Tuesday, September 29, 2026
• The Sudan national team, the "Saqour Al-Jidyan," lost 1-4 to hosts Mozambique in the second round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Zimpeto Stadium in Maputo, losing the top spot of Group Ten, which it had led with three points after its 1-0 win over Ethiopia on September 25; Witi (24), Chamito (46 and 62) and Guima (58) scored for Mozambique, and Hamed (88, from a penalty kick) for Sudan, while Senegal beat Ethiopia 1-0 in Bahir Dar, so Mozambique shares the lead with it on four points. And in Juba, the South Sudan national team lost 0-5 to Egypt in Group Two. (Source: CAF via the Group Ten table; Sportradar)
• A report issued today by the Yale Humanitarian Research Lab revealed satellite images showing Rapid Support Forces preparations for large-scale drone operations, with 43 drones and 36 launch pads near Nyala airport in South Darfur by late September — not visible in the September 26 images — considering that 20 of the 36 pads are newly installed, and that the combination of the drones and the pads is "a sign of an imminent attack." (Source: Yale Humanitarian Research Lab via Eastleigh Voice)
• The Sudan Doctors Network reported the killing of 7 people and the injury of 22 others on Saturday in an attack by suicide drones that targeted residential neighbourhoods in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, accusing the Rapid Support Forces of deliberately targeting civilians in densely populated neighbourhoods. (Source: Sudan Doctors Network via Eastleigh Voice)
• A new UN update today reported that drone strikes targeting El Obeid on Friday resulted in the killing of two displaced persons and the injury of seven others, and that strikes and armed clashes were documented between Wednesday and Saturday in Tina, Al-Kuwaiti, Al-Jamama, Bara, Sodari and Al-Mazroub in North Kordofan. (Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – OCHA – via APO Group)
• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chaired today a virtual summit of the African Union's High-Level Committee on South Sudan (C5 Plus), at whose conclusion he affirmed that the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Sudan "remains the supreme legal instrument with which all parties must comply," encouraging inclusive dialogue ahead of the elections scheduled for December 22, 2026; the summit came after President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional government on September 22, appointed a caretaker government, and opened an inter-party dialogue in Juba on September 24. (Source: South African Presidency; South Sudan Daily Post)
• "Sawt Al-Asima" published today an analysis indicating that Al-Burhan's public rejection of a humanitarian truce proposal and his escalation of war rhetoric have revived the debate over his relationship with the Islamist movement and the networks of the Al-Bashir regime, amid international pressure to stop the war; the analysis cited Reuters that the war has pushed some 14 million people into displacement while nearly 20 million face the risk of hunger, with a decline in funding for humanitarian food programmes. (Source: Sawt Al-Asima, citing Reuters and a Sky News Arabia analysis)
— Editorial Team