• The UN Security Council unanimously extended, yesterday, Thursday, the sanctions regime imposed on Sudan in a technical manner for two months until December 11, 2026, and also extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts that assists the Sanctions Committee until January 11, 2027. The resolution, whose draft was prepared by the United States, came after it withdrew an earlier draft that aimed to expand the arms embargo to cover all of Sudan and all parties due to the absence of consensus. (Source: UN News) • Sudan demanded that the international community take practical measures to stop the flow of weapons, money and mercenaries to the Rapid Support Forces, warning against the external support that enables armed groups to continue their activities. This came in a statement by the Sudanese Mission before the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly during the discussion of measures to eliminate terrorism, delivered by Minister Plenipotentiary Ammar Mohamed Mahmoud. (Source: Statement of the Sudanese Mission in New York, reported by Sudanese media) • The Sudanese Mission to the United Nations in New York welcomed the Security Council's adoption of the technical extension of the measures imposed under Resolution 1591, affirming Khartoum's adherence to its sovereignty and its rejection of expanding the scope of the sanctions. (Source: Athir News) • The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, yesterday inspected the 11th Infantry Division in the city of Khashm el-Girba in the eastern state, as part of his field tours of military units. (Source: Sudan Horizon) • The Government of South Sudan officially clarified that there are no directives from the national government demanding that foreigners leave the country, and that any measures regarding commercial activities are subject to the relevant laws. The clarification came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in response to statements by the Commissioner of Juba County about small retail trade. (Source: South Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs via People Daily) • A new report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees revealed that more than 2.5 million people have returned to Khartoum State out of 9.4 million people before the war, and that the number of returnees across Sudan reached 4.7 million, but destroyed homes, unemployment, water shortages and ongoing security threats threaten the sustainability of this return. (Source: UNHCR) • The World Health Organization warned that health and humanitarian needs in Darfur far exceed the available resources, especially in Tawila, which hosts more than 700,000 displaced people facing acute gaps in health, nutrition, water and protection, calling for an urgent increase in resources and safe and sustainable humanitarian access. (Source: World Health Organization via ReliefWeb)
— Editorial Team