Saturday, October 17, 2026 • Chad: On the occasion of World Food Day, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees highlighted agricultural initiatives led by Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad, including a group in the Arkoum area led by the refugee Abubakar Ismail Adam and comprising 20 refugees and 10 local residents farming land provided by the host community, with the proceeds from their crops helping to support their families, and Sudanese women farmers in Farchana camp working in collective fields, within a programme to support self-reliance with the Chadian authorities and the World Food Programme, in a country hosting more than 1.2 million Sudanese refugees. (Source: UNHCR in Chad via Al-Sudaniya News) • Chad: President Mohamed Idriss Déby Itno received the High Commissioner for Refugees, Barham Salih, after his visit to the camps in the east of the country, and expressed concern over the weakness of international funding despite Chad hosting about 1.3 million refugees and displaced people, with refugees in some eastern states making up as much as 44% of the population, calling for a transition from emergency aid to sustainable structural support in health, education and infrastructure, while the meeting also addressed the relocation of the camps close to the border. (Source: Chadian News Agency) • Geneva: Sudan's Permanent Representative, Hassan Hamid Hassan, met the High Commissioner, Barham Salih, on the sidelines of the 77th session of UNHCR's Executive Committee, and they discussed the challenges of the displaced and refugees in neighbouring countries and voluntary return, and Salih affirmed UNHCR's commitment to strengthening its partnership with Sudan and supporting recovery and stability in areas of return and his intention to visit Sudan soon to see the conditions on the ground, while Sudan called on the international community to move from humanitarian response to supporting reconstruction and basic services to sustain the return of more than five million people. (Source: Sudan Horizon)
— Editorial Team
