• RSF leadership defection: Major General Siddiq Abdel Rahman Andar, commander of Group 15 and head of the Mobilisation, Recruitment and Enlistment Committee of the Rapid Support Forces, announced in a recorded video that he was severing his ties with the forces, leaving the "Tasis" alliance and joining the Armed Forces, accusing the family of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo "Hemedti" of controlling money, weapons, fighters' movements and promotions, and calling on his personnel to defect and stand with the army, while military sources reported that those who defected with him numbered 202 officers and soldiers and handed over 38 combat vehicles (Source: Al Jazeera — exclusive video published Friday; and Al-Sudani newspaper via Al-Nawras News) • Health: Minister of Health Professor Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim said in an interview with the Sudan News Agency "SUNA" that more than 65% of the medicines supply chain has been restored and medicine availability has exceeded 70%, that the private sector's pharmaceutical purchases exceeded 400 million dollars, and that more than 280 ambulances have been distributed to the states against an estimated need of 1,150 vehicles, pointing to the management of seven simultaneous epidemics and the preparation of more than 200 health projects for recovery and reconstruction, and the minister launched a programme to train 90 health personnel in infection control with support from the Qatar Red Crescent (Source: SUNA — interview with the Minister of Health) • Moscow — follow-up: Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan addressed Sudanese students in Russia, saying that "whoever is covered by Russia is warm", in reference to Moscow's positions supporting Sudan, and affirmed that Sudan is moving towards cleansing its territory of the Rapid Support Forces, calling on students to seize the opportunity to study and acquire knowledge in order to take on the responsibilities of leading the country in the coming phase (Source: Al-Sa'a 24 News) • Egyptian mediation in Moscow: Official Sudanese sources revealed that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi brought together al-Burhan and Kenyan President William Ruto in the presence of the Chairman of Mali's Transitional Military Council, Assimi Goita, on the sidelines of the Russian-African summit, in a step described as positive for melting the ice and containing tension between Khartoum and Nairobi, and Sudanese Foreign Minister Muhyi al-Din Salem also met his Chadian counterpart in Moscow and they agreed to settle differences through diplomatic channels and to maintain communication (Source: Al Jazeera Net, citing official Sudanese sources) • Condolence cable: Al-Burhan sent a cable of condolence and sympathy to King Felipe VI of Spain over the victims of the collision of two trains in the city of Toledo, expressing, on behalf of the Government and people of Sudan, condolences to the families of the victims and the injured and affirming Sudan's solidarity with Spain (Source: Cable of the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council via One Press) • South Sudan: The South Sudan People's Defence Forces announced the return of two children abducted from residential neighbourhoods in Juba to their parents after recovering them from the town of Gumuruk in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and arresting the accused, according to a statement issued on Friday by army spokesman Major General Lul Ruai Koang, and there have been no other major confirmed developments from South Sudan since the midday bulletin up to the preparation of this bulletin (Source: Statement of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces via The Radio Community)

— Editorial Team