Last verified: Monday, 19. August 2019 at 07:23 AM
Last verified: Monday, 19. August 2019 at 07:23 AM
Please reconsider your need to travel to Sudan Advertising
Please reconsider your need to travel to Sudan. We detected travel advisories from 10 sources for this specific country.
Sudan shares a land border with 9 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Sudan), the Advisory Index is 3.6 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Libya (5), Central African Republic (4.9), Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.8), Chad (3.6), Eritrea (3.4), Egypt (2.9), Ethiopia (2.9), Uganda with 2.9 and Kenya with 2.7 (of 5).
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Sudan from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 4.2 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories).
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta särskild försiktighet - Iaktta särskild försiktighet när du reser i hela landet. Det har skett en militärkupp och landet leds nu av ett militärråd. Den politiska situationen är oberäknelig och säkerhetsläget kan förändras snabbt. Undvik demonstrationer och stora folkmassor. Ta på förhand reda på hurdant säkerhetsläget är i området.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Blue Nile
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Central Darfur
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: East Darfur
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: North Darfur
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: South Darfur
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: West Darfur
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: South Kordofan
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Red Sea
Info: Undvik alla resor
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Terrorists could attempt to take advantage of the ongoing civil unrest and poor security situation in Sudan to conduct attacks against Westerners at hotels, tourist sites, and public spaces in the major population centres. Attacks could occur anywhere and at any time, with little or no warning. See Safety and security We haven't changed the level of advice – ...
Source: http://smartraveller.gov.au/Countries/africa/north/Pages/sudan.aspx
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Australian government
Coverage: North, South and West Darfur, Abyei region, North and South Kordufan, Blue and White Nile State, Sennar State
Info: This regional advisory from the Australian government covers: North, South and West Darfur, Abyei region, North and South Kordufan, Blue and White Nile State, Sennar State.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Sudan.
Issued by: Australian government
Coverage: Areas within 15km of the border with Eritrea and Ethiopia
Info: This regional advisory from the Australian government covers: Areas within 15km of the border with Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion wishes to advise Maltese travellers that a man died during a protest held in El-Souk in the state of Sinnar.
Source: https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/sudan/
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Do not travel to Sudan due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, and armed conflict. On April 11, 2019, the Department ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees. Violent crime, such as kidnapping, armed robbery, home invasion, and carjacking, is common. Terrorist groups continue to pose a threat in Sudan. Terrorist groups ...
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Austrian Government advises again travelling Sudan.
Source: https://www.bmeia.gv.at//reise-aufenthalt/reiseinformation/land/sudan/
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid travel completely
Source: http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/travel_en.html
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Vi fraråder alle rejser til Sudan på grund af omfattende uroligheder og voldelige demonstrationer. Der er ikke en dansk ambassade i Sudan. Kontakt den norske ambassade i Khartoun, hvis du har brug for akut hjælp, men vær opmærksom på, at ambassaden har begrænset kapacitet til at bistå. Hvis du bor eller rejser i Sudan, bør du holde dig væk fra demonstrationer ...
Source: http://um.dk/da/rejse-og-ophold/rejse-til-udlandet/rejsevejledninger/Sudan/
This is the change history of the risk assessment of Sudan.
The total rating for Sudan changed from 4.0 to 4.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Austrian government increased their existing warning for Sudan to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 3.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for Sudan changed from 3.9 to 4.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Sudan to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for Sudan changed from 3.8 to 3.9. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government increased their existing warning for Sudan to 3.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +1.0).
Sudan with its capital Khartoum is a country in Africa (Northern Africa), slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US (2,505,810 km²). The country is located Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea. The climate can be described as tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November). The landscape is generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in far south, northeast, and west; desert dominates the north. With a population of about 40.22 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Khartoum |
| Population | about 40.22 million |
| Size | 2.505.810 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US |
| Common languages | Arabic, English, Finnish |
| Currency | Dinar (short: SDD) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 230V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900/1800/3G |
| International phone prefix | +249 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .sd |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | SD |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | SDN |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 736 |
These are problems Sudan is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Sudan. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Sudan.
Export products
Import products
Sudan is currently rated at 4,2 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 10 official sources. Please reconsider your need to travel to Sudan.
The score is rather high (4,2) and you should avoid all non-essential travel to Sudan. Maybe pick another location.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 10 individual sources for Sudan.
Sudan has a size of 2,505,810 km² or 967,498 mi² which is slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US.
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2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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Central African Republic (4.9)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (3.8)
Chad (3.6)
Eritrea (3.4)
Egypt (2.9)
Ethiopia (2.9)
Uganda (2.9)
Kenya (2.7)
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