• The United Nations (OCHA) warns today, Monday, of an escalation of violence in El Obeid and its surroundings: drone attacks between Thursday and Sunday targeted a power station and a fuel station, and several medical facilities were closed, including dialysis centres and emergency departments, in addition to the closure of water stations; the drones also targeted on Sunday two bridges south of the city of Umm Ruwaba and the town of Al-Rahad on the main road, amid drone attacks also in North Darfur and White Nile. (Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — OCHA, via Eastleigh Voice)

• The Sudanese Army accuses the Rapid Support Forces of launching suicide drone attacks on Saturday evening on the city of El Obeid in North Kordofan, which caused damage to Al-Daman Hospital, residential areas and service facilities; eyewitnesses to Sudan Tribune: explosions near the main military base and air defences intercepted a number of the drones, with at least ten drones shot down according to military sources; similar attacks targeted Kosti in White Nile State and the headquarters of the 18th Infantry Division on Sunday morning. (Source: Sudanese Army statement via Eastleigh Voice / eyewitnesses to Sudan Tribune)

• Sudan Doctors Network: 7 people killed and 22 others injured in an attack by Rapid Support Forces suicide drones that targeted residential neighbourhoods in the city of El Obeid on Saturday, with an appeal to support health facilities with supplies and medical staff. (Source: Sudan Doctors Network, via Eastleigh Voice)

• The International Organization for Migration warns that stocks of the humanitarian relief pipeline in Sudan will run out within two weeks due to a lack of funding — a mechanism relied upon by more than 100 relief organizations; meanwhile, more than 2,300 new displaced people have arrived in the Tawila area in North Darfur, most of them women and children. (Source: International Organization for Migration, via Africa Eye — September 20)

• South Sudan: National prayers for peace in Juba today, Monday — hundreds of religious leaders, officials and citizens at All Saints Cathedral, at the invitation of the South Sudan Council of Churches, called on the country's leaders to end the violence, respect the truce and give precedence to dialogue, ahead of the general elections scheduled for December 2026. (Source: Catholic Radio Network)

— Editorial Team