• The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, held a telephone call today, Tuesday, with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who affirmed the Kingdom's keenness on Sudan's stability and on preserving its sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, and the Kingdom's support for all efforts to achieve stability in a way that paves the way for comprehensive development in Sudan and the return of the displaced and refugees to their homes (Source: Saudi Press Agency (SPA) via CNN Arabic).

• The Governor of the Darfur Region, Minni Arko Minawi, topped the headlines of the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) today, affirming that ending the war requires political will and addressing the roots of the crisis (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)).

• South African President Cyril Ramaphosa chairs today a virtual meeting of the African Union High-Level Committee on South Sudan (C5), with the participation of IGAD countries, to assess developments ahead of the elections scheduled for December 22, 2026, and to follow up on the implementation of the outcomes of the Addis Ababa summit (Source: South African Presidency).

• A new UN update revealed a sharp decline in cholera cases in Sudan in recent weeks after the response was intensified, as the World Health Organization provided 60 tons of supplies and oral vaccination campaigns reached more than 915,000 people; the outbreak, which began in Al-Nuhud in West Kordofan last May, recorded about 3,000 cases and 250 deaths and spread to 20 localities in six states, while the FAO announced a national livestock vaccination campaign covering 9.8 million animals to protect the livelihoods of 1.2 million households (Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) via APO Group).

• The Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Amina Mirghani Hassan Al-Toum, cancelled the licence granted to the "Sudan Pay Digital" company to work in mobile payment and operate a financial transactions switch, based on Article 16 (1/b) of the Banking Business Regulation Act of 2026 (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)).

• Defence Minister Lt. Gen. Hassan Daoud Kabroun arrived in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, to participate in the "ADEX" defence industries exhibition at the invitation of his Azerbaijani counterpart, and was received at Baku airport by the representative of the Azerbaijani Minister of Defence, General Hasanov, and Sudan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Anas Al-Tayeb Al-Jailani (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)).

• Foreign Minister Ambassador Mohiuddin Salem met in New York his South Sudanese counterpart, Ambassador Cecilia Adut Manyok, and congratulated her on her appointment, affirming his readiness to work with her to develop bilateral relations and enhance cooperation and coordination between the two countries (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)).

• In sports: the Sudan national team plays today the second round of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Mozambique at the Zimpeto Stadium at four in the afternoon Cairo time, topping its group with three points; and in Juba, the South Sudan national team also faces its Egyptian counterpart today, without Mohamed Salah, whom the Egyptian technical staff decided to rest because of the artificial pitch (Source: 365Scores; Reuters).

— Editorial Team