• The Ethiopia file — a new development: Reuters reports on Wednesday, citing a senior Ethiopian official, that Addis Ababa ordered six staff members of the Sudanese consulate in the border city of Assosa to leave the country within 48 hours without giving a reason, and that the spokesman for the Ethiopian Prime Minister's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while the adviser to the Transitional Sovereignty Council for political and foreign affairs, Amjad Farid, said the Sudanese government is committed to its right to defend its territory but is making every possible effort to avoid an open war with Ethiopia, amid mutual accusations denied by both sides and fears of the conflict widening in the Horn of Africa, and United Nations figures point to the displacement of more than 14 million people as a result of Sudan's war since April 2023 (Source: Reuters, November 4) • The chemical weapons file: A new analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), published on November 3 and circulated by press reports on Wednesday, concludes that there is what it described as considerable evidence reinforcing accusations that the Sudanese army developed chlorine-based munitions and used them, based on international press investigations that spoke of about 300 munitions by October 2024 and incidents near the Al-Jaili refinery in September 2024, and it calls for an independent international investigation, in contrast to repeated denials by the Sudanese army and government of developing or using chemical weapons and their affirmation of commitment to the prohibition convention and that an internal investigation committee found no material evidence proving the accusations at the sites it examined (Source: Analysis by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), November 3, carried by Sudanese press reports on November 4) • Sovereignty Council: The Deputy Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Malik Agar, affirms the state's commitment to supporting efforts to address the situation of technical and technological education and raise its quality for its role in rebuilding and reconstruction, during his meeting on Wednesday with the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ahmed Madwi Musa, and the Minister of Education and National Education, Al-Tohami Al-Zein Hajar, and the Minister of Higher Education explains that the meeting addressed the situation of the National Council for Technical and Technological Education and the foundations for developing it and organising technical education and vocational training (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA) via Sudanese newspaper headlines and Sudanese press reports, November 4) • South Sudan, humanitarian: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns on Wednesday that funding cuts and the withdrawal of relief organisations have left about 150,000 displaced people in the Bentiu and Malakal camps without basic water, sanitation and primary health care services, increasing the risk of cholera and other water-borne diseases, noting that Bentiu camp alone houses about 111,000 people, about 60 of whom share each working latrine, and is served by only 109 hand-washing stations, and that water supply for about 40,000 people in Malakal and the emptying of about 900 latrines could stop without new funding, and it calls on donors to provide urgent and sustainable funding (Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) — Juba statement, November 4, 2026, via ReliefWeb) • South Sudan: The Bank of South Sudan and the National Communication Authority sign in Juba on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding to enhance regulatory cooperation, cybersecurity and the security of digital financial services, signed by the Governor of the Bank, Dr. Addis Ababa Othow, and the Director General of the Authority, Eng. Gai Kon Mathiang, and it aims at a unified regulatory framework and mechanisms for information exchange, joint supervision and consumer protection (Source: Bank of South Sudan — official website, Juba, November 4, 2026)

— Editorial Team