Tuesday, October 6, 2026
1. Energy and Oil Minister Al-Mu'tasim Ibrahim denied any fuel shortage, but acknowledged challenges facing import operations linked to the Strait of Hormuz, and held a coordination meeting with Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim and Central Bank of Sudan Governor Amna Mirghani to discuss stabilizing petroleum product supply and financing imports — while a Darfur24 field tour yesterday recorded continued overcrowding at Khartoum stations, some of them out of service (Source: Fikra News / Sudan Live / Darfur24) 2. Prime Minister Kamil Idris renewed, in a TRT Arabic interview aired last evening, the Sudanese peace initiative previously submitted to the Security Council, saying the government is putting it "back on the negotiations table," that the ball is in the regional and international community's court, welcoming any Turkish mediation, denying rumors of an imminent cabinet reshuffle, and rejecting what he described as blackmail policies regarding the visa for the Sovereignty Council chairman to enter the US (Source: TRT Arabic via Nabaa Sudan) 3. The West Darfur governor announced the start of operations to liberate El Geneina and issued an appeal to citizens — a new field development in West Darfur after the army announced yesterday the recapture of Abu Srouj (Source: Tasamuh News) 4. The Interior Minister inaugurated the "Safat 02" aircraft and announced support for Civil Defense (Source: Tasamuh News) 5. The emergency department of Ibrahim Malik Hospital reopened after rehabilitation with 58 beds, and the first cardiac catheterization was successfully performed at Abdel Karim Abouda Hospital (Source: Tasamuh News) 6. In South Sudan: the World Food Programme condemned armed youth in Chuelbong, Jonglei State, forcing a river convoy to unload 162.54 tons of aid under gunpoint on September 29 — an amount that would have fed 4,400 people in Mogok for three months — while the rest of the convoy (291.48 tons for South Ayod) returned safely to Malakal on October 2 (Source: Access Radio) 7. In sports: Al-Merrikh faces Egypt's Tala'ea El Gaish in a friendly this afternoon in Ismailia, its only trial match at the Cairo camp, while Al-Hilal concluded its camp in Tunisia and heads to Kigali on a private plane (Source: Al-Safwa / Tasamuh News)
— Editorial Team
