• Sovereignty Council condemns the Umm Dabakir attack: The Transitional Sovereignty Council condemned, in an urgent statement, this morning's attacks on the Umm Dabakir power generation station, the city of Rabak, fuel depots and Kenana civil airport, and said the Rapid Support Forces had launched what it described as "suicide drones of destruction" hours after the issuance of the Quad mechanism's statement calling for peace, considering the attack a systematic targeting of infrastructure and vital facilities. (Source: Media of the Transitional Sovereignty Council via Atheer News) • Umm Dabakir — Electricity Company statement: The Sudanese Electricity Distribution Company announced that Thursday morning's attack led to a partial shutdown of the Umm Dabakir thermal station and technical damage to high-voltage transformers, and that supply would be affected in the states of Khartoum, Gezira, White Nile and North Kordofan in the coming hours, and the station's director confirmed that technical teams had begun assessing the damage in preparation for a gradual restart, with priority for vital lines, foremost among them hospitals and water stations, and the company called on citizens to rationalise consumption during the maintenance period. (Source: Sudanese Electricity Distribution Company) • Emergency Lawyers count 13 targeted stations: The Emergency Lawyers Group said the Rapid Support Forces had targeted around 13 electricity stations with drones during the current month of October, and that targeting civilian infrastructure had exacerbated the electricity, water, fuel and food crises and disrupted basic services and health facilities, and it demanded an end to the targeting of civilian objects, an investigation into the attacks and accountability for those responsible for them. (Source: Emergency Lawyers Group) • European support for clearing war remnants: The Delegation of the European Union to Sudan announced that the EU-funded project for clearing mines and remnants of war had, since last June, surveyed and cleared more than 156,000 square metres in priority areas including Dar Al-Salam and Khartoum International Airport, and cleared 7 main power substations, enabling repairs to proceed to restore power to hospitals and homes, and carried out 456 explosive-ordnance risk awareness sessions benefiting more than 17,500 people, in addition to an additional agreement worth 3 million euros with the Danish Refugee Council to clear explosive hazards from Khartoum schools and their surroundings, bringing total European funding for this field to 6 million euros. (Source: Delegation of the European Union to Sudan) • South File — North Tonj toll rises to 84: The Acting Minister of Information of Warrap State, William Wol Mayom Bol, said the toll of communal violence in North Tonj County in South Sudan had risen to 84 killed, up from 72 killed announced in the previous toll for Monday's coordinated attacks linked to cattle raids. (Source: Xinhua, quoting the Acting Minister of Information of Warrap) • South File — Cross-party women's forum: Women leaders from different parties and representatives of civil society in South Sudan launched, in Juba, the "Cross-Party Women's Forum" during a two-day workshop, with the aim of enhancing women's political participation and leadership ahead of next December's elections, and the forum's founder and adviser, Luna James Elia, said the initiative had transcended party divisions with support from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan "UNMISS", while its president, Victoria Benjamin Moses, confirmed that its goals include building women's capacities to participate in elections and pushing towards a peaceful, inclusive and credible electoral process. (Source: Standard Zone News and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan)

— Editorial Team