STPT: ‘Sudan’s warring parties bypass sanctions through business networks’
A new report by the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker urges international governments to target the commercial networks and overseas...
Rising food prices and poor rains fuel fears of hunger crisis in Darfur
Rising food prices, declining rainfall and mounting economic pressures are deepening hardship across Sudan’s Darfur region, fuelling fears of worsening...
Counterfeiting compels Central Bank of Sudan to withdraw old SDG500 bills
Sudan’s central bank is withdrawing SDG500 notes issued in 2023 or earlier, with an economist linking the move to counterfeiting...
Concerns as Sudan’s imported bean ban bumps basic’s bracket
Sudan’s ban on imported beans has sent prices sharply higher, raising concerns over the affordability of a staple food (ful...
Call to scrap Sudan Customs’ advance import declaration system
Sudanese importers and customs experts are calling for the cancellation of a new Advance Cargo Declaration (ACD) system, saying it...
Centre for Humanitarian Change: Darfur faces deepening humanitarian crisis as rains fail
Darfur is facing a potentially devastating humanitarian crisis after the 2026 rainy season failed across much of the region, according...
Weaker demand eases US Dollar rate to SDG 7,400 on Sudan’s parallel market
Foreign currency traders in Sudan have reported that the exchange rate for the US dollar against the Sudanese Pound fell...
Bank of Sudan’s banking sector reform strategy faces range of challenges, led by digital transformation
By Suleiman Siri for Radio Dabanga The Central Bank of Sudan has announced a new five-year strategic plan covering 2026...
Sudan’s Finance Minister pins Pound’s fall on growing demand for US Dollars
Sudan’s Finance Minister, Jibril Ibrahim, attributes the Sudanese Pound’s rapid decline against foreign currencies to strong demand for foreign exchange...
Darfur, Kordofan markets shrug off Sudanese Pound’s fall as ‘trade picks up’
Markets in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, elsewhere in Darfur, and Kordofan in RSF/Tasees-controlled areas, have reportedly largely escaped...
Sudanese Pound collapse sees shops close amid soaring prices
The collapse of Sudan’s Pound is sending consumer prices sharply higher as traders struggle to price their goods. About three-quarters...
Sudanese Pound plunges despite government measures
The Sudanese Pound has plunged against the Dollar, with the US currency trading above SDG 8,400 on the parallel market,...
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