[MSF] With only a few health facilities still functioning in Darfur, Sudan, pregnant women face harrowing journeys to seek care. Insecurity, checkpoints, and unaffordable or unavailable transportation force them to undertake day-long treks on foot or by donkey, often resulting in delivery complications, miscarriage or death.
[Egypt Online] Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration, Badr Abdelatty, met with his Sudanese counterpart, Ali Youssef El-Sherif, on the evening of Thursday, March 27, in Cairo to discuss bilateral relations and the latest developments in Sudan following the Sudanese national army's victory over the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Khartoum.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has announced plans to dispatch a special envoy to Juba in an effort to ease rising tensions between South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar.
[SNA] President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, has praised Sudanese-Saudi relations, describing them as distinguished. He referred to the Saudi leadership's supportive stances toward Sudan and its provision of humanitarian aid and assistance, and its commitment to the sovereignty, unity, and stability of Sudan.
[The Conversation Africa] Sudan has been engulfed in brutal conflict since 15 April 2023, when tensions between the country's two most powerful military factions erupted into civil war.
[UN News] For the first time in nearly two years of brutal conflict the number of Sudanese internally displaced during nearly two years of brutal conflict between rival militaries has fallen, the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Thursday.
[Afropop] Alsarah and the Nubatones are back after a five-year pause with their third album, Seasons of the Road, and it's a knockout. Alsarah (born Sarah Mohamed Abunama-Elgad in Khartoum, Sudan) has lived in the United States since she was a child. She studied at Wesleyan University, writing her ethnomusicology thesis on Sudanese Zar music, a Sufi tradition. After graduating in 2009, she moved to New York and formed her band, the Nubatones. The band's music updates Sudanese traditions with various influences, but
[Dabanga] Juba -- South Sudan's peace agreement lies in tatters after Riek Machar, South Sudan's vice president, was arrested and forcibly detained in Juba yesterday, noting that the reasons for this were unclear. Reports say the defence minister and head of national security entered his residence and handed him an arrest warrant.
[The New Humanitarian] "It was the longest and darkest night of my life, one I can never forget."
[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Omdurman -- A picture by Sudanese photographer Mosab Abushama, taken using just a mobile phone, has been selected as one of the regional winners for African of the prestigious World Press Photo (WPP) Contest, which recognises and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography of the previous year. The picture, entitled Life Won't Stop, shows a bridegroom at his wedding in Omdurman in January, and illustrates how life in Sudan goes on, "despite the clashes and random shelling in the city".
[Unicef] UNICEF calls for urgent protection of children and immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access
[RFI] The Sudanese army recaptured Khartoum airport and surrounding areas, military sources said on Wednesday, marking another gain in its two-year-old war with a rival armed group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
[OCHA] Port Sudan -- I am appalled and deeply saddened by the continued and intensifying attacks on civilians across Sudan.
[UN News] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has again called for greater protection of civilians in war-torn Sudan following deadly army airstrikes in North Darfur earlier this week.
[Dabanga] Rome / Paris -- As global leaders and experts convene in Paris for the fourth Nutrition for Growth Summit, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is calling for greater focus and action to prevent 'wasting' - the deadliest form of malnutrition - before its life-threatening impacts are felt in children. Action before malnutrition takes hold is crucial, WFP says.
[Dabanga] Khartoum -- Commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, arrived at the Republican Palace in Khartoum today, declaring the capital "free" of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- Tensions are growing between South Sudan and Chad, on the one hand, and the Sudanese government of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on the other. The dispute erupted following statements by General Yasir Al-Atta, deputy commander-in-chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, who, in an interview with Al Jazeera on March 23, 2025, stated that the airports of N'Djamena and Amdjarass, in Chad, are legitimate targets for Sudanese forces. Khartoum suspects that the United Arab Emirates is using these airports to
[U.S. House of Representatives] The Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) controversial actions in Africa's mining sector and its damage to human rights, exacerbation of labor exploitation and regional instability--particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia and Ghana--were the focus of a congressional hearing chaired today by U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), chairman of the House Foreign Affair Subcommittee on Africa.
[The Conversation Africa] A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit that the African nation's yearslong civil war could be at a crucial turning point.
[IPS] Bulawayo -- Sudan's diverse crops and agricultural heritage are at risk of being lost. The ongoing conflict in Sudan is claiming lives and threatening livelihoods and food security.
[CAF] Match Day 6 of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers produced some dramatic outcomes across the continent, with the race for a place at the global showpiece gradually taking shape.
[Daily Trust] As of today, over 50,000 civilians in South Sudan have been displaced. Many other persons were killed, including 50 people killed by an air bombardment. Political opponents are being arrested and detained.
[Dabanga] Omdurman / Khartoum / Lagawa / Tora / El Fasher -- Reports state that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombed Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions on Monday in Omdurman's El Sawra, Khartoum's El Bageir near Soba Bridge, and other neighbourhoods south of Khartoum. An RSF drone strike killed 11 people, including a child and a volunteer, during Taraweeh prayers at the Radwan Mosque in Hilat Kuko in the Sharg El Nile (East Nile) area of Khartoum on Sunday night, according to local sources.
[Ayin English] As the army seized control of the Republican Palace in the capital, Khartoum, last Friday, one armed faction appeared prominently in all the social media videos documenting the event: the "Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade". As soldiers from the national army walked through the bullet-ridden building, the leader of the Brigade, Misbah Abu Zeid Talha, walked proudly carrying a Sudanese flag, and troops flocked to take selfies with him.
[ISS] Shifting military dynamics, political fragmentation and external interference could escalate clashes, pushing the country towards partition.
[Afrobarometer] More than four in 10 say child abuse and neglect are common in their community.
[Dabanga] El Gezira -- A Sudanese rights group has warned today that mass trials of alleged paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) collaborators risk turning the judiciary into a tool for political reprisals. Hundreds are already facing trial in El Gezira, with thousands more expected to follow.
[SNA] President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, General Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan, affirmed that the Nuba are the backbone of the national struggle, pointing to their valuable contributions to the military and security institutions and their significant role in national development.
[Crisis Group] The Sudanese Armed Forces may retake Khartoum. But don't expect a decisive end to the war.
[SNA] Portsudan, March 22, 2025 (SUNA) - Government spokesman and Minister of Culture and Information Khalid Al-Aiser said that elements of the terrorist Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia and their foreign mercenaries are currently fleeing from various locations in Khartoum, under pressure from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), supporting forces, and mobilized personnel.