‘Overloaded’ Saudi-bound livestock carrier sinks in Sudan port
A livestock carrier loaded with 16,000 sheep has sunk at her moorings in Sudan’s Suakin port on the Red Sea....
‘New SDG 1,000 note proves Sudan Pound’s plunging purchasing power’
The announcement by the Central Bank of Sudan on Monday that it will issue a new banknote of SDG 1,000...
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New 1000 Sudanese Pound banknote amidst rising inflation
The Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) announced yesterday that it will be issuing a new note of SDG 1,000. The...
Farming in Sudan has become ‘a leap in the dark’
Farmers in Sudan have expressed serious concerns about the agricultural season that is supposed to start this month. The June-to-September...
Sudan ratifies Red Sea Council charter
Sudan has ratified the charter establishing the Council of Arab and African States bordering the Red Sea and Gulf of...
Sudan’s trade union leaders predict increase in strikes
Trade union leaders predict an increase in strikes in various parts of the country due to the deteriorating living conditions, poor...
Sudan’s trade balance deficit nearly tripled in the past year
The deficit in the trade balance for the first quarter of this year rose to $1.22 billion, an increase of...
$20 million UN grant for food security in Sudan
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Khardiata Lô N’Diaye, has announced a grant of $20 million from the UN Central...
Sudan’s Northern State Wali bans wheat exports
The Wali (governor) of Sudan’s Northern State has issued an emergency order banning the transfer of locally produced wheat out...
USA sanctions Sudan companies ‘with links to Hamas’
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) revealed an expansive Hamas network, with one Hamas...
UNITAMS head: ‘Sudan crisis can only be resolved by Sudanese, but time is short’
“The crisis facing Sudan is entirely homegrown and can only be resolved by the Sudanese,” Volker Perthes, UN Special Representative...
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