• The UN Fact-Finding Mission in Sudan revealed the presence of Ethiopians among the foreign fighters in the ranks of the Rapid Support Forces, affirming that its conclusions regarding the cross-border support network benefiting the Rapid Support Forces are based on converging evidence, while it said its investigation into external support for the Sudanese Armed Forces is still at a preliminary stage; this comes amid repeated accusations from Khartoum that Ethiopia supports the Rapid Support Forces, which Addis Ababa denies (Source: Eastleigh Voice).

• Renewed Sudanese-Ethiopian tensions file: new details revealed that Ethiopian Chief of Staff Birhanu Jula accused Sudan, Egypt and others of supporting the "Ethiopian People's Forces Alliance for Survival", which includes seven armed and political groups including the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the Oromo Liberation Army and the Amhara Fano movement, and declares its goal to be overthrowing the government of Abiy Ahmed (Source: Addis Standard); in return, the General Command of the Armed Forces affirmed its categorical rejection of these accusations (as reported in the morning bulletin).

• The army seized dozens of motorcycles in Blue Nile State on charges of violating the curfew extending from five in the evening to six in the morning; the Wali of Blue Nile, Ahmed Al-Omda Badi, had extended the state of emergency for three months and issued an order banning motorcycle movement in the cities of Damazin and Roseires during curfew hours, with the exception of official vehicles and licensed humanitarian missions (Source: Al Jazeera; Sudan Horizon citing Radio Tamazuj).

• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that 19.5 million people in Sudan — more than 40% of the analysed population — face acute food insecurity at crisis level or worse, including about 5 million at emergency level and 135,000 at catastrophe level, with a risk of famine in 14 areas in North and South Darfur and South Kordofan during the lean season (Source: FAO via People's Daily).

• The UN expert on human rights in Sudan, Radhouane Nouicer, questioned the credibility of the government investigation committee, pointing out that its documented files focus heavily on violations attributed to the Rapid Support Forces compared with a small number concerning the Armed Forces, raising questions about the integrity and effectiveness of the investigation (Source: Sky News Arabia via The Gulf Talk).

• In South Sudan: the Bank of South Sudan issued a directive obliging telecommunications, electricity, oil companies, banks and financial institutions to stop all foreign currency transactions with unlicensed persons or entities (Source: EIN News citing Access Radio Yei – Juba).

— Editorial Team