The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Additional flights are set to depart from Port Sudan on 3 May

‘My wife doesn’t even have access to her passport because it is with the British embassy’

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held telephone talks on Tuesday with his counterpart from the Comoros Dhoihir Dhoulkamal. The officials tackled the ongoing efforts aimed at ending the military escalation in Sudan and providing the necessary protection to civilians and residents so that security and stability…

“Its a rebirth for me. I have spent sleepless nights, and it is only after great difficulty that I returned to my hometown. The State and Central governments helped me a lot in coming back, and I request officials to make arrangements for repatriation of the remaining Indians,” said K.…

Sudan's warring military factions agreed on Tuesday in principle to a seven-day ceasefire from Thursday, South Sudan announced, as more air strikes and shooting in the Khartoum region disrupted the latest short-term truce. A statement released by the foreign ministry of South Sudan, which had offered to mediate in the…

Last week took me to Kenya, where I attended The Ibrahim Governance Weekend, the flagship event of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which is held every year in a different African country.

Fighting between rival generals continued in Sudan on Tuesday despite the latest truce. The United Nations says more than 430,000 people have fled their homes due to the violence that broke out mid April. The agency also warned of a "catastrophic" humanitarian crisis with funding falling $1.5bn (€1.3 billion) short…

Armed robberies rise across Sudan capital as fighting causes breakdown in law and order

Several people killed outside East Nile hospital as civilian groups step in to help people caught in conflict