• West Kordofan: The Kordofan Observatory announced on Saturday the killing of four civilians from one family, including two children, in a drone strike attributed to the Sudanese army that targeted the Abu Baa residential neighbourhood in the city of Gubeish; it also revealed the killing of 12 people and the wounding of eight others, most of them women and children, in a similar attack on the city of Al-Nuhud last Thursday that targeted the Al-Nuhud locality building, which is used to shelter displaced people — the Observatory condemned the targeting of residential areas and called on the parties to the conflict to abide by the rules of international humanitarian law. (Source: Kordofan Observatory via Saqr Al-Judayan News)

• Al-Nuhud: The air force carried out, on the evening of Saturday, October 10, airstrikes targeting positions and concentrations of the Rapid Support Forces in the city, which resulted in losses in lives and equipment, with dead among the Rapid Support Forces elements observed being transferred to Gubeish. (Source: Dar Hamar Emergency Room via On Sudan)

• South Sudan: A military court in Wau (Western Bahr el Ghazal) sentenced a soldier convicted of kidnapping and killing a national staff member of the United Nations mission while performing his official duties on December 15, 2025, to 10 years in prison, with a reduction of his rank, his dismissal from the army, and compensation of 51 head of cattle to the victim's family — the head of the mission, Anita Kiki Gbeho, described the ruling as an important milestone in the path of accountability for crimes against United Nations staff. (Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS))

• Voluntary return: The Al-Amal Committee announced today, Saturday, the dispatch of 18 buses that departed Cairo carrying 882 Sudanese returning voluntarily to their homeland, as part of the free land trips programme — the deputy head of the transport committee, Noha Mohamed Ibrahim, said that the committee seeks to accelerate the pace of transporting those affected by the war, while the total number of returnees in September reached 4,073 people via 83 buses. (Source: Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return via Jeddah 24 newspaper)

• Economy: The price of the US dollar today, Sunday, exceeded the level of 9,000 Sudanese pounds in the parallel market — about 9,004.27 pounds for sale and 8,900 for purchase — an increase of 8.07% within a week, compared to 4,200 for purchase and 4,231.5 for sale at Bank of Khartoum. (Source: Parallel market data and banking bulletins via Khaleejyon)

— Editorial Team