• Electricity: The Sudanese Electricity Distribution Company Limited announced today, Wednesday, the start of gradually restoring power to the areas affected by drone attacks on the transformer stations, through alternative feeding of the lines taking between 10 and 15 hours, and with a temporary operating schedule of 5 hours a day for each line until the repair is completed, and it estimated the time needed to address all the damage at about 7 to 10 days, with its intensive field work starting tomorrow morning, Thursday, in a later development following the Al-Markhiyat transformer station in Omdurman going out of service (Source: Sudanese Electricity Distribution Company Limited) • Imports and food: Prime Minister Kamil Idris's Decision No. 95 of 2026, signed on October 26, entered into the announced details, as it lifted the ban on importing 44 goods, including food and consumer products and building materials, in addition to exempting basic food goods from customs duties, taxes and value-added tax, namely flour, lentils, rice, Egyptian broad beans, cooking oils, beans, chickpeas and peas, while tasking the Ministries of Finance, Industry and Trade, the Customs Forces and the General Intelligence Service with taking the implementation measures to ease the burdens of living and increase supply (Source: Media Office of the Sudanese Council of Ministers) • Mining: The Minister of Minerals, Nour Al-Daem Taha, discussed with a delegation from Qatar's Al-Mustaqbal Holding Company, headed by its Chief Executive Officer Abdul Jalil Sharaf, investment opportunities in the mining sector and the localisation of mining industries, including a proposal to establish a specialised industrial city comprising gold refineries and laboratories, and the minister affirmed the ministry's readiness to facilitate investment procedures, noting that Sudan's mineral resources go beyond gold to strategic and industrial minerals, while the company announced its readiness to enter into investment partnerships to implement projects in Sudan (Source: Sudan News Agency - SUNA, quoting the Ministry of Minerals) • Gezira: The Minister of Industry and Trade, Mahasin Ali Yaqoub, discussed with the Governor of Gezira, Al-Tahir Ibrahim Al-Khair, revitalising the industrial and commercial sectors in the state, and affirmed the importance of speeding up completion of the requirements for operating the main water intake at the Al-Guneid Sugar Factory and restarting the factory, given its role in national production and job opportunities, while the two sides discussed the challenges of electricity supply in the industrial cities and the need for its stability for production to continue (Source: Sudan News Agency - SUNA) • Kuala Lumpur: The activities of the conference on "Education, Humanitarian Recovery and Sustainable Development in Sudan" were launched this morning, Wednesday, in the Malaysian capital, under the slogan "Rebuilding Hope in Darfur", organised by the Embassy of Sudan to Malaysia in cooperation with the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies in Malaysia and lasting two days, and the Governor of Darfur Region, Minni Arko Minawi, addressed its opening session, affirming that the participation aims to strengthen partnerships and mobilise international support for the reconstruction of Sudan and to place the needs of the people of Darfur at the forefront of humanitarian and development priorities (Source: Al-Muhaqqiq, and Governor of Darfur Region Minni Arko Minawi) • Moscow: Sudan National Television and Russia Today channel signed in Moscow a memorandum of partnership and cooperation on the sidelines of the activities of the Russia-Africa Cooperation Forum, in the presence of the Director General of the General Authority for Radio and Television, Ibrahim Al-Buzai, and the memorandum provided for the exchange of news, programmes, expertise and training and for raising capacities, and for cooperation in international and regional coverage and the implementation of special projects through the two parties' platforms and websites (Source: Atheer News) • Condolences on Lagu: The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to the President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the death of Lieutenant General Joseph Lagu, the former First Vice President of Sudan, praising his historical and national role in supporting peace and stability and promoting peaceful coexistence, and affirming that he represented a symbol of wisdom and service to the homeland through different historical stages (Source: Nabd Al-Sudan) • South Sudan: The National Electoral Commission revealed additional details about its preparations for the general elections scheduled for December 22, 2026, as its Chairman, Gabriel Bol Deng, said the commission had employed 22,127 workers to run the electoral process, and that South Africa had offered assistance and provided in-kind support, while the Ambassador of Algeria to Ethiopia and its Permanent Representative to the African Union, Mohamed Khaled, expressed his country's readiness to support the commission within its capacities, in continuation of the announcement of the start of voter registration at the beginning of next November (Source: The National Electoral Commission in South Sudan, via The Dawn newspaper)

— Editorial Team