• Development: the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North – the Al-Hilu faction expelled a delegation sent by Hemedti to Kauda in South Kordofan (led by Hassan Mahjoub, director of Hemedti's office, and Mahdi Al-Amin); the movement's leaders rejected the Rapid Support Forces' interference in its internal affairs and told the delegation to leave Kauda immediately (Source: Tasamuh News, citing Alwan newspaper).

• West Darfur: the Joint Force announced that, together with the army, it had taken control of the Bir Saliba and Abu Srouj areas after battles with the Rapid Support Forces, bringing the army to within an estimated distance of about 30–40 kilometres of the city of El Geneina; the toll could not be independently verified (Source: Joint Force / Al Hadath channel).

• Umm Badr – North Kordofan: sources reported that the Rapid Support Forces' leadership had opened an internal investigation into the killing of 23 of its members in the area and had summoned Ali Al-Balla to Nyala to hear his statement; by contrast, the Sudan Doctors Network accused Rapid Support Forces elements of killing more than 25 civilians in the area on an ethnic basis, and demanded an independent investigation (Source: Tasamuh News / Darfur 24 / Sudan Doctors Network).

• Development: the World Food Programme revealed that 17 aid trucks had been destroyed and 8 drivers killed in Sudan over the past two years, stressing that humanitarian workers must not be a target — an escalation in the wake of the South Kordofan strike condemned by the United Nations (Source: World Food Programme / Eastleigh Voice).

• Southern Blue Nile: media sources reported that army drones targeted leaders and elements of the Rapid Support Forces in the area (Source: Tasamuh News).

• Red Sea: protests disrupted the activity of a Russian mining company in the state, according to local reports (Source: Tasamuh News).

• Sources reported a dispute within the Rapid Support Forces' leadership between Hemedti and his brother Abdel Rahim over the promotion of Mohamed Ibrahim Rajab "Shorba" to the rank of brigadier — not yet confirmed by any official body (Source: Tasamuh News, citing Alwan).

• South Sudan: no significant new developments have been recorded since midday.

— Editorial Team