The African Union’s Peace and Security Council has declined to approve a proposal to lift the suspension of Sudan’s membership of the African Union, according to multiple informed sources, following a ministerial-level meeting chaired by Egypt’s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty. Despite the decision, Egypt and Algeria are continuing diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the suspension….
Addis Ababa — A delegation from Sudan’s Civil Democratic Alliance of Revolutionary Forces (Sumud) pre-empted the African summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, by holding intensive consultations with ‘influential countries’ in decision-making within the African Union, in addition to the 15 countries of the African Peace and Security Council, as the competent authority to…
Two new World Bank Group reports released today underscore that South Sudan stands at a critical crossroads, where restoring public finances and taking urgent, climate-smart action are essential to reversing economic decline and placing the country on a sustainable development path. The new Public Finance Review (PFR) and Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) warn…
Sudan’s military-led government has returned to the country’s capital after nearly three years of operating from its wartime base in the eastern city of Port Sudan. Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris told reporters on Sunday that the “government of hope” was officially back in Khartoum and would begin efforts to improve services for the city’s…
Addis Ababa, December 30, 2025 (SUNA) – Chair of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the peace initiative submitted by the Sudanese government to the United Nations Security Council. Youssouf described the initiative as a comprehensive framework aimed at safeguarding Sudan’s unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. He noted that the African…
Geneva, December 20, 2025 (SUNA) – On the sidelines of the World Refugee Forum, Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Hassan Hamid, held a joint coordination meeting on Saturday at the mission’s headquarters with Mamadou Dian, Regional Director of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for East Africa, the Horn…
United States President Donald Trump has pledged to address the conflict in Sudan, in response to an apparent request from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. On Wednesday, Trump announced his intention to intervene twice, once at the Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, DC, and a second time on his online platform, Truth Social. Recommended…
Port Sudan — Minister of Justice and Head of the National Human Rights Mechanism, Dr. Abdullah Dirif, met Wednesday at the Council of Ministers Hall with the African Union (AU) Envoy for the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Adama Dieng, in the presence of the mechanism’s members. The Mechanism’s Rapporteur and Head of the Legal Sector,…
Sudan’s military chief has confirmed the army’s withdrawal from its last western stronghold of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared control of the city. In a televised address on Monday evening, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he had approved the withdrawal in response to the “systematic destruction and killing of civilians”. He…
Cairo — A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan ‘s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday. The tragedy happened Sunday in the Tarasin village in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains…
