This advice has been reviewed. It contains new information or advice, but the overall warning level has not changed. Australians are advised to avoid all travel to southern Sudan. The security situation in southern Sudan remains unstable due to ongoing civil war.
Conflict can escalate with little or no warning.
Australians visiting or resident in northern Sudan are advised that security conditions have the potential to deteriorate at short notice. Crowded public places and areas where demonstrations and disturbances might take place should be avoided. In view of the heightened tension associated with the recent terrorist attacks in the United States of America, Australian citizens in Sudan are advised to be especially alert to their own security at this time. There has been a state of emergency in effect in Sudan since December 1999. Australians intending to visit Khartoum are advised to seek the latest information from the Australian Embassy in Cairo or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra before travelling.