Since the U.S. lifted long-standing sanctions on Sudan last October, foreign investors' interest has started to trickle in, an expert on the region has told CNBC.

But it's Chinese and Middle Eastern actors who already have first-mover's advantage, Matthew Kindinger, sub-Saharan African analyst at emerging markets advisory firm Frontier Strategy Group, added.

'Any"...

Sudan’s inflation rate has risen to 60,93% in May compared to 57,65 in April, reported the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBoS)

However, the director of the Troubled Currencies Programme at Johns Hopkins University Steve Hanke said Sudan’s annual inflation rate measured for 6/13/18, is 111%.

The government seeks to achieve an average inflation rate of 19,5%"...

People living in Port Sudan in eastern Sudan had to spend the first day of Eid El Fitr without much drinking water. Kassala is still witnessing an acute lack of fuel. Employees in southern Sudan did not receive their salaries, and the displaced in the Darfur camps continue to suffer from the ongoing impoverishment and insecurity. People in Darfur’s Jebel Marra face continued attacks on the villages.

A resident of Port Sudan, capital of Red"...

The Sudanese Central Statistics Bureau reported on Thursday that the inflation in May was 60,93 per cent, an increase of 4.92 per cent compared with the average price hikes of 57.65 per cent in April. Saudi Arabia may support the Sudanese economy for a period of five years. Turkey granted 10,000 tons of wheat to Sudan.

The Bureau attributed the huge inflation rate in May to the increased consumption during the fasting month of Ramadan.

Economist"...

The Sudanese government has said the State of Qatar has played important roles in supporting the efforts of peace and rehabilitation in Sudan and that Doha has exerted unprecedented positive efforts in Darfur file as it has expressed its appreciation to the Qatari efforts during the past years.
Presidential Aide Dr. Faisal Hassan Ibrahim said when he met the Qatari Ambassador to Sudan, Rashid Abdul-Rahman Al Nuaimi on the occasion of the expiry of his assignment to the country, that the government appreciates the great"...

The Sudanese President Omer Al Bashir has got an invitation from the Chinese President Xi Jinping to join the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Summit in Beijing in September 2018.
Al Bashir on Wednesday met with the Chinese Ambassador to Khartoum Li Lianhe who gave him a written letter from the Chinese President.
In the meeting, Al Bashir mentioned his country’s relations with China as strategic, saying Sudan posed as China’s gateway to Africa.
Al Bashir mentioned his country’s"...

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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday announced the launch of a project to provide health care to roughly 242,000 people in the war-torn Darfur state of western Sudan.

The UN agency explained that the project comes in order to bridge the health gap in nine villages in the East Jebel Mara locality at an estimated cost of $1.6 million.

WHO launched the one-year-project"...

The governor of South Sudan’s Tonj state has removed his deputy from his duties and replaced him with a new official.

Governor Anthony Bol Madut, according to the order which became public on Saturday, removed Manhiem Bol and replaced him with Marial Abur, a police general.

The top state official also issued another order removing ministers and appointing their successors.