• The Gulf is our security: the heads of the Shura, Representatives, National and Ummah councils of the Cooperation Council states affirmed, in their final statement of their 20th periodic meeting hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and chaired by the President of the Shura Council, Sheikh Dr Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, with the participation of the Secretary-General of the Council, Jassim Mohammed Al-Budaiwi, that the security of the Council states is an indivisible whole, and condemned in the strongest terms the Iranian attacks with ballistic missiles and drones and the Houthi attacks on civilian facilities, airports and energy tankers, stressing the strategic importance of the Straits of Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea — and the security of the Gulf states and the passages opposite Sudan on the Red Sea preserves the safety of the largest Sudanese communities abroad and the movement of trade to and from its ports. (Source: Final statement of the meeting of heads of Gulf legislative councils) • Saudi Arabia: the General Directorate of Civil Defence announced today that the danger had passed in Sharurah Governorate in the Najran Region, after two warning alerts it had issued in the governorate, calling on residents to continue adhering to safety instructions and not to gather or take photographs at incident sites, without revealing the nature of the danger — and safety instructions in the southern regions of the Kingdom concern Sudanese residing and working there and must be followed moment by moment. (Source: Saudi General Directorate of Civil Defence) • Saudi relief for Sudan: the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre distributed yesterday 2,000 shelter kits to displaced families in Baw locality in Blue Nile State, benefiting 8,273 individuals, as part of the “Madad” Sudan initiative project for 2026 — assistance that reaches displaced Sudanese families directly and eases part of the shelter crisis in the state. (Source: Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Qatar, economy: the volume of real estate trading in sale contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice reached 572.539 million riyals during the week from 25 to 29 October, including 516.013 million riyals in general sale contracts and 56.525 million riyals for residential units, with sales concentrated in the municipalities of Doha, Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah and others — and construction and real estate activity in Qatar is among the sectors in which Sudanese work and to whose movement their incomes and remittances are linked. (Source: Qatar News Agency — QNA) • Qatari relief for Sudan: Qatar Charity announced that its field teams had completed the distribution of 8,718 food baskets to about 52,308 beneficiaries from the most affected families in Khartoum over three months, covering Umbadda, East Nile, Al Jereif, Al Kalakla and Jabra, as part of its continuing interventions in food and health since the outbreak of the war, with support from benefactors in Qatar — assistance that reaches Sudanese families in the heart of the capital and eases the food crisis for them. (Source: Qatar Charity via the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — ReliefWeb) • The UAE: the United Arab Emirates and the People's Republic of China held today in Abu Dhabi the third round of consular consultations, affirming their shared keenness to facilitate travel and improve the consular services provided to citizens of both countries, within the framework of the comprehensive strategic partnership between them — and developing consular services and facilitating travel movement is a file whose lessons are followed by Sudanese residing in the Emirates, whose daily lives depend on the efficiency of these services. (Source: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs) • The UAE, energy: the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference “ADIPEC 2026”, in its 42nd edition, concludes its work in Abu Dhabi today, after being held from 2 to 5 November with the participation of more than 2,260 exhibiting companies, 30 national pavilions and more than 1,800 speakers in more than 380 sessions, with expectations of attracting more than 239,000 participants from more than 170 countries — and the UAE energy sector is among the largest employers of Sudanese competencies, and its decisions on supply security and safety concern them directly. (Source: Emirates News Agency — WAM) • Bahrain and Kuwait: the Bahraini Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, affirmed today in Manama, during his meeting with the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait, Jassim Al-Najem, the special nature of Kuwaiti-Bahraini relations and the attention and care they receive from the leaderships of both countries, and the shared keenness to continue developing and elevating them at all levels — and the cohesion of relations within the Cooperation Council is reflected in stability for the conditions of the Sudanese communities in both countries and their labour markets. (Source: Kuwait News Agency — KUNA) • Oman: the Sultanate of Oman joins countries around the world today in marking the International Day for Prosthetics and Orthotics, and the Head of the Prosthetics and Orthotics Department at Khoula Hospital said that visits to the department rose from 10,828 visits in 2024, during which 5,326 devices were dispensed, to 11,074 visits in 2025, with 5,534 devices dispensed — and rehabilitation and prosthetics services are a file that directly affects war-wounded people in Sudan, and the region's experiences in it are a stock of expertise needed for the recovery phase. (Source: Oman News Agency) • Oil and markets: Brent crude futures rose 78 cents, by 0.8 per cent, to 95.40 dollars per barrel by 09:00 GMT today, and West Texas Intermediate rose 11 cents, by 0.1 per cent, to 88.23 dollars, after both crudes fell by more than 8 per cent in the previous session to their lowest level since 31 August, while oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz recovered to levels close to those before the war and the market surplus returned to 1.4 million barrels per day in October, according to JPMorgan estimates, and spot gold rose 0.6 per cent to 4,082.76 dollars per ounce — and the volatility of energy and gold prices determines the cost of shipping and food reaching Sudan and the value of the savings and remittances of Sudanese in the Gulf. (Sources: Reuters, Saudi Press Agency — SPA)
— Editorial Team
