Saturday, October 24, 2026 • Ethiopia: The World Food Programme said in its country brief for October 2026 that Ethiopia hosts more than 1.13 million refugees and asylum seekers, including new arrivals from Sudan and South Sudan, and that it assisted 762,335 refugees in 30 camps in September, and that new arrivals from among the Sudanese and South Sudanese receive full rations while refugees who have been resident for a longer period receive 60% of rations due to budget constraints, warning that it needs $251 million over the next six months to continue its response, and that the requirements for the coming period are funded at only 46%. (Source: World Food Programme via Abay Times, 24 October 2026) • America: Droplets of Mercy USA is hosting this evening, Saturday, in the city of Houston in the state of Texas, a free evening dedicated to Sudan and Sudanese refugee communities and to supporting communities affected by displacement and conflict, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Marquee Banquet & Event Center, with the participation of Sheikh Abdullah Oduro, Imam Mohamed Magid, Imam Hamza Ghia and Ayman Aishat, to highlight Sudanese families rebuilding their lives after the crisis forced them to leave everything behind. (Source: Droplets of Mercy USA via Eventbrite) • America: The 2026 conference of the Association of Sudanese American Professors (ASAPA 2026) began today, Saturday, in the United States and continues tomorrow, Sunday, to discuss a roadmap for governance, reconstruction and civic participation in post-war Sudan, at which the Executive Director of the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, Nizar Abdel Qader Saleh, presents a paper titled "Towards a Roadmap for Justice and Accountability in Post-War Sudan: The Constitution, Transitional Justice and Cooperation with the International Criminal Court". (Source: The CITIZEN quoting a statement by the Geneva Institute for Human Rights, 24 October 2026)
— Editorial Team