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Capital

Khartoum

Head of State

General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Head of Government

Acting Prime Minister Osman Hussein

Sudanese refugees and ethnic South Sudanese families fleeing war in Sudan gather in South Sudan after crossing the border last year. File photo: AFP

Africa

South Sudan should ‘urgently pull back from the brink’: UN rights chief

Civilian-populated areas, including a Medecins Sans Frontieres medical facility, have been targeted by warring sides despite warnings of a health catastrophe.

23 May 2025 - 7:39PMvideocam

Africa

UAE supplying Sudan paramilitaries with Chinese-made weapons: Amnesty

9 May 2025 - 11:11AM

Africa

Drones strike key targets in Port Sudan as civil war rages

6 May 2025 - 3:11PM

Africa

Sudan paramilitaries launch attacks, suicide drones on Port Sudan

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have increased their use of drones since losing territory including much of the capital Khartoum.

4 May 2025 - 7:55PM

Members of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in 2023. Photo: AFP

Africa

‘We’re suffering’: UN to reduce food help to Sudan over huge cash shortfall

Seven million people are at risk, with the agency saying it has a shortfall of US$698 million out of the nearly US$800 million it needed to cover May to September.

25 Apr 2025 - 10:46PM

Africa

Sudan paramilitary chief declares rival government 2 years after war erupted

The conflict has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with tens of thousands killed and 13 million people displaced.

16 Apr 2025 - 5:44AM

Africa

Sudan paramilitaries kill 56 in 48 hours in retaken town, say activists

The conflict has seen tens of thousands die, uprooted over 12 million and created what has been called ‘the biggest humanitarian crisis recorded’.

13 Apr 2025 - 11:30PM

Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers work near bodies recovered from a well in the state of Khartoum, Sudan, in March. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Sudan army chief declares capital ‘free’ from inside presidential palace

Sudan’s de facto leader says capital has been retaken, signalling a pivotal moment in the conflict.

27 Mar 2025 - 2:01PM

Africa

Sudan army advances in central Khartoum after retaking palace

The military says it has seized several key buildings from the Rapid Support Forces, including state intelligence headquarters.

23 Mar 2025 - 7:32AM

Africa

‘The palace is back’: Sudan’s military retakes presidential compound

The fighting has caused a massive humanitarian crisis, killing thousands, forcing millions to flee and leaving some families eating grass.

21 Mar 2025 - 7:47PM

Sudanese army members film themselves inside the presidential palace in Khartoum on Friday, as the army says it has taken control of the building. Photo: Screenshot from social media video, via Reuters

US-China relations

G7 slams China’s ‘dangerous’ moves in South China Sea, strongly backs Ukraine

Statement by foreign ministers gathered in Canada also highlights importance of ‘maintaining peace and stability’ across Taiwan Strait.

15 Mar 2025 - 10:47PMvideocam

(From left) French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrive at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in La Malbaie, Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada, on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Africa

Sudan accuses UAE of ‘complicity in genocide’ amid civil war

The United Arab Emirates has long been accused by Sudan and others of supporting the rebel paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

8 Mar 2025 - 6:40PM

Africa

Sudan civil war: famine and inflation eclipse Ramadan

The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced more than 12 million and cut off crucial supply routes across the country.

1 Mar 2025 - 7:33PM

Africa

Sudan military plane crash death toll rises to 46

Aircraft crashes are common in Sudan, which has a poor aviation safety record.

27 Feb 2025 - 1:22AMvideocam

A Sudanese army soldier mans a machine gun on top of a military pickup truck outside a hospital in Omdurman. The death toll from a Sudanese military aircraft crash in the city of Omdurman increased to at least 46 people. Photo: AFP

Africa

African Union summit opens, overshadowed by DR Congo conflict

DR Congo president absent after Rwandan-backed forces seized a second major city on his territory.

15 Feb 2025 - 12:30PM

Africa

Sudan market attack kills 54, wounds more than 150

Casualties in the attack, carried out by the Rapid Support Forces on a market in Omdurman, reportedly included many women and children.

2 Feb 2025 - 3:03PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

China’s peace strategy in Horn of Africa is slow-going, but can it reap rewards?

Beijing is taking a slow but safe approach to promoting harmony in a region of Africa beset by war and insurgencies, experts say.

31 Jan 2025 - 6:54AMvideocam

Africa

Sudan’s civil war sets ablaze country’s largest oil refinery

Fighting nearby set the sprawling complex ablaze, satellite data shows, amid famine and Sudan’s worsening humanitarian crisis.

25 Jan 2025 - 4:56PM

Sudan’s top army general and de facto ruler, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Photo: AFP

Africa

Sudan government rejects UN-backed famine declaration

The war has reportedly created famine conditions for 638,000 people, with a further 8.1 million on the brink of mass starvation.

29 Dec 2024 - 10:50PM

Africa

‘Horrendous massacre’: over 100 killed in Sudanese air strike on Darfur market

The attack is the latest in a series of escalating violence in Sudan’s 20-month war, with both sides accused of targeting civilians.

10 Dec 2024 - 7:37PMvideocam

Diplomacy

Opinion | Can Global South and G20 lead new era of poverty reduction?

The credibility of developing countries in the fight against poverty stems from lived experience rather than theoretical discourse.

26 Nov 2024 - 4:31PM

Children sit in a camp in Gedaref, Sudan, for people displaced due to fighting in Sinja, on July 24. Photo: EPA-EFE

China-Africa relations

Why Chinese investors are also waiting for Sudan’s civil war to end

Prolonged fighting in Sudan is keeping Chinese companies out but plans are in place to go back in once the violence ends.

16 Nov 2024 - 5:13PMvideocam

A civil war has been raging in Sudan since April last year. Photo: AFP

Africa

Sudan sees sexual violence on ‘staggering’ scale amid civil war: UN

Children are not spared the abuse, while women and girls are being abducted for sexual slavery.

29 Oct 2024 - 6:18PM

Africa

Paramilitary rampage kills more than 120 in east-central Sudan

UN and doctors groups say the Rapid Support Forces ran riot in a multi-day attack in the province of Gezira, from October 20 to 25.

27 Oct 2024 - 9:21PM

Africa

Sudan paramilitary attack kills 50, activists say

The attack comes after a defection by a commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to Sudan’s regular army.

26 Oct 2024 - 8:36PM

A Sudanese national flag attached to a machine gun of Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) soldiers. Photo: Reuters

China-Africa relations

Ethiopian dam could muddy the waters of China’s position as a global leader

A long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam could force Beijing into an impossible situation, observers say.

21 Oct 2024 - 3:03PMvideocam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is continuing to cause rifts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. But China may be cautious to try to broker a deal as any involvement is likely to cause anger. Photo: AFP

Africa

‘Barely anyone left’ as Sudan’s El Fasher devastated by fighting

Sudan’s 17-month civil war has claimed tens of thousands of lives and caused the world’s largest displacement crisis.

22 Sep 2024 - 10:24PM

Africa

UN analysts report ‘unprecedented’ combat in Sudan amid famine, displacement

The foreign ministry of Sudan rejected appeals by UN experts to deploy an ‘impartial force’ for civilian protection.

14 Sep 2024 - 10:30PM

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