• Abyei: The Joint Oversight Committee for the Abyei Area condemns the drone strike on the Amit "Al-Naam" market, holds the Sudanese army responsible for the attack, and calls on the United Nations and the international community to open an independent and transparent investigation, hold those responsible to account, strengthen the protection of civilians, ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid, and support the wounded and the families of the victims (Source: Statement of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee, carried by Al-Tanweer newspaper) • The United Nations condemns "without exception" the continuing wave of drone strikes in Sudan: the Secretary-General's spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, says Monday's strikes injured at least 19 people in the Abyei market and targeted sites in Khartoum, including an area near the airport, where a civilian was killed and some flights were cancelled, and that weekend strikes killed at least 19 people, including 10 children, in West Darfur, South Darfur and North Kordofan, noting the killing of a Sudanese Red Crescent volunteer while he was treating the injured in Um Durfa in Blue Nile (Source: United Nations) • Blue Nile: The Fourth Infantry Division announces it repelled a simultaneous attack launched by the Rapid Support Forces and forces allied with Joseph Tuka on the Baraka and Sally areas on the eastern axis, seizing 15 combat vehicles with their full equipment and destroying 5 other vehicles, and the Commissioner of Kurmuk, Abdel Ati Mohamed El-Faki, confirms the attack was repelled in both areas and that the attackers suffered heavy losses, without announcing a death toll and without independent verification (Source: Statement of the Fourth Infantry Division and statements by the Commissioner of Kurmuk, carried by Sudanese media outlets) • The Vice President of the Sovereignty Council, Malik Agar, affirms that Sudan's stability and prosperity are inseparable from the security and stability of the Red Sea region and the Horn of Africa (Source: SUNA) • Khartoum: The specialised councils of the Sudanese National Council for Medical and Health Professions discuss developing examinations, training and the career path for medical and health cadres (Source: SUNA) • The Sudanese Customs Authority raises the customs dollar rate from 4,346.65 pounds to 5,631.76 pounds, an increase of 1,285.11 pounds equivalent to about 29.6%, in the fifth adjustment since the beginning of the year, amid expectations of further pressure on the prices of imported goods (Source: Sudanese Customs Authority, carried by Sudanese press reports)

— Editorial Team