• Alamein quadripartite summit (Egypt – Sudan – Eritrea – Somalia): yesterday, Sunday October 4, 2026, the "Alamein Joint Declaration" was issued by the summit hosted by New Alamein city, with the participation of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. The declaration supported the unity of the Republic of Sudan, its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national institutions, rejected the creation of any parallel entities, encouraged the resumption of a Sudanese-owned and Sudanese-led political process, and fully rejected any support for mercenaries. It also rejected any interference in the internal affairs of the region's countries under any pretext, any recognition of or support for so-called "Somaliland", affirmed that governance of the Red Sea is the exclusive responsibility of its littoral states, and rejected any unilateral measures regarding the water uses of the Nile River. (Source: Egyptian Presidency / CNN Arabic, Al Jazeera, Nation Press coverage)
• Ethiopian reaction: the declaration came after Ethiopian accusations against Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing an alliance of rebel groups against the Ethiopian government — accusations denied by the three countries, while Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel said Addis Ababa was "trying to create a pretext to attack Eritrea". (Source: Al Jazeera / TBS News)
• On the humanitarian front: Italy, through the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, allocated 3.5 million euros to the World Health Organization to strengthen the emergency public-health response in Sudan and support the interventions of the Federal Ministry of Health across 15 states, as part of a three-year initiative benefiting more than 3 million people, including over 730,000 targeted by vaccination and catch-up immunization campaigns. (Source: ReliefWeb – United Nations, October 4, 2026)
• On the ground in Kordofan: the Sudanese Armed Forces announced control of Al-Mazroub, which a military source described to Al Jazeera as the Rapid Support Forces' main stronghold in North Kordofan — the claim remains unconfirmed by independent sources so far. In contrast, reports said at least 10 people were killed in drone strikes targeting a university dormitory and a displaced-persons centre in El Obeid. (Source: Al Jazeera via Yahoo News, Arab News / weekly reports)
• Diplomatically: Sudanese newspaper headlines today quoted Sudanese Information Minister Khaled Al-Iesair telling Al-Ahram Online that "Sudan is pursuing last-chance diplomacy… and the war was imposed on us". (Source: Al-Ahram Online / Sudan Now)
• Services and economy: Bank of Khartoum clarifies the timeline for the return of its "Bankak" app services and launches a new offline service; the National Bank of Omdurman opens its new branch in Khartoum and explains the data-update steps; and a meeting at the Ministry of Industry and Trade discusses ways to boost Sudanese exports. (Source: Sudanese newspaper headlines – Sudan Now, Monday October 5, 2026)
— Editorial Team
