Tuesday, October 6, 2026
📍 From the Field Radio Dabanga reported that Sheikh Abdul Razzaq Yousif, one of the displaced persons' leaders in Zalingei, Central Darfur, said militias riding pack animals continue to rob displaced people on the roads as they leave Al-Hasahisa camp, pushing them to abandon the camp entirely for Zalingei neighborhoods and the Al-Hamidiya and "5 Daqaiq" camps. He added that a committee of displaced persons was sent to meet the Rapid Support Forces commander in Central Darfur, Maj. Gen. Ali Yaqoub, to restore security, warning of the health consequences of overcrowding, the absence of latrines, and the risk of cholera outbreaks.
OCHA said in its field update issued Monday, October 5, that drone strikes continue in the Kordofan region, killing and injuring civilians and disrupting humanitarian operations, confirming that a Saturday, October 3 air attack hit two trucks contracted by the World Food Programme in Dilling, South Kordofan, killing a driver. UNICEF reported the killing of a child and injury of 12 others in a drone strike in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, on October 1, and the International Organization for Migration recorded the displacement of more than 10,000 people in Blue Nile State between September 26 and October 4, while the International Rescue Committee was forced to scale back support for more than 473,000 people across the country.
1️⃣ Ethiopia issues a statement on the Nile and the Red Sea, warning against "zero-sum approaches" The Ethiopian government issued a new statement Monday on Nile waters and the Red Sea, a day after the quadripartite summit in Alamein. The Foreign Ministry said Addis Ababa is "fully prepared to defend its sovereignty, territorial integrity and core national interests," noting that the Blue Nile rises almost entirely in the Ethiopian highlands and contributes about 85% of the Nile's total flow, that its nearest border is no more than 30 miles from the Red Sea coast, and that "acts through proxies or acts of aggression will not change the facts on the ground." (Sources: CNN Arabic / Ethiopian Foreign Ministry statement) 💡 Quick read: Addis Ababa is answering the Alamein declaration within 24 hours — the Nile is not a file to be managed without it, and the Red Sea is not a closed club before it; and diplomatic escalation (expelling an Egyptian diplomat, closing the Asmara embassy) is now moving into the arena of statements.
2️⃣ Qatari embassy officially announces the move of its headquarters from Port Sudan to Khartoum The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Sudan announced, in an official circular to accredited diplomatic and consular missions and international organizations, the relocation of its official headquarters from Port Sudan to Khartoum effective Thursday, October 1, 2026, and began operating from a temporary office at the Folden Suites Hotel on Makka Street in the Al-Riyadh district — becoming the first foreign diplomatic mission to resume work from the capital since the war. (Sources: Sabah News / Nabaa Sudan — citing the embassy's official circular) 💡 Quick read: a foreign mission returning to work from Khartoum is not just protocol news — it is a practical referendum on the capital's stability, and may be a prelude to a wave of diplomatic and organizational returns.
3️⃣ The General Administration of Darfur IDP Camps declares famine in the camps and calls on the UN to act The General Administration of Darfur's IDP and refugee camps said the camps are suffering famine as the war continues in the country; its head Ishaq Mohamed Abdalla affirmed that Darfur is witnessing catastrophic conditions, total collapse and loss of all means of life, calling on the international community and the United Nations to act urgently to save the lives of the displaced by delivering aid and restoring their violated dignity. (Source: Radio Dabanga) 💡 Quick read: a famine declaration from the camps' own administration puts donors to the test — these are no longer figures in monitors' forecasts but a declaration from the people on the ground.
— Editorial Team
