Sudan news today

Latest Sudan headlines, collected from 5 news outlets and updated through the day (Tuesday 27 October 2026). Every headline links to the original publisher.

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• Sudan: Soaring prices worsen food crisis [ Africanews Today]Africanews · 10 min ago

  Torn apart by war, Sudan is grappling with the consequences of the armed conflict on its economy and its people. In Omdurman, bread supplies are dwindling, and residents can no longer afford to buy it.

• Drone strike kills at least 21 and injures 40 in Sudan’s NyalaAl Jazeera · 45 min ago

  A resident says the attack took place on Monday evening at a market in the north of Nyala city in the Darfur region.

• US, EU and 30 countries warn of famine risk in Sudan, call for aidAl Jazeera · 2 h ago

  Countries also urge Sudan's warring parties to 'lift all impediments on humanitarian assistance'.

• Sudan experiences massive power outages after RSF drone strikesAfricanews · 4 h ago

  Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a coordinated drone attack Monday against five power stations, causing mass power outages across the country's east, a government official told AFP.

• UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’The Guardian · 18 h ago

  Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign

• Sudan’s bread crisis deepens as flour shortages and soaring prices hit familiesAfricanews · 20 h ago

  Bread and meat are becoming unaffordable for families in Sudan. In Omdurman, soaring prices are pushing basic food beyond people’s reach. In Blue Nile state, authorities have approved two loaves of bread for 1,000 Sudane

• Sudan paramilitary drone strikes cause mass power cuts in eastern statesThe Guardian · 23 h ago

  Rapid Support Forces strike five power stations in three states controlled by Sudanese army Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched a coordinated drone attack against five power stations, causing mass pow

• The UAE has so much blood on its hands in Sudan. For its nominee to lead the UN would be an outrage | Nesrine MalikGuardian Middle East · 1 d ago

  Lana Nusseibeh has been the face of a disastrous Emirates policy that has prolonged war and death. It is a scandal that she is even being considered Over the past few years, you can plot the plunge into global instabilit

• Emirati diplomat who helped deliver aid to Gaza enters UN secretary general raceGuardian Middle East · 1 d ago

  Lana Nusseibeh has Palestine’s endorsement but faces criticism over UAE’s record on human rights and Sudan An Emirati diplomat who as UAE ambassador to the UN helped secure the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza has en

• Doctors tell the BBC about the targeting of Sudanese hospitals by paramilitary fightersBBC Africa · 3 d ago

  A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher's healthcare system.

• Hospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan's RSF fighters, BBC findsBBC Africa · 3 d ago

  The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

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