Sudan
Level criticalupdated 3 min agoActive armed conflict zone
Based on UCDP armed-conflict records and official travel advisories, since August 21, 2026.
Strongly advised against right now โ follow official advisories. The country is also classified as an armed conflict zone.
What are the main risks in Sudan?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 29 events there, including 7 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Armed conflict, Flood.
Is there a government travel advisory for Sudan?
Yes โ of the 19 governments we track, 16 advise against travel and 0 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Sudan: current alerts and safety news
The alerts open right now, all sources combined โ weather, seismic, satellite, health and state advisories.
Being verified
We detected the following events, but they are not yet reliable enough to qualify as alerts โ they are awaiting confirmation from an official source. A report is not an established fact.
Last 90 days
- Calm
- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Sudan?
The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to some areas of Sudan. On our scale that is level 4, the strongest wording there is: do not travel. It targets certain areas only, and the notice does not name them in what we hold, so no region is named here. Sudan is in armed conflict, and that status is confirmed. It comes ahead of everything else on this page. Over the last 12 months we logged 25 events, 7 of them severe. Conflict accounts for 6 records, and all 6 are severe. Fires are the largest count at 17, none severe, and one flood was recorded. Read that order with care: fires are picked up by satellite in bulk, while conflict is logged one record at a time and weighs far more for people. Months are uneven, January being the busiest with 14 events, all hazards combined. Only fires and floods follow a season here.
What it changes for a nomad
A long stay here is not a matter of picking the right month. Armed conflict shapes flights, banking, power, fuel and whether any insurer will cover you at all. Read the official notice from your own state before you commit to anything, then read it again before you travel. One alert is live right now. Fires and floods do move with the calendar and can close roads or ground flights, so a fire or flood spell adds friction on top of everything else. January carried 14 events of the 12-month total, all hazards combined. If you still go, plan for days without power or network, keep money in more than one form, and make your work usable offline. Tell someone your route before each move, and keep the same person informed.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 24, 2026 ยท does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced โ
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Over the last 12 months, Sudan has experienced a high level of risk. The country is in an armed conflict, classified as a war zone since August. There have been 25 recorded events, with 7 being severe. Wildfires are frequent, with 17 events, but none were severe. Floods and travel advisories have also occurred, with one event each. The most active months are January, February, and March, when multiple hazards tend to peak. The situation remains tense, and the country is under a strong travel advisory from the UK, which warns against all travel to certain areas. Infrastructure and services are affected, especially in regions impacted by ongoing conflict and natural hazards.
To watch right now
- Sudan is in armed conflict, and the status is confirmed, not awaiting confirmation.
- One alert is live right now: read it before you move anywhere.
- An official notice at the strongest level sits among the most recent records; read it in full before booking anything.
To watch as a rule
- Conflict keeps coming back in our records: 6 entries over the last 12 months, every one of them severe.
- The fire season, which carries the largest count of the year at 17 entries.
- Floods, only one entry, but they cut roads when they come.
- An uneven calendar, January being the heaviest month with 14 events, all hazards combined.
Good reflexes
- Read your own state's official notice before booking, then again on the day you travel.
- Register your stay with your embassy and leave your dates with someone close to you.
- Keep cash in small notes and a charged power bank within reach.
- Download offline maps and keep a paper copy of your key documents.
- Agree a daily check-in time with one person, and hold to it even when things look calm.
Sudan: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country โ converging or not. The everyday reference.
Zones cited by government advisories
Advised against (all travel)
- Blue Nile
- Central Darfur
- Eastern Darfur
- Gedarif
- Gezira
- Kassala
- Khartoum
- North Darfur
- North Kordufan
- Northern
- Red Sea
- River Nile
- Sennar
- South Kordufan
- Southern Darfur
- Western Darfur
- White Nile
- Khartoum
- Omdurman
Flags show which of the tracked governments cite each zone. Red takes precedence over orange.
- Advised against by 4+ states
- Advised against by 1 state
- Advised against unless essential
Sudan: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay โ not what is happening today.
Watch out vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 37.6 ยตg/mยณ (median 17.3)
- Road deaths: 26.8 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Hospital beds: 0.66 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- Life expectancy at birth: 66.5 years (median 74.7)
- New displacements, conflict: 116.9 per 1,000 people (median 0.48)
- New displacements, disasters: 1.1 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Above the world median (17.3) ยท lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 ยตg/mยณ
Above the world median (15.2) ยท lower is better
Below the world median (2.4) ยท higher is better
Below the world median (74.7) ยท higher is better
Above the world median (0.48) ยท lower is better
6,039,000 people in total
Above the world median (0.73) ยท lower is better
58,000 people in total
809,816 people in total
50,147 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) ยท 2026
7.8/10 โ very high
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background โ not today's alerts.
Source: UCDP (Uppsala University), CC BY 4.0 โ academic records published 1โ3 months later, through 2026-06. Not a live indicator.
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams โ no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) ยท UNHCR
Sudan: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days ยท 2 events
Eventsof which severe- Civil unrest1
- Wildfire1
Last 12 months ยท 29 events
Eventsof which severe- Wildfire18
- Armed conflict66 6 severe
- Flood2
- Travel advisory11 1 severe
- Armed attack1
- Civil unrest1
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What travellers lived
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