• New York (development): a senior Sudanese source says Al-Burhan postponed his trip to New York after not obtaining the American entry visa, and it is expected that Foreign Minister Mohi El-Din Salem will deliver Sudan's address to the General Assembly on Thursday in his place — Washington links the issuance of the visa to accepting a 90-day truce proposed by the American adviser Massad Boulos, something Khartoum has reservations about. (Source: Reuters — September 23)

• Al-Burhan presents his vision for peace in an article in "Foreign Policy" magazine (September 21): a Sudanese-led peace, no equal treatment between the state and the Rapid Support Forces, and a ceasefire leading to a single national army and the withdrawal of fighters and weapons from civilian areas, then a political process, a constitution, elections and a transfer of power; and he called for cutting off funding and supply lines to the Rapid Support Forces and for supporting the United Nations in monitoring the ceasefire. (Source: Foreign Policy — September 21)

• Khartoum (economy): Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim targets reducing inflation to below 60% by the end of 2026 (after 99% in 2025 and a peak of 176% in 2024) — statements in a meeting with the United Nations Development Programme broadcast on state television; the pound exceeded 8,000 to the dollar this month (16 times the pre-war level); and rare protests in Gedaref against rising prices. (Source: Agence France-Presse — September 23)

• Red Sea State: the collapse of five wells at the Uni mine on Saturday evening — no fewer than 10 killed and 21 injured, according to the Dar Hamar Voluntary Emergency Room, and an official at the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company says 11 bodies had been recovered by Sunday, with the search for the missing continuing; the second collapse in a week, after the Al-Zara mine disaster in Nahud, West Kordofan, which claimed the lives of about 82 people. (Source: Eastleigh Voice — September 22)

• South Sudan (elections): EU Ambassador Billy Inarsson (Tuesday): no European funding for the December 22 elections so far, and the Union has not seen a clear budget for the elections; any future support will depend on the inclusiveness and credibility of the process — while the Peace Agreement Monitoring Commission (RJMEC) warned that the violations have "made the implementation of the agreement almost impossible" and called for a high-level diplomatic mission to Juba. (Source: Eastleigh Voice — September 23)

• Juba: the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, calls on the leaders of South Sudan to end the political confrontation and release the detainees, warning that the situation "reminds us of the two civil wars of 2013 and 2016"; and he announced the United Nations' support for the African Union's initiative to deploy the "Panel of the Wise" to mediate in the crisis. (Source: Eastleigh Voice — September 23)

— Editorial Team