• Electricity update: The Sudan Electricity Holding Company announced in an official statement that this morning's drone attacks targeted five transformer stations — Sinja, Al-Hawata, Al-Faw and Mashkour in Sennar and Gedaref, in addition to Al-Junaid in Gezira State — and caused severe damage and major destruction to their components, resulting in a complete blackout of the south-eastern grid and power cuts in the states of Sennar, Gedaref, White Nile and Gezira, warning of a direct threat to the stability of the national grid, and confirming that its engineering and technical teams have been mobilised to assess the damage and begin repairs without setting a date for the return of power, and the company accused the Rapid Support Forces of carrying out the attacks, while the Rapid Support Forces did not respond to a request for comment and Reuters was unable to independently verify the company's account (Source: Statement of the Sudan Electricity Holding Company via Reuters) • Sinja: The Sennar State Security Committee said a drone fired two missiles at the Sinja transformer station, causing damage to the station and injuring some members of the guard crew, and that technical teams are working to assess the scale of the damage and losses, confirming that the situation is under control (Source: Sennar State Security Committee via Nabd Saudi) • Details of the British sanctions: London explained that its sanctions on the fifteen leaders include asset freezes and travel bans, and pledged an additional amount of £15 million, of which £5 million is to support survivors of conflict-related sexual violence and £10 million in humanitarian aid in Darfur and El Obeid amid escalating famine risks, and said the measure came after British-funded research conducted by the Centre for Information Resilience documented what it described as systematic starvation and conflict-related sexual violence committed by both parties (Source: Reuters and the British government) • Atbara: In a related development to the fuel crisis and shortage highlighted by the midday bulletin, the Governor of River Nile State, Mohamed El-Badawi Abu Qaroun, directed that citizens be transported in government vehicles free of charge for a temporary period until the crisis clears, after protests yesterday, Sunday, at the Atbara - Al-Damer transport station over raising the passenger fare to 7,000 pounds amid an acute fuel shortage, during which protesters closed streets and burned tyres, according to eyewitnesses (Source: Sudan Tribune and Mataris News) • South Sudan: The United South Sudan Party (USSP) announced its readiness for the general elections scheduled for December 2026, and said it will field candidates for all electoral positions, including the Presidency of the Republic, state governors, legislative councils and county commissioners, and that nomination forms will be issued starting next week, affirming its commitment to free, fair and credible elections, at the conclusion of its first general meeting for 2026 at its headquarters in Juba on Saturday, October 24 (Source: One Citizen Daily newspaper - Juba)

— Editorial Team