• Geneva: At the opening of the sixth consultative meeting to coordinate peace initiatives in Sudan, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Pekka Haavisto, stressed turning the sense of the need for urgent action into concrete measures, and defining integrated steps to build confidence and prepare the conditions for a comprehensive ceasefire and the foundations of an inclusive dialogue led by Sudanese women and men, while Swiss Secretary of State Alexandre Fasel warned of the war's repercussions spilling over into neighbouring countries, pointing to the displacement of more than 15 million people, some 34 million people in need of assistance, and eight million children remaining out of school, and affirming that the protection of civilians and the delivery of aid should not be linked to a ceasefire or a political settlement; the closed sessions continue, to be followed by the closing press conference of the two host sides at 5:30 p.m. Geneva time, with no final statement issued as of this afternoon (Source: Opening remarks at the consultative meeting in Geneva and coverage by Fana Agency and the Arab press) • Abyei: A senior Sudanese army officer tells the Associated Press that the army carried out a drone strike on Monday targeting fuel tankers coming from South Sudan which he said were heading to the Rapid Support Forces, and that those killed were members of the Rapid Support Forces and fuel smugglers, affirming "we do not target civilians" and that the strike took place outside the demilitarised zone; the agency notes that it was unable to independently verify his account or the identities of those killed, while Médecins Sans Frontières announced receiving more than 20 wounded, including critical cases and people with burns, at Amit Beik Hospital, and the UNISFA force deployed medical teams, firefighting capabilities and rapid intervention teams to treat the wounded and prevent the fire from spreading, according to a statement by the UN Secretary-General (Source: Associated Press and the United Nations) • The BBC Verify service examines satellite images showing widely burned buildings in the north-eastern corner of the Amit "Al-Naam" market in Abyei, and verifies video clips near the market showing a large column of smoke, a fuel tanker on fire, and two large separate fires in nearby buildings, while traders in the market told the BBC that the market was completely destroyed and that the attack took place despite the presence of UN peacekeepers in the demilitarised zone since 2011 (Source: BBC Verify and BBC Arabic) • North Darfur / Chadian border: Five people, including two humanitarian volunteers, were killed and others seriously wounded in a drone strike that targeted, on Tuesday, a gathering sheltering Sudanese refugees in the town of Bamna inside Chadian territory near the border with Sudan; the Council of Emergency Rooms of Tina locality explains that those killed are the coordinator of the Bamna Emergency Room, Al-Hadi Sandal Issa, the programmes office member Adam Omdah Arja, and three refugees, and warns that the complete communications blackout hindered checking on the wounded, while the leader in the Sudan Liberation Army Movement, Akkad Ibn Kouni, attributed the attack to a drone belonging to the Rapid Support Forces and condemned it, demanding urgent international action to protect civilians and humanitarian workers (Source: A medical source and a statement by the Council of Emergency Rooms of Tina locality, carried by Darfur24, and statements by Akkad Ibn Kouni, carried by Al-Risala News) • Blue Nile: Sudanese press reports state the killing of Fadil Nasr Baniya, commander of what is known as Special Operations Group No. 18 of the Rapid Support Forces on the Blue Nile axis, coinciding with renewed clashes around the Sally area on the eastern axis, where the army announced it had repelled an attack; no independent official confirmation of the commander's killing had been issued as of this afternoon (Source: Al-Mashhad Al-Sudani) • Northern State: The President of the Sovereignty Council, General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, visits the house of the Idrisiyya Sadah in the Bayouda area, and praises the Sufi orders, describing their sheikhs as "beacons of truth, guidance, national unity and moderation", calls for hastening the defeat of "the rebellion" and reuniting Sudanese, and pledges to fund three agricultural projects in the state and to maintain irrigation pumps and canals and supply them with solar energy in time for the winter season (Source: A speech published by Sovereignty Council Media, carried by Shafaqna and Arabi21)

— Editorial Team