Coast contests the claim, saying the troops…

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan said on Wednesday it was gravely concerned about the reported execution of four rebels in the north of the country on Aug. 7.

The Sudanese Bar Association organized on Monday a workshop on the transitional constitutional framework at a time when multiple initiatives have been trying to resolve the political crisis in the North African nation. The three-day workshop will be followed by the formation of a mechanism that will draft the transitional…

Ethiopia has stored around 7 billion cubic meters of water since starting the third round of water collection from the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Addis Ababa began building the GERD on the Blue Nile River in 2011, raising tension with the downstream states, Egypt and Sudan. Abbas Sharaki, Egyptian…

The UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Sudan, Volker Perthes, said that the Sudanese army's announcement of withdrawal from politics is "an opportunity that needs to be grasped." Perthes began new moves to revive the political process halted after the army withdrew from the dialogue with the civilian forces…

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry has summoned Chad's ambassador to Khartoum, Abdelkarim Kabir, to protest the killing of 18 Sudanese citizens during an attack by Chadian shooters. Sudan's acting Foreign Minister Ali al-Sadiq conveyed his country's "protest and condemnation of the incident," demanding the Chadian authorities to exert an effort to…

Sudan has accused neighboring Chad of a cross-border attack earlier this week that a top commander says killed at least 18 nomads in Sudan's western Darfur region. According to Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, armed Chadian assailants crossed into West Darfur province and attacked a group of nomads staying in an…

Eighteen Sudanese were killed on Thursday evening in an ambush by an armed Chadian group, Sudan's state news agency (SUNA) reported on Friday. A number of people were injured in the attack that took place in West Darfur. Deputy head of Sudan's sovereign council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo asked citizens to…