Thursday, October 1, 2026

📍 From the Field The field update of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA, September 29) reported that drone attacks on Friday in El Obeid, North Kordofan, killed at least two displaced people and injured 7 others, while the areas of Tana, Al-Kuwaikiti, Al-Jamama, Bara, Sodari and Al-Mazroub witnessed drone attacks and clashes from Wednesday to Saturday. The update noted a decline in cholera: the outbreak began in Al-Nuhud, West Kordofan, in May and spread to 20 localities in 6 states with around 3,000 cases and 250 deaths, the World Health Organization prepared 60 tonnes of supplies sufficient for around 120,000 cases, and oral cholera vaccination reached more than 915,000 people; while the FAO carried out a livestock vaccination campaign covering 9.8 million head that benefited 1.2 million families — amid concern over lower-than-expected rainfall rates.

The International Rescue Committee announced today that 473,700 people in Sudan have lost access to health, food, water and protection services as its funding ended, after the closure of 36 health facilities, 29 nutrition centres, 8 safe spaces for women and girls and 6 spaces for children; cash assistance also stopped in Tawila, North Darfur, and a water system with a capacity of 24,000 litres per day is being handed over to a returnees' camp — at a time when Sudan's 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan has received only 42.8% of its funding. Field reports by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) said that visits to the health centre in Al-Hamidiya camp in Central Darfur fell from 200 to 40 per day after support from an international organization stopped and vaccinations ceased, quoting one patient: "That money could buy food instead... if there is no food, there can be no health," while Sebastian Travicanti, Darfur emergency coordinator, said: "Closing a clinic does not remove one patient, it only sends them to the next facility."

In Abyei, the joint Amid market was reopened after a two-week closure following violence that killed 26 people and injured 82; Sultan Bulabek Deng, leader of the Ngok Dinka, confirmed to Radio Dabanga that "the detailed points about the market and operating routes have not yet been settled," and that committees are meeting again today, Thursday, awaiting the Misseriya administration from Nyala.

1️⃣ Al-Bashir transferred to a military hospital in Khartoum — and treatment outside Sudan is on the table Former President Omar Al-Bashir (82 years old) was transferred to a hospital run by the Armed Forces in Khartoum to receive treatment, and he needs further care outside the country, according to what his lawyer Mohamed Al-Hassan Al-Amin told Reuters today, Thursday. Al-Bashir had been transferred from prison to hospital before the war, then to Marawi under military guard. His family said in a statement yesterday, Wednesday, that his need for treatment outside Sudan has become "critical and urgent and cannot be delayed," confirming that it has not yet received any official notification of approval for his travel. His health condition is unclear, and the army did not respond to Reuters' request for comment. Al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and others, and faces open cases in Sudan. (Sources: Reuters, October 1, 2026; Family statement, September 30, 2026) 💡 Quick reading: Transferring Al-Bashir to a military hospital under army guard preserves his file both medically and legally — and the real decision is not in the hospital but in a possible approval of his travel.

2️⃣ A storm over the American ceasefire proposal Amjad Farid, political advisor and foreign relations advisor to the Sovereignty Council, told Reuters from New York that the American ceasefire plan presented by US advisor Massad Boulos could push Sudan toward a "Libya-style partition," confirming that the army's government submitted its amendments to the proposal — foremost among them the withdrawal of the Rapid Support Forces from urban areas under international supervision — but the United States ignored them. Boulos proposes a 90-day ceasefire followed by negotiations to end the war and resume the civilian transition. The remarks come after the visa of Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to attend the UN General Assembly was withheld, and a meeting scheduled for the Sudanese delegation with Boulos in Washington was cancelled. In contrast, US State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said that the army and the Rapid Support Forces "do not represent legitimate constitutional rule for Sudan," and Washington accused the Rapid Support Forces of committing genocide and the army of committing war crimes, including the use of chemical weapons. At the General Assembly, Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem — who replaced Al-Burhan — said that "the host country prevented this by not issuing the appropriate visa," and called for stopping the flow of weapons and fighters, confirming that "disarming it is necessary and weapons must remain exclusively under the control of the state" and rejecting foreign dictates. Al-Burhan had pledged on Saturday at Khartoum Stadium to continue fighting the Rapid Support Forces until its defeat. (Sources: Reuters, September 30, 2026; Associated Press; Sudan Tribune) 💡 Quick reading: Washington and Khartoum speak two different languages about peace — the first sees both parties as illegitimate, the second sees any solution that bypasses the government as entrenching partition.

3️⃣ Humanitarian diplomacy: a ministerial meeting on Sudan and extension of the opening of the Adre crossing A ministerial meeting on Sudan, held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with the participation of the African Union, the European Union, France, Germany, Britain and the United States, called for doubling humanitarian aid to civilians besieged in combat areas, and urged the warring parties to resume negotiations toward a permanent ceasefire — "as proposed by the Quad" — and reaffirmed Sudan's sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, with "categorical rejection of establishing parallel governance structures." In the same context, the Sudanese government announced yesterday, Wednesday, the extension of the opening of the Adre border crossing with Chad to humanitarian aid for an additional three months. (Sources: PanaPress Agency citing a British Foreign Office statement, October 1, 2026) 💡 Quick reading: A notable international consensus on rejecting "parallel governments" — a position that directly favours Port Sudan's stance against the announced Nyala government.

— Editorial Team