Current travel advisories for Sudan

Last Update: Wednesday, 11. December 2019 at 07:22

Please reconsider your need to travel to Sudan.

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Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 3.8 / 5

Sudan is a country in Africa (Northern Africa) with around 41 million citizens and a land mass of 2,505,810 km². We detected travel advisories from 9 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 3.4 / 5

Sudan shares land borders with 9 neighbouring states. For this country, the Danger Index is 3.4 (average value for all countries). All countries habe been reported as somehow dangerous: Central African Republic (4.9), Libya (4.9), Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.6), Chad (3.6), Eritrea (3.1), Egypt (2.7), Uganda (2.7), Ethiopia with (2.6) and Kenya with (2.6 of 5). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/sudan

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)

Danger level: 2

Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories).

Australian government

https://www.smartraveller.gov.au/destinations/africa/sudan

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
We've reviewed our travel advice for Sudan. We haven't changed our level of advice: Reconsider your need to travel to Sudan due to the possibility of violent civil unrest and the threat of terrorist attack. Higher levels apply in some parts of the country.

Danger level: 3

Reconsider your need to travel.

Austrian government

https://www.bmeia.gv.at//reise-aufenthalt/reiseinformation/land/sudan/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Austrian Government advises again travelling Sudan.

Danger level: 3

Regional Travel Warning.

US American government

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/sudan-travel-advisory.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Reconsider travel to Sudan due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict.   Country Summary: Crime, such as kidnapping, armed robbery, home invasion, and carjacking can occur. This type of crime is more frequent outside of Khartoum. Members of known terrorist groups continue to be in Sudan and could pose a threat. Terrorist groups in Sudan may harm Westerners and Western interests through suicide operations, bombings, shootings, and kidnappings. They may attack with little or no warning, targeting foreign and local government facilities, and areas frequented by Westerners.    Demonstrations can occur with no warning. Recent demonstrations in Khartoum have been planned and peaceful with no police response.  However, police and other security forces may respond to public demonstrations with violence. Foreigners could be targeted in reaction to national and international events.   Violence continues along the border between Chad and Sudan and areas that border South Sudan (including the disputed Abyei area). Armed opposition groups are active in Central Darfur state and parts of Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in Sudan, as U.S. government employees must obtain special authorization from the Sudanese government to travel outside of Khartoum. The U.S. Embassy requires U.S. government personnel in Sudan to use armored vehicles for official travel.   Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.

Danger level: 4

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New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/sudan

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Do not travel to the Darfur region, the Red Sea state border with Eritrea, the Abyei region, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states, areas of Northern Kordofan and White Nile states south of the Kosti-El Obeid-En Nahud road, or within 50 kilometres of the border with Libya, due to the threat of armed conflict and terrorism and the high level of violent crime, including kidnapping. 

Danger level: 5

Do not travel / Extreme Risk.

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/sudan/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Avoid non-essential travel

Danger level: 4

Avoid non-essential travel.

Finnish government

https://um.fi/resemeddelande/-/c/SD

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Undvik icke nödvändiga resor - Undvik onödigt resande till Sudan. Det pågår ett maktskifte i landet och läget kan bli instabilt mycket snabbt. I Khartoum och på annat håll i landet har det förekommit våldsamma demonstrationer. Man ska undvika allt resande till Darfurområdet och Sydsudan samt till gränsområdena mot Eritrea.

Danger level: 4

Reduce Travel to the necessary minimum..

Finnish government

https://um.fi/resemeddelande/-/c/SD

Regional warning: This advisory covers a specific region.

Brief summary:
Undvik alla resor

Reisewarnstufe: 5

Avoid Travelling..

Cypriot government

http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/travel_en.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Avoid travel completely

Danger level: 5

Avoid travel completely.

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)
You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.
High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)
Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.
Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)
Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.
Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)
Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens
around 41 million
Covering landmass
2,505,810 km²
Electricity
230V - 50Hz
Currency
Dinar (SDD)
ISO 2-Letter Code
SD
Phone prefix
+249
Top Level Domain
.sd
Mobile frequencies (MHz)
900/1800/3G

Airports in Sudan (extern)

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Note of the displayed travel advisories
These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.