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Sudan's main civilian political coalition said on Tuesday it had urged the United States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt to coordinate efforts to end the country's war, backing a new diplomatic push by the four countries. sudantribune.com/article303143/

Clashes erupted in the capital of South Kordofan state, Kadugli, on Tuesday between the army and a formerly allied militia that tried to seize food from a market amid a deepening hunger crisis. sudantribune.com/article303136/

Sudan's army and allied armed groups said on Monday they repelled a major ground assault by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the besieged city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur. sudantribune.com/article303116/

A major Sudanese political coalition on Monday informed Saudi Arabia's ambassador that a 2023 agreement signed in Jeddah must serve as the foundation for any new effort to end the country's war, a spokesman for the group said. sudantribune.com/article303113/

Suspected Sudanese army drone strikes on two fuel markets in West Kordofan state on Monday killed at least five people and caused massive fires, residents and a local volunteer group said. sudantribune.com/article303123/
Sudan's government on Sunday pledged to restore electricity to the war-ravaged capital Khartoum by the end of September, a key step in its ambitious plan to make the city safe for residents to return. sudantribune.com/article303083/

Minni Arko Minawi, leader of the Sudan Liberation Movement, a key armed group allied with the army, told Sudan Tribune on Sunday that he was left unaware of a plan by the military leadership to clear all armed factions from the capital, Khartoum. sudantribune.com/article303074/

Sudan will block voice and video calls on Meta's WhatsApp messenger starting next week, the country's telecommunications regulator said on Sunday, citing "national security" threats in a country ravaged by war. sudantribune.com/article303070/

Sudan's military leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, landed his presidential plane at Khartoum's main airport on Saturday for the first time since the war began in April 2023. sudantribune.com/article303056/
Sudan's army on Saturday airdropped weapons, ammunition and food to a besieged base in Babanusa, West Kordofan, a move military observers said suggests it is regaining air superiority in the strategic region. sudantribune.com/article303044/

Sudan's Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Friday made his first visit to Khartoum since his appointment in May, touring the damaged Al-Jaili oil refinery and vowing to rebuild key infrastructure, state news agency SUNA reported. sudantribune.com/article303012/
Sudan's gold production surged to 64 tonnes in 2024, up 53% from 41.8 tonnes in 2022, generating $1.57 billion in legal export revenues for the conflict-torn nation's struggling economy, state-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC) said. sudantribune.com/article302984/

Shelling on the Sudanese city of El Fasher on Wednesday killed four girls and a boy, local sources said, as ground battles renewed between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). sudantribune.com/article302963/

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a flow of sophisticated, looted weapons into neighbouring South Sudan, violating a U.N. arms embargo and threatening the fragile peace in the world's youngest nation, a report by United Nations experts said. sudantribune.com/article302960/

At least 300 people, including children and pregnant women, were killed in a series of "brutal" attacks on villages in Sudan's North Kordofan region last week, the United Nations said on Tuesday, as escalating hostilities worsen the country's humanitarian crisis.…

Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris on Tuesday appointed five new ministers, three of whom represent armed movements allied with the army. sudantribune.com/article302908/

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have killed more than 200 civilians in a series of attacks on villages in North Kordofan state, the National Umma Party and a prominent Sudanese rights group said on Monday. sudantribune.com/article302874/

A high-level meeting of the Quad group of nations on the Sudan war has been delayed by a rift between Egypt, which insists on including Sudan's army, and the United States, which opposes the move, a Western diplomat said on Monday. sudantribune.com/article302859/

The SPLM-DRC, a group led by Yasir Arman, announced it would freeze its membership in the executive bodies and specialized committees of "Sumud," limiting its involvement to the alliance's Leadership Council to "allow more opportunities for political dialogue," exposing continued…

Darfur Governor Minni Arko Minawi on Sunday affirmed his commitment to his movement's nominee for the Ministry of Mining, denying reports that the candidate had been excluded during a security vetting process. sudantribune.com/article302848/
