Sudan

Public divisions emerged within Sudan’s Freedom and Change – Democratic Bloc as the organizations held unauthorized meetings with international mediators in Ethiopia; African Union, IGAD, UN, Arab League, EU are seeking to launch a process on Sudan future

Sudan’s army in White Nile State warned of the risks posed by unexploded ordnance in residential areas following a series of drone attacks by the Rapid Support Forces in the city of Kosti, calling for terror listing for the organization

Almost three years of war in Sudan have left more than 8 million children, nearly half of the 17 million of school age, out of education for nearly 500 days, NGO Save the Children reported, highlighting one of the world’s longest school closures

The Central Bank of Sudan has directed the Bank of Khartoum to refund amounts deducted from customer accounts as fees for the Deposit Insurance Fund and ordered that the situation be rectified within 48 hours

A measles spread is threatening thousands of children in Central, South, and West Darfur - currently mostly outside State control - as vaccination programs and supply chains collapsed under war and bureaucratic delays, MSF warned

Authorities in the Northern State took control of a rebellion led by “Awlad Gammari,” following armed clashes near the land port in Dongola that caused casualties before the army managed to arrest dozens of the group’s members and confiscate vehicles

Paramilitary group Rapid Support Force, at war with the Sudanese military for over two years, reportedly agreed to a humanitarian truce proposed by US-led mediator group Quad

The illicit cross-border trade in vehicles has been growing since the start of Sudan's third civil war in April 2023 between the rebel Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese Armed Forces

At least 75 people were killed as Rapid Support Forces struck a mosque in El-Fasher during dawn prayers, according to media citing Sudan Doctors Network; the group said it is “a monstrous act that violates all international and humanitarian norms”

The Sudan Liberation Movement, a Darfur rebel group that has remained neutral in Sudan’s civil war, proposed a roadmap to end the conflict; leader Abdul Wahid al-Nur called for an immediate ceasefire and the formation of an interim civilian government

Ten days of power outage and a severe heatwave led to deaths from sunstroke in the cities of Port Sudan and Atbara, now housing hundreds of thousands of people displaced; the energy crisis has crippled essential services, water supplies and hospitals