• El Fasher: the Rapid Support Forces surrounded the city with earthen berms and trenches and imposed restrictions on the movement of civilians, amid reports of fighters and mercenaries fleeing from the battle fronts; and humanitarian workers reported that most organizations working in displacement sites in Tawila have halted their movement toward El Fasher due to the deterioration of the security situation (Source: Tasamuh News, quoting Alwan newspaper).

• Foreign Minister Mohiuddin Salem announced arrangements for an anticipated visit by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission to Sudan to discuss Sudan's membership in the Union, affirming that al-Burhan met two days ago with the President of Burundi — the current president of the African Union — and raised the issue with him; he also revealed that the Union has reopened its office in Sudan (Source: Tasamuh News, quoting Sudan News Agency (SUNA)).

• The spokesperson for the Committee for Preparing the Environment for Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue, Othman Mirghani, revealed the outcomes of the Cairo meeting with seven ambassadors of European Union countries and the EU Ambassador to Sudan, announcing a European commitment to support a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue with purely Sudanese ownership, without tutelage over the dialogue's agenda (Source: Tasamuh News and Saqr Al-Jidyan, quoting SUNA).

• Sovereignty Council member Ibrahim Jaber chaired the periodic meeting of the Economic Performance Follow-up Committee, and heard reports from the Sea Ports Authority, the Taxation Chamber, the General Authority of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Animal Resources, and directed institutions to improve their performance (Source: Tasamuh News, quoting a statement by Finance Minister Gibril Ibrahim).

• US envoy Massad Boulos met Army Commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Egypt — a rare meeting that came days after Washington refused to grant al-Burhan a visa to attend the UN General Assembly; Boulos affirmed the continuation of American efforts with regional partners to push for a political solution (Source: Reuters).

• Britain put forward a draft resolution at the UN Human Rights Council on Sudan, addressing violence against civilians, the drone war, accountability and external support for the conflict; meanwhile the Council adopted a resolution condemning the continuation of the conflict and extending the mandate of the fact-finding mission, amid Sudanese reservations (Source: Official website of the British government / Sudan Tomorrow).

• The World Food Programme condemned an air strike that targeted two of its aid trucks between Dilling and Kadugli in South Kordofan, which resulted in the killing of a driver, and called for an immediate and impartial investigation (Source: UN News).

• Chad agreed to host the Sudanese certificate examinations, and a delegation from the Rapid Support Forces arrived in the Nuba Mountains to end the conflict in Kauda, according to local media (Source: Sudan Tomorrow).

• Media sources reported that commander Ali Balla ordered the liquidation of 23 members of the Rapid Support Forces on charges of practicing looting — not yet confirmed by any official body (Source: Sudan Tomorrow, quoting sources).

• South Sudan: no significant new developments have been monitored since the morning in the southern file.

— Editorial Team