• Sudan's turn skipped in the General Assembly speech: Sudan was not given its scheduled turn to deliver its speech before the UN General Assembly during the September 25, 2026 session, after the chairmanship of the session passed from the representative of Liberia to Bolivia, and only their two turns — Sudan and the Marshall Islands — were skipped from the speakers' schedule. (Source: Al-Hadaf newspaper citing "Sudan News") • Official response from Guterres on al-Burhan's visa: the Sudanese mission to the United Nations announced it had received an official response from Secretary-General António Guterres regarding the US authorities not granting an entry visa to Sovereignty Council Chairman Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to attend the meetings of the 81st session. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • North Darfur rejects the bargain: the state rejected what it described as bargaining al-Burhan's visa for a truce, and called for respect for Sudan's sovereignty and non-interference from abroad. (Source: Sudan Now) • Mass demonstration today: calls for a demonstration in Khartoum rejecting the decision on al-Burhan's conditional visa. (Source: Tasamuh News) • Mass rally in Kassala calls for stopping foreign interference in Sudanese affairs. (Source: Sudan Mirror) • High-level New York meetings: the Chairperson of the African Union Commission co-chaired with the United States a high-level meeting of the Quartet and the Quintet on Sudan, as part of continuing international efforts to stop the war. (Source: Sudan Tomorrow) • Boulos reveals the outcomes of the truce: US adviser Massad Boulos said he met al-Burhan several times, expressed his regret at the delay in accepting the proposed 90-day humanitarian truce, expressing his understanding of Sudanese concern that it could turn into a de facto partition, and affirming the existence of major international guarantees and support from the African Union, the European Union, Britain, Switzerland and Norway for the track. (Source: Tasamuh News) • Washington describes the mediation as frustrating: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said from New York that mediation in Sudan is "frustrating", pointing out that parties sign and then do not commit, and that external parties are involved. (Source: Reuters) • Khartoum rejects questioning the government's legitimacy: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the statements of US State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott — in which he said the Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces and their two leaders "do not represent a legitimate and constitutional authority" — as strongly rejected, and demanded Washington deal positively with the government. (Source: Reuters) • Sudan as vice-chair of the Least Developed Countries group: the group's foreign ministers unanimously adopted, at their annual ministerial meeting in New York (September 24), the election of Sudan as vice-chair of the group's international coordination bureau for the period 2026–2029, and Foreign Minister Mohiuddin Salem said Sudan is keen to strengthen the group's voice and international presence. (Source: Tasamuh News) • Escalation of drone attacks in North Kordofan: the Rapid Support Forces intensified their drone attacks on government cities in North Kordofan, including strikes this month on Umm Rawaba (a strike on a crowded courtroom hall on September 8 that left about 10 dead, according to "Emergency Lawyers") and a college in El Obeid (killing a guard and destroying eight halls), and the United Nations says drone attacks by both sides killed more than a thousand civilians in the first half of the year. (Source: Reuters) • Sharp decline in cholera: the World Health Organization announced a sharp decline in cholera cases — only 8 cases and no deaths in the week ending September 11, compared with a peak of 421 cases in the week ending July 3 — after an intensive response despite access challenges in Kordofan and Darfur; the cumulative total is 2,955 cases and 250 deaths. (Source: World Health Organization via ReliefWeb) • Legal action for El Fasher victims: 251 victims of the Sudan war in El Fasher before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, in a new legal action. (Source: Tasamuh News) • Consultations on a ministerial reshuffle: media sources reported that Prime Minister Kamil Idris is holding consultations with leaders of movements regarding an expected ministerial reshuffle. (Source: Sudan Mirror) • The South file: President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional government in South Sudan and set up a caretaker administration less than three months before the national elections scheduled for December 22, after amending the elections law, which dropped linking the vote to completing the permanent constitution and the population census; no prominent figure has yet announced running against him. (Source: ImNews citing BBC) — Editorial Team