Sudan: Economic Situation 'Remains Poor', 2023 Budget 'Vague' - Experts

Sudan's macroeconomic situation remainedpoor in January, FEWS NET reported on Wednesday. Economists criticise the national budget for this year for its lack of clarity. Read more »

Sudan: USA Concerned Over Sudan Supreme Court's Release of Convicted Murderer

According to the defence lawyer of Abdelraouf Abuzeid, who was sentenced to death in 2009 for the killing of USAID employees John Granville and Abdelrahman Abbas, Sudan's Supreme… Read more »

Sudan: Israel FM Cohen Visits Sudan As Khartoum and Tel Aviv Step Closer to 'Normalisation'

Sudan and Israel have taken a step closer to normalisation of bilateral relations, following a one-day visit to Khartoum by Israel's Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen yesterday, where he… Read more »

Sudan: UN Human Rights Expert Calls for Sudanese Forces to Be Held Accountable for Violations

The UN Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, has called for a speedy accountability of the security forces accused of committing violations. At a… Read more »

Sudan: North Darfur Deploys Joint Forces to Contain Security Situation

Security forces started patrolling the Kabakabiya-El Fasher road earlier this week in an attempt to reduce attacks on vehicles in the area. In Tawila, joint forces carried out a… Read more »

Sudan: Journalist Faces Death Threats After Quran School Exposé

A journalist at Sudan's El Jareeda newspaper, Safaa El Fahal, has received threats from an extremist Islamic group via Facebook, after she wrote a column on military training… Read more »

Sudan: North Darfur Police Seize 500 Cartons of Illegal Drugs

Police in El Fasher seized 500 cartons of stimulant pills, the opioid tramadol, illegal medical supplies, in addition to large amounts of cosmetics in the North Darfur capital… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Lawyers Hold Vigil to Protest Omdurman 'Police Brutality'

A large group of lawyers carried out a solidarity demonstration in front of the Ombadda Court in Omdurman yesterday, following reports of one of their colleagues being beaten by a… Read more »

Sudan: SPLM-N Agar to Boycott JPA Conference in Sudan Capital

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement North faction under the leadership of Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar), announced their boycott of the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA) conference which… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Leaders Say They've Been Excluded from Khartoum Peace Conference

The conference on the Juba Peace Agreement (JPA), organised by the AU-IGAD-UNITAMS Trilateral Mechanism in coordination with the signatories to the Framework Agreement, was… Read more »

Sudan: Finance Minister Criticised for Lack of Clarity in New Sudan Budget

As Sudan witnessed protests demanding improvements in health and education, Economist Haisam Mohamed Fathi told Radio Dabanga that the 2023 national budget, approved by the Council… Read more »

Sudan: Illegal Logging, Locusts, and Livestock Grazing Threaten Environment and Agriculture in Darfur

Native administration leaders, activists, and other people in Reheid El Berdi locality, South Darfur, have reported illegal logging for firewood and charcoal, along with threats to… Read more »

Sudan: UNITAMS Head 'Profoundly Distressed' By Killing of Aid Worker in Blue Nile

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), Volker Perthes, has strongly… Read more »

Sudan: Supreme Court to Release USAID Diplomat's Killer - Report

The Supreme Court of Sudan has reportedly issued a decision to release Abdelraouf Abuzeid Mohamed Hamza, who was sentenced to death in 2009, together with three others, for their… Read more »

Sudan: FCC-DB - '70 Leaders to Attend Cairo Inter-Sudanese Dialogue Workshop'

A delegation of 70 leaders of the Forces for Freedom and Change-Democratic Block (FFC-DB), will depart for Cairo to participate in the inter-Sudanese dialogue workshop brokered by… Read more »

Sudan: NUP Head - 'Sudan's Framework Agreement Faces Great Challenges'

There are great challenges facing Sudan's Framework Agreement, Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi, leader of the National Umma Party (NUP), which is part of the FFC-CC coalition,… Read more »

Sudan: Trial of Youths Accused of Policeman's Murder to Resume on February 12

The trial of Mohamed Adam (better known by his nickname Tupac) and three other young men who were detained in January last year on charges of killing a police brigadier during… Read more »

Sudan: 'Clashes' Between Russian Militia and Gunmen Along Sudan, CAR Border Spark Security Talks

On Saturday, pictures of dead Russians on the border between the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, and Sudan, began to appear on social media. Read more »

South Sudan: Rebels' Workshop On Juba Peace Agreement 'Will Not Contradict' Sudan Political Process

Anonymous sources told Radio Dabanga that a workshop evaluating and amending the 2020 Juba Peace Agreement (JPA), which is being organised by the South Sudanese mediation team for… Read more »

Sudan: Rape and Several Armed Attacks Reported in Darfur

A 20-year-old woman was gang-raped near Golo in Jebel Marra, Central Darfur, on Friday. Two armed robberies were reported to Radio Dabanga in the Darfur region over the weekend. Read more »

Sudan: HRW Researcher - Sudan Transitional Justice Needs Broad Societal Discussion

The international community sponsoring Sudan's Framework Agreement "should not repeat the 2019 experience," says Human Rights Watch (HRW) researcher Mohamed Osman. He also calls… Read more »

Sudan: North Darfur Transitional Justice Workshop - 'Hand Al Bashir and Other Indictees to ICC'

On Wednesday, a workshop on transitional justice in the North Darfur capital El Fasher, concluded with recommending handing over the indicted officials from the former regime,… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Timeline October - December 2022

During the final quarter of 2022, Sudan's Blue Nile region, West Kordofan, and South Darfur saw Tribal attacks that left dozens of people dead and thousands displaced. Resistance… Read more »

Sudan: ICC Prosecutor - Sudan Govt Cooperation Wavers in Wake of 'Efficient' Darfur War Crimes Trial

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, the Netherlands, has made "swift progress" in the trial of former janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abdelrahman (known as 'Ali… Read more »

Sudan: ICG - 'Considerable Work Remains to Keep Things On Track' in Sudan

A statement by the non-governmental think tank International Crisis Group (ICG) recommends that signatories of Sudan's new Framework Agreement should "work to win broader support… Read more »