President Omar al-Bashir's administration is set to preventing the country's opposition from holding protests against a planned increase in electricity prices, sources say.
Analysis: After years as an outsider in the Arab world, Sudan hopes its role in Saudi-led alliance in Yemen will bring it back into the fold, says Alawiyah Mukhtar.
Analysis: The over-riding ambition of Sudan's regime to stay in power is manifest in its ditching of former allies, as the global tide turns against political and militant Islamist organisations.
Analysis: Conflict in Libya and insurgencies in nearby countries threaten to further destabilise Sudan's Darfur region, itself scarred by years of civil war.