Khartoum

A Turkish cargo plane carrying medical supplies to help Sudan combat the spread of the novel coronavirus landed at Khartoum International Airport on June 15. 

Some 140 packages of medical supplies, including protective masks, safety goggles and gloves, arrived in the country, said Serdar Yilmaz, head of the Turkish Red Crescent's Sudan delegation.

In Sudan's capital Khartoum, a hip-hop producer who had his equipment seized during anti-government protests last year is now free to mix tracks in his studio.

Across town, an all-female troupe in pink T-shirts and white jeans practice rhythmic dance routines late in the evening in a dimly-lit car park.

Turkey on March 9 condemned the attempted assassination of Sudan's prime minister in the capital Khartoum.

"We strongly condemn the heinous assassination attempt that targeted Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok today in Sudan," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Online calls grew on Jan. 19 to help save five "malnourished and sick" African lions held at a park in Sudan's capital, with some demanding the creatures be shifted to a better habitat.

The five lions are held in cages at Khartoum's Al-Qureshi Park in an upscale district of the capital, but for weeks now they have been suffering from shortages of food and medicine.

Turkish aid organizations on Sept. 8 reached out to thousands of families affected by flash floods in the north of Sudan's capital
Khartoum.

Turkey's top diplomat arrived in Sudanese capital Khartoum on Aug. 16 for an official visit.

Turkish Airlines (THY) canceled its flights to Sudan's capital Khartoum due to tensions in the country.         

Turkey is "deeply concerned" about Sudanese security forces' deadly intervention June 3 against sit-in protests in Khartoum on June 3, Turkey's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Sudanese soldiers intervened to protect demonstrators on April 8 after security forces tried to break up a protest by thousands of anti-government demonstrators camping outside the Defense Ministry in central Khartoum, witnesses and activists said.

Three protesters died after police broke up an anti-government demonstration in Sudan, police said on Jan. 10, as thousands chanted support for President Omar al-Bashir at a rival rally in Khartoum.