World News by Wild Rose

This week, Marjorie Hache has the pleasure of sitting down with Sudan's Sulaf, who is releasing her debut album "Aba", a poetic exploration of traditional Sudanese music with a contemporary twist and which she recorded in Paris where she has been living in exile since 2022.

Sudan's fuel crisis is a dollar shortage, not an oil shortage, and it is reshaping who controls supply, prices and humanitarian access. The post Why Sudan Is Running Out of Fuel in 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

The SAF claims victory in a vital North Kordofan town, weakening RSF’s access to fighters and supply routes.

The scarcity is driven by global oil disruptions tied to the Middle East conflict and by domestic import restrictions.

Addis Ababa accuses Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing armed groups.

Sudanese Armed Forces reportedly retake al-Mazroub, advancing the army's goal of cutting the RSF’s supply lines.

Pressure meant to isolate Sudan’s army has instead left Washington isolated and a ceasefire further out of reach.

Sudan explained in one read: the geography, people, political system, economy and daily life of Africa's third-largest country in 2026. The post Sudan Explained 2026, a Newcomer Guide to the Country appeared first on The Rio Times.

The 82-year-old has spent most of his life, since his ouster in 2019, between hospital and prison

Kordofan, between Darfur and central Sudan, has seen one in five recorded attacks in Sudan's war since April 2023.

Ethiopia accuses Sudan and Egypt of backing armed groups, deepening tensions amid internal unrest.

Sudan's foreign minister addressed the UNGA as his country faces war, mass displacement and a worsening aid shortfall.

Sudanese Foreign Minister Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim criticized the United States Monday for failing to issue a visa to Army Chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan to attend the U.N. General Assembly, while calling for an end to foreign support fueling the country’s civil war.

Sudan’s military is rejecting accusations from Ethiopia that Khartoum is backing armed groups fighting government forces in the north, calling the claims “baseless.”

Sudan army denies backing Tigray fighters, says rival paramilitary RSF receiving support from within Ethiopia.

Dozens of motorcycles were impounded in Sudan’s Blue Nile State, after their riders were accused of flouting a curfew.

Ethiopia’s army chief accused Eritrea and Sudan on Sunday of backing armed groups fighting federal troops, as clashes with Tigrayan rebels intensified. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it was waging a “defensive war” and seized airports. A humanitarian source said rebels captured the Afar town of Erebti on Sunday.

They came home to a war-ruined city determined to rebuild their lives, but a chronic lack of power, water, jobs and medicine has left many residents of Sudan's capital wishing they had stayed away

UN refugee agency says 400 people a day, about 20 times the previous daily rate, now cross from Sudan into eastern Chad.

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump's Africa envoy Massad Boulos said that each side in Sudan feels it "could get a decisive military victory". Asked about Western Sahara, he acknowledged there is no "imminent solution that we can feel or touch". He also rejected Rwanda's accusations of bias over US sanctions, saying they "can easily be reversed".

Media reports say US withheld army chief's visa to pressure him into accepting a 90-day truce in Sudan's civil war.

A spokesperson for UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was "deeply concerned" that it had not been issued and was engaging with Washington on the matter.

In tonight's edition, the United States is withholding a visa for Sudanese army chief al-Burhan ahead of his scheduled UN appearance. Also, Ghana’s beefing up its drugs authority in the wake of  major drug busts in France, Belgium and South Africa. And it’s back-to-school season in Ivory Coast.

Turkish leader says UN has been forced into 'dysfunction' and was 'bleeding out' in Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan.

Nearly 100 people have died in recent days in the scramble for gold, whose value has grown in a shattered economy.

Efforts to bring about humanitarian truces in Sudan hit a dead end as warring factions prioritise battlefield victories.

Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026 A shelter in a camp for people displaced by Sudan’s war. At Al-Zaraa in West Kordofan the Sudanese Doctors Network counted at least 67 dead in the mine… The post Africa Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

UN Interim Security Force for Abyei strengthens security on the ground after days of deadly fighting.

At least 82 people have been killed in a gold mine collapse in Sudan’s West Kordofan state, with dozens more injured and others feared trapped beneath the rubble.

The UN migration agency says its shelter and sanitation stocks in Sudan are gone by 30 September. The food agency says it is one-third funded. The post Sudan Aid Supplies Run Out at the End of This Month, the UN Migration Agency Says appeared first on The Rio Times.