• Additional details on the peace message to Washington: According to what Al-Sudani newspaper published about the content of the message from the President of the Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, to U.S. President Donald Trump, Khartoum proposes that any truce be based on protecting civilians and ensuring the delivery of aid, addressing the presence of forces inside residential areas, and preventing the exploitation of the truce for rearmament, with effective monitoring mechanisms and accountability for violations, stopping flows of weapons, funding and mercenaries from abroad, and opening the door to a Sudanese-American strategic partnership in the post-war phase (Source: Al-Sudani newspaper as carried by Mirat Al-Sudan) • New field and humanitarian assessment: Sudanese journalist and political analyst Ramadan Brima said the army has achieved important progress in Kordofan and is now close to Al-Nuhud, pushing the Rapid Support Forces westward, with increasing defections from them after the army announced granting defectors safety, and he expected the army to retake Al-Nuhud in the coming weeks, warning at the same time that the failure of this year's rainy season in Kordofan and Blue Nile, alongside the continuation of the war, makes the next three to four months extremely difficult for civilians unless humanitarian aid reaches those areas (Source: Brima's interview with Salaam Media published on Friday, October 16) • Eastern Sudan: Nazir Turk warned of a scenario of dividing Sudan, in statements highlighted by today's Friday Sudanese newspaper headlines (Source: Sudanese newspaper headlines for Friday, October 16, as compiled by Sudan Tomorrow and Al-Maarifa News from SUNA) • UNESCO file: The Minister of Education discussed with the Director-General of UNESCO support for education and culture in Sudan, and Ambassador Hamid Al-Jazouli Khalid presented his credentials as Sudan's Permanent Delegate to the organization (Source: SUNA within Sudanese newspaper headlines issued on Friday morning, as carried by Al-Maarifa News and Khartoum Sport) • Higher education: The ministry announced details of withdrawing nominations for university admission and the procedures for applying for private-expense admission, children of employees, and expatriate students for the 2026–2027 academic year (Source: SUNA within Sudanese newspaper headlines issued on Friday morning, as carried by Al-Maarifa News) • Security cooperation: The Minister of Interior met Turkey's Ambassador to Sudan, and the meeting reviewed activating the training protocol and raising police capacities (Source: SUNA within Sudanese newspaper headlines issued on Friday morning, as carried by Al-Maarifa News) • Health: The Irish government supported Soba Hospital with devices and equipment, and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health participated in the meetings of the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean held in Cairo (Source: SUNA within Sudanese newspaper headlines issued on Friday morning, as carried by Al-Maarifa News) • Follow-up: As of the preparation of this bulletin, no confirmed reports had been received from official sources or agencies of a major new field development since the midday bulletin, nor any new confirmed update regarding the Rumbek clashes in South Sudan beyond what was published at midday about joint patrols and securing the hospital (Source: Editorial Team monitoring of SUNA and agency sources up to Friday afternoon)
— Editorial Team
