Sudan
Sudan is a country in north-eastern Africa, bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the north-east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the south-west, Chad to the west and Libya to the north-west. The capital is Khartoum, located at the confluence of the Blue Nile and White Nile rivers. Sudan has a population of about 45-million and is the third-largest country in Africa by area. The economy is dominated by agriculture, livestock and oil production, though oil revenues declined sharply after South Sudan's independence in 2011 took most of the oilfields. The currency is the Sudanese pound. Sudan is a republic, though it has experienced prolonged periods of military rule and civil conflict. The country is a member of the African Union and the Arab League. Key agricultural regions include the states of North Kordofan, South Kordofan, Blue Nile, North Darfur and South Darfur, which are significant for crop and livestock production but have also been affected by conflict and food insecurity. Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, causing widespread displacement, economic collapse and acute food insecurity across much of the country. The conflict has severely disrupted farming, trade and humanitarian access, particularly in Darfur and Kordofan.
Sudan Updates
Women in Sudan's al-Obeid face drone attacks and rape when fetching water, UN says
By: Reuters 24th July 2026 Women and girls in Sudan's al-Obeid face a dire choice between the threat of drone attacks during the day and sexual violence at night when they go... →
Daily Podcast – July 23, 2026
By: Halima Frost 23rd July 2026 Making headlines: DA lays Public Protector complaint against McKenzie over R110m fund; BLSA warns of ‘reform drift’ as index points to loss of... →
International Criminal Court drops case against Darfur militia leader
By: Reuters 23rd July 2026 Judges at the International Criminal Court terminated proceedings against the former leader of an armed group in Darfur on Thursday after... →
J’activists: the hybrid nature of conflict journalism in Sudan’s ‘silent war’
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 15th July 2026 Sudan’s ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces, increasingly viewed as a proxy war driven by competing... →
G7 urges halt to attacks in Sudan's El-Obeid, calls for wider arms embargo
By: Reuters 15th July 2026 G7 foreign ministers and the European Union's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged Sudan's Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups to stop... →
EU announces restrictions on trading Sudanese gold
By: Reuters 13th July 2026 The EU announced on Monday new sanctions against Sudan by targeting the country's gold trade, which it said was being used to finance the military... →
Sudanese return home to a capital unready to welcome them
By: Reuters 10th July 2026 In the year since the Sudanese army recaptured the capital Khartoum from a paramilitary force that had seized it at the outset of civil war in... →
Sudan army says US peace plan must call for full RSF withdrawal from cities, documents show
By: Reuters 10th July 2026 The Sudanese army has conditioned any broad acceptance of a US proposal for ending the country's three-year-old civil war on the full withdrawal by... →
ICC official says breakthrough made in Darfur investigations
By: Reuters 9th July 2026 A "breakthrough" has been made in the investigation into crimes committed during Sudan's war in the Darfur region allowing prosecutors to link them... →
UN rights council orders urgent Sudan al-Obeid inquiry
By: Reuters 6th July 2026 The UN Human Rights Council on Monday passed a motion condemning the escalating violence committed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in... →
