River transport between Sudan and South Sudan to resume as bilateral relations strengthened
The Sudanese River Navigation Authority at the Ministry of Transport announced the resumption of river cruises and transport to South...
MSF starts measles vaccination campaign in Darfur’s Jebel Marra
Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) last week launched an urgent measles vaccination campaign to contain a rapidly growing number...
FM Hamdok announces mechanism ‘to protect Sudan’s transition’
Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok yesterday announced the formation of a mechanism “to create a broad consensus” for the implementation of...
US Embassy delegation visits Central Darfur to discuss peace and security issues
A delegation of the US embassy in Sudan and the US Peace Institute met with the wali (governor) of Central...
Sudan and Turkey sign joint communiqué
Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan is on a two-day official visit to Turkey at the...
International Criminal Court to establish office in Sudan
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague will establish an office with a permanent team in Sudan to investigate...
OCHA humanitarian report: over 225,000 displaced since January
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan issued a new report on the humanitarian...
Humanitarian Aid Commissioner calls for concerted effort to assist flood-affected in Sudan
Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commissioner, Najmedeen Abdelkarim, has launched an appeal to all local and international organisations to provide urgent humanitarian...
PM Hamdok pledges Sudan’s support for ICC
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan QC, who is on a week-long visit to Sudan,...
Launch of Mastercard in Sudan ‘a milestone for financial services’
The launch of Mastercard payment services in Sudan by Faisal Islamic Bank (FIB)* this week, has been heralded as an...
Prosecutor Khan in Khartoum for talks with Sudan on ICC cooperation
The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Asad Ahmad Khan QC, has arrived with a delegation in...
ICRC Sudan: Ethiopian refugees face increasingly difficult conditions as more people flee their homes
As fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and other areas in the north of the country forces more people to flee...
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