Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Sudan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Al-Harith Idris, responded yesterday, Tuesday, at the 81st session of the General Assembly to the statements of the representatives of the UAE and Chad, based on the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission issued on September 23, 2026, entitled "Fueling the Conflict in Sudan: External Factors"; and he rejected accusations of using chemical weapons, considering them political allegations not based on technical or legal standards, while the Emirati representative accused the Sudanese Armed Forces of using internationally prohibited chemical weapons, and the Chadian representative exercised the right of reply, rejecting the accusations and affirming his country's commitment to neutrality (Sources: Taq Press; On Sudan; Sudan Tomorrow).

• International demands escalated for an independent investigation into allegations of chemical weapons use in Sudan: human rights defenders in Geneva (September 28) demanded the formation of an independent UN commission of inquiry and called on the Sudanese army to accept it without conditions, and the Sudanese Alliance for Rights welcomed Sky News Arabia's investigative film "Sudan... The Hidden Use of Chemical Weapons in the War"; the escalation is based on the Washington Post and New York Times investigations of September 5, while the Sudanese army denies the accusations and describes them as baseless (Sources: eureporter; Sudanese Alliance for Rights; Sky News Arabia).

• The special court in Juba resumes today, Wednesday, the trial of suspended First Vice President Riek Machar and seven other defendants, after it rejected on Monday the defense's pleas of lack of jurisdiction and constitutional immunity; the court was expected to rule today on the defense's security concerns that postponed the sessions twice, and the result of today's session had not been announced by the time this bulletin was written (Sources: Nexa Centre, quoting Radio Tamazuj; Eastleigh Voice; One Citizen Daily).

• Human Rights Watch said today that South Sudanese political commentator Samuel Peter Oyay is still being held in a prison in the UAE without charge a year after his arrest; plainclothes security forces arrested him on September 30, 2025, in front of his four children at his home in Dubai, and his last article before his arrest (September 21, 2025) had criticized the trial of Riek Machar; the organization demanded his immediate release (Source: Human Rights Watch).

• Minister of Interior Lt. Gen. (Police) Babiker Samra Mustafa addressed yesterday, Tuesday, the International Conference on Combating Extremist Thought in Moscow (September 28-29), accusing the Rapid Support Forces militia of terrorist practices against civilians in El Fasher, El Geneina and the villages of Al-Jazira, and calling for regional and international cooperation to limit the spread of terrorism and extremism; he is scheduled to meet on the second day of the conference with his Russian counterpart to discuss bilateral issues of common interest (Sources: Al-Muhaqqiq newspaper; Al-Ahd Online).

• "Sudan War Monitor" reported that local sources confirmed that army aircraft targeted water sources in the Al-Mazroub area in North Kordofan during daylight hours while citizens were gathered to obtain water — with an initial toll of 9 dead and 24 wounded according to those sources — and the "Ta'sis" Alliance condemned the shelling; in contrast, Rapid Support Forces drones targeted on Sunday the Umm Aleila fuel depots east of Wad Madani, and the army announced downing hostile drones in North Darfur and North Kordofan (Source: Sudan War Monitor).

• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees warned yesterday that the funding crisis could leave 8.3 million refugees and displaced people without aid this year, with a funding gap of $5.789 billion; and in Sudan about 140,000 refugees and asylum seekers remained unregistered by mid-year after registration activities were suspended during the first five months of 2026 (Source: Reuters).

— Editorial Team