Sunday, October 4, 2026

The Field and Security:

  • The army announces it has repelled a new attack in eastern Blue Nile after the Al-Damazin strikes, and the Blue Nile governor comments on the drone targeting of his home (Source: Sudanese press headlines today)
  • Casualties fall in a drone attack on Kauda, and artillery shelling hits the city in South Kordofan (Source: Sudanese press headlines today)
  • El Obeid: UNICEF confirms a child killed and 12 children injured in a drone strike on the inland port shelter, and the Sudan Doctors Network reports 5 dead and 47 wounded in the targeting of Kordofan University housing — with no independent verification of responsibility (Source: UNICEF and the Sudan Doctors Network)
  • Delling: Rapid Support Forces target relief convoys with drones, threatening aid delivery and deepening civilian suffering (Source: Sudanese sources, October 3)
  • The army expands its control in Kordofan — 17 areas in 72 hours and closing in on Darfur (Source: Sudanese press headlines today)
  • The Joint Force: The killing of 23 civilians in Um Badr is "a war crime that will not intimidate our people" (Source: Joint Force via Anawin Al-Youm)
  • North Darfur governor: Victories on the western axis pave the way for the liberation of El Fasher and all of Darfur (Source: Today's statements)

Politics:

  • A force affiliated with Taher Hajar's movement defects from the Rapid Support Forces and joins the Sudanese Armed Forces (Source: SUNA – Sudan News Agency)
  • The Council of Ministers discusses a package of economic issues and people's livelihoods (Source: Sudanese press headlines today)
  • Al-Mirghani: The reality as it stands now is better than it was a year ago, but harder than we would wish (Source: Today's statements)
  • The Foreign Ministry Undersecretary meets in New York with the ICRC office director, the Under-Secretary-General for Economic Affairs, and the Special Adviser on Africa to discuss cooperation support and the evolving situation (Source: Anawin Al-Youm)

The Region:

  • A quadripartite summit in Cairo discusses the situation in Sudan and the Horn of Africa — Al-Burhan, El-Sisi, Afwerki, and Hassan Sheikh at the table (Source: Anawin Al-Youm)
  • The African Union Commission calls on Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Egypt to exercise restraint and avoid escalation (Source: Anawin Al-Youm)
  • Egypt rejects being dragged into the tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea (Source: Anawin Al-Youm)

Humanitarian and Services:

  • Distribution of humanitarian aid provided by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre in Bau locality in Blue Nile (Source: Sudanese press headlines today)
  • Orange alert: A dust storm hits four Sudanese states through Tuesday (Source: Anawin Al-Youm)

Economy:

  • The Bankak app crisis deepens — transfer outages disrupt citizens and merchants, and Bank of Khartoum's first comment (Source: Anawin Al-Youm)

South Sudan:

  • Foreign Minister Ramadan Goc before the UN General Assembly: Sudan's war is strangling oil exports and hitting the economy (Source: Access Radio)
  • Election talks hit a wall as parties withdraw ahead of the December 22 elections (Source: Access Radio)
  • UNDP's rural development program expands to cover 27,511 rural households in six counties (Source: UNDP – United Nations Development Programme)

— Editorial Team