Thursday, October 1, 2026
🟢 The Central Bank of Sudan announces the start of withdrawing the old editions of the 500-pound denomination (the 2023 issuances and those before them) from circulation as of today, October 1, 2026, for a period of three months, with replacement exclusively through deposit into bank accounts at the branches of commercial banks in the states of Kordofan and Darfur, and these editions will lose their legal tender status throughout Sudan as of January 1, 2027 (Source: Central Bank of Sudan via Sudan News Agency (SUNA))
🟢 The Supreme Committee for Emergencies and Crisis Management in Khartoum State, chaired by Governor Ahmed Osman Hamza, bans the dispensing of fuel outside "the tank" at all service stations, with continuous field monitoring with the participation of the regular forces and the transport administration, and directs that the hospitals and health centres whose rehabilitation has been completed be operated, and confirms the end of the intermediate certificate examinations on October 6 and the start of the new school year on October 11 (Source: Nabd Al-Sudan)
🟢 Sudanese government sources reveal to "Asharq Bloomberg" the refusal of Foreign Minister Mohi El-Din Salem and the Governor of the Darfur Region, Minni Arko Minawi, to sign the American truce proposal that was put forward during the Washington meetings on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, because they do not possess the authority to sign an agreement of this level (Source: Asharq Bloomberg)
🟢 The family of former President Omar al-Bashir issues a statement confirming that his need for treatment outside Sudan has become "pressing and urgent" according to the medical reports, and denies having received, up to this moment, any official notification of approval for his travel, and renews its appeal to the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, to consider his health and humanitarian situation (Source: Family statement)
🟢 A delegation of Sufi orders and Sudanese native administrations discusses with officials of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo the facilitation of entry procedures for Sudanese into Egypt — among them visas for patients, the elderly and students — and proposes the establishment of a people's friendship council between the two peoples of the Nile Valley (Source: Nabd Al-Sudan)
— Editorial Team