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🇸🇩 AvoidIs Sudan Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Sudan
Travel verdict: Do Not Travel. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- ACTIVE CIVIL WAR: fighting between Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April 2023
- Mass atrocities, ethnic cleansing, and widespread sexual violence reported in Darfur
- Khartoum severely damaged; infrastructure, hospitals, and utilities destroyed
- All major governments advise against all travel; embassies evacuated
Travel Verdict: Do Not Travel
DO NOT travel to Sudan; active war makes the entire country extremely dangerous
Healthcare has collapsed; hospitals have been attacked and are non-functional in many areas
Sudanese pound; banking system has collapsed; cash shortages widespread
Emergency: No reliable emergency services; most embassies have been evacuated
Latest for Sudan
Updates for Sudan will appear here as they are published. Every update cites official sources, so you can plan on it.