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Sudan
Khartoum · Sudanese pound (SDG) · COMESA · IGAD
Reference
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Currency
- Sudanese pound · SDG
- Central bank
- Central Bank of Sudan
- Regional membership
- Official languages
- Arabic, English
- Stock exchange
- Not listed here
- Instant payments
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- Regulatory sandbox
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Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- $60.2 bn · 2025
- GDP growth (annual %)
- 3.1% · 2025
- Population
- 51.7 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- Not available for the latest year
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · SDG
- 545 SDG per US dollar · 2026-08-29
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Headlines · 34
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
BBC News Africa
Two-year curfew lifted in Sudan's capital
The military authorities retook control of the city 18 months ago, but the conflict continues elsewhere.
Africanews
Sudan lifts two-year curfew in Khartoum amid ongoing war
Sudan has lifted a two-year-old night-time curfew and a state of emergency in the capital, Khartoum, in a move authorities say will allow residents to move and work around the clock.
Africanews
UN and partners strengthen Ebola preparedness in South Sudan border town
Humanitarian organisations warn there is a significant risk of a spillover due to extensive cross-border trade and travel between the two countries.
The Guardian Africa
Overcoming war’s legacy: learning to walk again at a South Sudan clinic – in pictures
After decades of sporadic conflict in South Sudan, many civilians have been left with life-changing injuries from gunshots and landmines. The country also has high rates of disability resulting from disease and snake…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Sudanese Army Says It Downed Drone Crossing From Ethiopia, Third Such Incident in Recent Days
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Sudan's army said on Thursday it shot down a "hostile" drone that crossed into southeastern Blue Nile State from Ethiopian territory, marking the third such incident reported near the…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Fighting, Road Closures Raise Fears of Imminent Famine in Sudan's Kordofan
[Dabanga] West Kordofan -- The Kordofan Observatory warns of signs of an imminent famine in several parts of the region, reporting that families in the localities of El Nahud, Wad Banda, El Khuwei, and Muglad are being…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Sennar 'Virgin' Case - Verdict Due Today As Appeal Court Upholds Prison Term and Fine for Mother
[Dabanga] Sennar -- The Sennar Court of Appeal, sitting at the city's court complex under Judge Abdullah Omar, is due to hold a special session this Thursday morning to deliver its verdict in the case of the "Virgin"…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Port Sudan Prisoners Suspend Hunger Strike Until Sunday
[Dabanga] Port Sudan -- Remand prisoners at Port Sudan Central Prison in Red Sea state have agreed to suspend their open-ended hunger strike until Sunday after receiving assurances from judicial and prosecution…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Displaced in South Darfur Shelters Face Critical Humanitarian Conditions
[Dabanga] Nyala -- The emergency room and health centres in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, warn of deteriorating humanitarian conditions in several displacement shelters across the city. They say the basic needs of…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Kassala Gold Traders' Strike to Continue 'Until Street-Vendor Crisis Resolved'
[Dabanga] Kassala -- The head of the goldsmiths' association in Kassala, Abboud Ahmed Issa, tells Radio Dabanga that gold traders will continue the strike that began on Monday until the relevant authorities intervene…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Rwanda Drawn Against Sudan in Afcon U23 2027 Qualifiers
[New Times] Rwanda will face Sudan in the first round of the qualifiers for the 2027 CAF U23 Africa Cup of Nations following the draw held in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday.
AllAfrica · Sudan
From Red Sea to Sudan - Why Ethiopia's Instability Risks Destabilizing Horn of Africa
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The guns may not yet have returned to the scale seen during Ethiopia's devastating 2020-2022 war, but the warning signs are becoming impossible to ignore. Tigray is once again caught in a…
AllAfrica · Sudan
WFP Warns Global Conflict Is Driving Sudan Deeper Into Hunger Crisis
[Dabanga] New York -- The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that global conflict and disruptions to fuel and trade are worsening Sudan's already catastrophic hunger crisis, with basic food costs rising by almost 40…
AllAfrica · Sudan
UN Security Council and Sudan - Arms Embargo Exposes Gap Between International Will and Action
[Dabanga] Amsterdam / New York -- By Ashraf Abdelaziz for Radio Dabanga…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Kassala Gold Traders Shut Shop Amid Clashes, Illicit Parallel Market
[Dabanga] Kassala -- The closure of the gold market in Kassala entered its second consecutive day on Tuesday, after traders shut their shops on Monday in protest at repeated incidents and clashes involving itinerant…
AllAfrica · Sudan
[Dabanga] Kampala -- Sudan's Radical Change Forces' Alliance confirms that it has been in contact with the Quintet initiative (the African Union, the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development…
AllAfrica · Sudan
South Darfur Hospital Closure Leaves Pregnant Women Dying On Road to Care
[Dabanga] Rahad Al-Bardi, South Darfur -- The journey taken by three women from Rahad Al-Bardi locality in South Darfur to the state capital of Nyala was not simply a trip for medical treatment. It became a race against…
AllAfrica · Sudan
NUP Deputy Leader - Sudan's Anti-War Forces Must Move From Declarations to Making Peace
[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Addis Ababa -- Maryam El Sadig El Mahdi, deputy leader of the National Umma Party, has welcomed a joint position paper issued by Sudanese anti-war forces following a meeting in the Ethiopian…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Denmark, UK, France Back U.S. Proposal to Expand Sudan Arms Embargo - China, Russia Oppose
[Dabanga] New York / Khartoum -- A US proposal to expand the arms embargo on Darfur to cover drones and the whole of Sudan has prompted widespread reactions among representatives of countries taking part in Monday's UN…
AllAfrica · Sudan
U.S. Moots Expanding Darfur Arms Embargo to Cover Drones and All of Sudan
[Dabanga] New York -- The USA has proposed expanding the arms embargo currently imposed on Sudan's Darfur region to cover the entire country, in an attempt to stem the flow of weapons and drones fuelling the war that…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Port Sudan Detainees Launch Hunger Strike Over 'Endless' Trial Delays
[Dabanga] Port Sudan -- By Suleiman Siri for Radio Dabanga…
AllAfrica · Sudan
U.S. and Denmark Push for Nationwide Expansion of UN Arms Embargo in Sudan
[RFI] The United States on Monday urged the United Nations Security Council to expand an arms embargo on the Sudanese region of Darfur to cover all of Sudan, saying the nation's brutal conflict risks regional expansion.…
AllAfrica · Sudan
War in Sudan Spreads to Neighboring Countries - Tensions With Chad and Ethiopia
[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- The war in Sudan is increasingly involving neighboring countries into the conflict. The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, have stepped up operations aimed at…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Sudan War - a Conflict Sustained By Weapons, Fragmentation, and Diplomatic Inertia
[Dabanga] Sudan's war is becoming harder to stop, not easier. That was the central warning from Rosemary DiCarlo, the UN's Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, in her briefing to the Security…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Sudan Renews Call for UN Security Council to Designate RSF Militia As a Terrorist Organization
[SNA] Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Al-Harith Idris, renewed Sudan's call for the UN Security Council to designate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia as a terrorist organization…
AllAfrica · Sudan
Sudanese UN Envoy - Eastern Libya, Chad and Ethiopia Are Supply Routes for RSF Militia
[SNA] Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Al-Harith Idris, said in a briefing to the UN Security Council on Monday that the UN Panel of Experts had documented the transformation of eastern…
AllAfrica · Sudan
US Proposes Expanding UN Arms Embargo
[DW] The US has called for a UN arms embargo for Darfur to be broadened to the whole of Sudan. The change would require Security Council approval, with Russia warning it would hurt the Sudanese army.
AllAfrica · Sudan
UN Relief Chief Tells Security Council Sudan Suffers From 'A Lack of Action'
[OCHA] Briefing to the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Sudanby Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator…
AllAfrica · Sudan
A City Within a City - How Displacement Is Reshaping El Obeid
[Ayin Network] Despite the ongoing insecurity in and around El Obeid, the capital city of North Kordofan State, displaced people from surrounding villages and further afield continue to flock in. Ongoing insecurity in…