Internews: Most fake COVID-19 rumours in Sudan concerned with possible treatments or cures
USA-based NGO Internews published a community feedback report on COVID-19 information and rumours in Sudan. Last week, Sovereignty Council member...
Health Minister calls for better precautions as COVID-19 cases rise in Khartoum, Port Sudan
Minister of Health, Dr Omar El Najeeb, has announced increases in rates of COVID-19 infection in Khartoum and Red Sea states,...
Sudan’s COVID-19 response chief calls on media to ‘quell false vaccine rumours’
Member of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council and alternate Chair of the Supreme Committee for Health Emergencies, Prof Siddig Tawir, says that...
$2.72 million Japanese food assistance grant for Sudan
Sudan and Japan have signed and exchanged an agreement on a $2.73 million Food Assistance Project, “so that Sudan can...
MSF: Thousands of Ethiopian refugees live in ‘precarious conditions’ in Sudan
Thousands of refugees who fled conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are stuck in precarious conditions in El Tenideba camp in neighbouring...
Call for investment in agriculture as 9.8m Sudanese face famine
The Ministry of Agriculture of Sudan, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, and the United Nations...
Sudan’s Sennar reports ‘remarkable increase’ in COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 isolation centres in Sennar are witnessing a significant increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus. The...
Sudan announces new measures to combat COVID-19
Siddig Tawir, the acting chair of the COVID-19 Health Emergency Committee, announced several health measures to combat the spread of...
North Darfur displaced protest closure of 16 health centres
The suspension of the Sudanese NGO Anhar in North Darfur has triggered protests among the displaced people in the region....
COVID-19: Khartoum MoH monitors 12 cases from India
The Khartoum Ministry of Health announced that it is monitoring 12 COVID-19 cases from India. The federal Health Ministry reported...
Doctors warn of ‘impending health disaster’ in Sudan
Doctors raise alarm over medicine shortages, lack of funding, insecurity, and an “impending health disaster”. Yesterday, the Sudanese Ministry of...
COVID-19 in Sudan: State of Emergency as cases rise in North Kordofan
The Health Emergency Committee in North Kordofan has declared a State of Health Emergency in response to the sharp rise...
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