• The Sudanese Army announces the "liberation" of several areas in North Kordofan after fierce battles — the Armed Forces statement (yesterday, Thursday) said its forces liberated Kajmar, Sharshar, Al-Baniya Al-Kurayniya, Al-Qulay'at, Awlad Hazma, Maquldat, Rashan, Al-Qa', Ghabat Al-Laqad, Al-Kokayti and around Al-Mazroub, and that they pursued the remnants of the Rapid Support Forces to the outskirts of Darfur, with wide combing operations west of El Obeid; the Rapid Support Forces have not yet commented. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA) via Fana News) • The President of the Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan: "The War of Dignity and Pride will not end except with the end of the rebellion" — he said after Friday prayers yesterday in Burri in Khartoum that his pledge to the people and the martyrs was that the "killers and criminals" would have no foothold in Sudan, renewing his welcome to whoever responds to the call of the homeland and surrenders himself, rejecting any external agendas imposed on the Sudanese, and affirming that the country's problems are solved through Sudanese dialogue inside Sudan, and that the economic crisis and high prices are part of this battle. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA) via Fana News) • The defected commander Al-Nour Ahmed Adam (Al-Nour Al-Qubba) announces the completion of his forces' preparations to move to the Darfur and Kordofan fronts with the army and the forces supporting it — he said at the symposium "Return to the Embrace of the Homeland Is a Path to Peace" at the Cultural Centre in Omdurman (organized by the League of Media Professionals in Kordofan and Darfur in cooperation with "SUNA", under the patronage of the Governor of Darfur, Minni Arko Minawi) that 70% of the members of the Rapid Support Forces are with the army but fear execution or torture, and that the number of returnees from the Rapid Support Forces has exceeded his forces. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA) via Fana News / SudanHorizon) • South Sudan postpones the political dialogue between the parties on peaceful and democratic elections from September 17 to September 24 — the Minister of Cabinet Affairs and rapporteur of the Dialogue Body, Martin Elia Lomuro, notified the parties and diplomatic missions that the dialogue will be held at ten in the morning in the main hall of the Transitional National Legislative Assembly in Juba, and will discuss electoral constituencies, independent candidacy, campaign financing, and security arrangements for candidates and polling centres, ahead of the elections scheduled for December 22, 2026. (Source: CONVEN.org) • A press analysis (published today): the front line is shifting eastwards to Kordofan and southwards to Blue Nile — El Obeid in North Kordofan and Damazin in Blue Nile are the most dangerous hotspots of tension now, with warnings that El Obeid could become "the next El Fasher", at a time when the US-backed peace roadmap is still not implemented. (Source: Atlantic Digest)
— Editorial Team