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The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Sudan, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.

Sudan investor snapshot

GDP growth (2025)3.1%Moderate growth.
Inflation (2022)138.8%High inflation: money loses value quickly.
Unemployment (2022)7.5%Moderate.
GDP per person (2025)$1,165Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is.
Current account (2022)-8.6% of GDPDeficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money.
Exports (2025)1.1% of GDPDriven mostly by its home market.

Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.

Latest stories

Economy

Deadly air strike on goldminers lays bare a Sudan deeply mired in economic deprivation caused by war

Source: The National
Policy & Geopolitics

Climate change and drone attacks exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in war-torn Sudan

Aid groups warn of an imminent collapse of the health system as fighting continues to displace civilians amid the planting season. The UN has extended an arms embargo, but only for Darfur.

Source: Deutsche Welle
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan: 'Sudan's Warring Parties Bypass Sanctions Through Business Networks' - STPT

[Dabanga] A new report by the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker urges international governments to target the commercial networks and overseas partners sustaining the war.

Source: AllAfrica
Policy & Geopolitics

STPT: ‘Sudan’s warring parties bypass sanctions through business networks’

A new report by the Sudan Transparency and Policy Tracker urges international governments to target...

Source: Dabanga Radio TV Online
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan’s anti-war coalition calls for immediate humanitarian truce

Sudanese civilian and political groups opposed to the ongoing civil war has called for an immediate, unconditional humanitarian truce and a Sudanese-led peace process after talks M...

Source: DAILYSABAH
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan: Drought and War Push Darfur and Kordofan Towards Famine

[UN News] The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even harder in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, the UN-backed global hunger monitor warned on Monday.

Source: AllAfrica
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudanese anti-war forces present peace roadmap to regional and international mediators

Sudanese anti-war civilian forces have presented a roadmap for ending the war to a regional...

Source: Dabanga Radio TV Online
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan's Al Burhan accused of political scheming as war puts children at risk

Source: The National
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan: Darfur - Healthcare Needs Outstrip Resources As Security Council Extends Sudan Sanctions

[UN News] More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila, in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region, face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday as it called for an urgent increase in resources.

Source: AllAfrica
Policy & Geopolitics

UN extends Darfur arms embargo, blocks broader Sudan sanctions proposal

Russia and China block US efforts to expand the Darfur arms embargo to cover all of Sudan amid ongoing conflict.

Source: Al Jazeera English
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan: Continuing Efforts to Expand the Arms Embargo in Sudan

[State Department] Following close consultations with our Quad partners, allies, and members of the United Nations Security Council, the United States has decided to support a technical rollover of the Security Council resolution on the Darfur arms embargo until December 11.

Source: AllAfrica
Policy & Geopolitics

UN Security Council extends arms embargo in Sudan's Darfur as US pushes for nationwide ban

Source: The National
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan war: Four women killed in drone strikes on Ed Damazin, Blue Nile

Four women have died and civilian sites, including a mosque and a technical college, were...

Source: Dabanga Radio TV Online
Central banks

Counterfeiting compels Central Bank of Sudan to withdraw old SDG500 bills

Sudan’s central bank is withdrawing SDG500 notes issued in 2023 or earlier, with an economist...

Source: Dabanga Radio TV Online
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan war: Child among four slain by North Kordofan gunfire, rights monitor says

Four civilians, including a child, have been killed by gunfire from a force the Kordofan...

Source: Dabanga Radio TV Online
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan: Sudan War - Fighting On Ethiopian Border, Drone Attacks On Ed Damazin

[Dabanga] Ed Damazin -- The RSF-aligned Tasees Alliance forces announced on Saturday that they had taken full control of areas in Roseires locality, north-east of Ed Damazin, capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state, after seizing several areas, including Menze, Jabal El Nimr, Jabal El Num, Basharkat, Matanguya, Mangaling…

Source: AllAfrica
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan war: fighting on Ethiopian border, drone attacks on Ed Damazin

The RSF-aligned Tasees Alliance forces announced on Saturday that they had taken full control of...

Source: Dabanga Radio TV Online
Policy & Geopolitics

Sudan's Al Burhan using war to stay in power, says ex-ruling council member

Source: The National
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