The Latest Breaking News from Sudan

Giles Lever was not in Sudan when conflict erupted

A three-day ceasefire has been agreed in the violence-stricken country

Earlier this month, chaos broke out as the Sudanese army and rebel Rapid Support Forces clashed with heavy bombing and gunfights breaking out in Khartoum

Flights are open to those with British passports with priority given to families and the elderly

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that it was working on evacuating its non-essential staff and their families from Sudan. WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmad al-Mandhari told Asharq Al-Awsat that the health and humanitarian situation in Sudan was becoming more dangerous. The health ministry said 18 health…

Warring factions agree to 72-hour ceasefire starting on Tuesday as other countries race to get citizens out of Sudan.

Sudan's warring generals pledged Tuesday to observe a new three-day truce brokered by the United States and Saudi Arabia in an attempt to pull Africa's third-largest nation back from the abyss. The claims were immediately undercut by the sound of heavy gunfire and explosions in the capital of Khartoum.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the Kingdom's sincere condolences and sympathy to Egypt on the death of the Assistant Administrative Attache at the Egyptian Embassy in Khartoum, while he was on his way to the Embassy to follow up on the procedures of the evacuations of the Egyptian…

Residents and regional experts say governments and NGOs should have been better prepared for violence