March 02, 2023
Sudan: Sudan Doctors Blame Ministry of Health for Dengue Spread
A member in the Unified Doctors' Office in Sudan attributed the dengue fever epidemic in Khartoum and other states to the Ministry of Health's failure in stemming the spread with… Read more »
February 27, 2023
Sudan: Khartoum Dengue Fever Rates Highest Since Records Began
The Ministry of Health in Khartoum state is monitoring 65 new suspected cases and 30 newly confirmed cases of dengue fever. This brings the total number of cases in greater… Read more »
February 23, 2023
Sudan: Sudan's Blue Nile - Authorities Launch Investigation Into 'Mass Prescription Drug Poisoning'
Authorities in the Blue Nile region launched an investigation to ascertain how at least 60 cases of accidental prescription-drug poisoning were confirmed in the capital's main… Read more »
February 18, 2023
Sudan: No Irrigation Water for Farmers in Northern El Gezira
Farmers in the northern section ofthe El Gezira Agricultural Schemecomplain of an acuteshortage of waterneeded toirrigate their crops. Read more »
February 16, 2023
Sudan: Dengue Fever - Two Dead, At Least 169 Confirmed Cases in Khartoum and El Gedaref
Sudan's Federal Minister of Health, Dr Haisam Ibrahim, announced yesterday that dengue fever had emerged in the Khartoum and El Gedaref for the first time, noting that two separate… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Sudan: Sudanese NGO Visits White Nile to Assess Disease Outbreaks
The Anti-Extremism Organisation for Dialogue and Peacebuilding will send a medical convoy to the rural hospital of El Gezira Aba in White Nile state tomorrow. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Sudan: 10 Cases of Unidentified Fever in Port Sudan Cause Alarm
At least 10 cases of fever were recorded in Port Sudan, capital Red Sea state, on Thursday. "The situation is alarming," journalist Azza Era told Radio Dabanga. Read more »
November 27, 2022
Sudan: Blue Nile Health Minister - 'Displaced Will Suffer From Waterborne Diseases'
The Minister of Health in the Blue Nile region Gamal Nasser, warned of an impending health catastrophe owing to the lack of adequate sanitation facilities available in the school… Read more »
November 29, 2022
Sudan: Unidentified Fevers in Red Sea State Amidst Worst Dengue Outbreak in Over a Decade
More than 25 people in eastern Red Sea state are infected with unidentified fevers. Three of them died. Sudan is currently witnessing its worst outbreak of dengue fever in over a… Read more »
November 25, 2022
Sudan: Drug Abuse Among Eastern Sudan's Youth Reaches 'Unprecedented' Levels
Lu'ay Osman, head of the Kassala department of the National Campaign to Combat Drugs (NCCD), told Radio Dabanga that Kassala has witnessed an "alarming increase" in drug abuse… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Sudan: Sudan Records Further Outbreaks of Dengue Fever and 'Acute Hysteria'
23 patients have died since the outbreak of dengue fever began in 12 Sudanese states, meanwhile, nine cases of 'acute hysteria' have prompted calls for a factfinding mission in… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Sudan: Pharmacists Angry As Sudan Plans to Liberalise Medicine Prices Amidst Dengue Outbreak
Sudan is witnessing its worst outbreak of dengue fever in over a decade, especially North and South Kordofan and Red Sea state are hit hard. The Ministry of Health is planning to… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Sudan: Dengue Epidemic Spreads Further, No Pathogen Found for South Darfur 'Hysteria'
In large parts of South Kordofan, people are currently suffering from symptoms of dengue fever but confirmation is difficult as there is only one laboratory in the whole of Sudan… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Sudan: Doctors Injured in Massacre Anniversary Protests
The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) announced on Friday, that 58 people were injured during Thursday's November 17 anniversary protests, marking one year since 16… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Sudan: South Darfur Schools Witness 'Acute Hysteria' Phenomenon
The Security Committee of Gireida in South Darfur announced the closure of all schools in the locality for three days on Tuesday, due to the emergence of 62 cases of acute… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Sudan: Child Dies in North Darfur As Dengue Fever Is On the Rise After Floods
The Ministry of Health in North Darfur announced the death of a child in thearea ofUm Maraheiksuspected to be caused bydengue fever. At least 315 confirmed cases emerged recently… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Sudan: North Kordofan - Two Deaths, At Least 60 Cases of Haemorrhagic Fever
The North Kordofan Ministry of Health acknowledged two *haemorrhagic fever deaths in El Obeid, after denying an outbreak in the region earlier. Read more »
November 03, 2022
Sudan: Darfur Defence Committee - Detainee With TB 'Has Lost His Mind'
The Defence Committee of Detainees in North Darfur stated that a Darfur detainee with tuberculosis in El Huda Prison in Omdurman, has suffered severe mental health issues as a… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Sudan: Cases of Dengue Fever and Malaria On the Rise
Cases of dengue fever* have appeared in North Kordofan, while North Darfur continues to suffer from large numbers of dengue and malaria cases and Khartoum state is monitoring a… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Sudan: 'This Kind of Violence Is New to Blue Nile' - Sudanese State Health Minister
Jamal Nasir, Minister of Health of Blue Nile state, reported that the number of victims during the recent clashes has risen to 233 dead, and 217 wounded, many of them suffering… Read more »
October 31, 2022
Sudan: Residents Protest Mining Company Activities in Rivel Nile State
The sit-in in Abu Hamad, River Nile state, to demand the expulsion of mining companies from the area of El Fida, continued yesterday for the sixth day. Read more »
October 11, 2022
Sudan: Food Crisis - Children Poisoned in Darfur Camp After Eating From Landfill
Head of the Otash camp for the displaced in Nyala locality, South Darfur, Sheikh Abdelrazeg Jales revealed that a child has died and three others were taken to the hospital in… Read more »
October 06, 2022
Sudan: Darfur Confirms Case of Dengue Fever, Eight Cases of Chikungunya
The Ministry of Health in South Darfur state announced yesterday a confirmed case of dengue fever, among eight positive cases of chikungunya fever reported recently. Read more »
October 04, 2022
Sudan: Covid-19 - U.S.-COVAX Grant of a Million Doses of Pfizer Vaccine Lands in Sudan
As many countries in the world report an upsurge in Covid-19 infections as the 'autumn wave' approaches, a consignment of more than a million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine… Read more »
October 05, 2022
Sudan: Hemeti - New School Feeding Programme to Benefit 400,000 Students in Sudan
The Vice President of Sudan's Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Lt Gen Mohamed 'Hemeti' Dagalo, has announced a programme of school feeding that… Read more »