• The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan reveals external support networks for the war: private entities, recruits and logistical brokers from countries including Colombia and the UAE are using crossing points in Chad, south-eastern Libya and Bosaso in Somalia to deliver supplies and personnel to the Rapid Support Forces; the mission calls for expanding the arms embargo to cover all of Sudan and enforcing the existing embargo in Darfur. (Source: Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan — published today, September 21, via IPS)

• A trilateral meeting in New York yesterday: Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, his Sudanese counterpart Muhi al-Din Salem and U.S. Presidential Adviser Massad Boulos discussed de-escalation and creating conditions for a political settlement that preserves Sudan's unity and sovereignty, on the margins of the UN General Assembly meetings. (Source: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs — September 20)

• The Sudanese Army announces a wide offensive west of El Obeid in North Kordofan and says it has retaken 11 areas (Kajmar, Sharshar, Al-Baniya Al-Karine, Al-Qulai'at, Awlad Hazima, Maqladat, Rishan, Al-Qa'a, Luqad Forest, Al-Kikiti, the vicinity of Al-Mazroub) and pursued the Rapid Support Forces towards the Darfur border; the military spokesman said the fighting "inflicted heavy losses" on the Rapid Support Forces. (Source: Sudanese Army statement — not independently verified for all locations, Sudan War Monitor)

• Sudan Doctors Network: At least 10 people killed and others injured in a Rapid Support Forces attack on the "Donki Al-Hurr" area in West Kordofan State, with medical facilities vandalised, markets looted and homes burned. (Source: Sudan Doctors Network)

• Collapse of a gold mine in the Uni area of Red Sea State on Saturday night: 11 bodies recovered and 30 people rescued, with the search continuing for those trapped under the rubble; it is the second mine collapse in Sudan within a week after the collapse of the Al-Zira'a mine in West Kordofan. (Source: Official at the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company)

• The United States warns the Government of South Sudan of sanctions and visa restrictions over obstructing humanitarian operations and turning relief into "a source of revenue", considering Juba one of the most dangerous places in the world for aid workers. (Source: U.S. Bureau of African Affairs — September 20)

• South Sudan postpones the inter-party political dialogue from September 17 to September 24 in Juba, to discuss the elections scheduled for December 2026 (electoral constituencies, funding, candidate security). (Source: Minister of Cabinet Affairs Martin Elia Lomuro)

• On the occasion of the International Day of Peace (September 21): religious leaders from South Sudan thank Uganda and the refugee-hosting communities, and call on Juba's leaders to pursue "true peace and love of the people and the homeland" and to stop the violence. (Source: Ecumenical Network of South Sudan / World Council of Churches)

— Editorial Team