• The "Emergency Lawyers" organization reported yesterday, Sunday, that an airstrike on Saturday targeted artisanal gold-mining sites in the border triangle area near the Egyptian–Sudanese border, and resulted in the killing of at least 72 civilian miners, while it expected the toll to rise as documentation continues; and the organization held the Egyptian Air Force responsible — an accusation not yet confirmed by any independent party, and on which neither Cairo nor Khartoum has commented so far. The Sudan Doctors Network earlier mentioned at least 13 dead and 28 wounded, while Sudan Tribune quoted survivors as saying the toll could be much higher, and that the aircraft fired more than five missiles at the miners' camps. (Source: CNN, Associated Press, Sudan Tribune)
• An adviser to the Chairman of the Sovereignty Council condemned the bombing of the Sudanese miners on the border, in the first official Sudanese position on the strike, according to what was reported by the Sudanese newspapers issued this morning. (Source: Sudanese morning newspapers)
• The United Nations said about 31 people were killed on Friday in a drone strike that targeted a camp for the displaced in an area controlled by the army in Blue Nile State, while the "Emergency Lawyers" organization raised the toll to 41 dead and placed responsibility on the Rapid Support Forces; and reports indicated that the Sudanese army shot down a hostile drone near the Ethiopian border. (Source: United Nations, agencies)
• The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council received the credentials of a number of countries' ambassadors to Sudan, in an official ceremony in Khartoum, according to the headlines of the Sudanese newspapers issued this morning. (Source: Sudanese newspapers)
• Prime Minister Kamil Idris announced that the "Government of Hope" is studying a plan for austerity, reducing government spending and easing the burdens of living on citizens, affirming at the conclusion of the Hope Forum that "Sudan will not break and its people will not be defeated". (Source: Sudanese newspapers)
• Sudan condemned in the strongest terms the attack carried out by the Houthi militia on King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, and the Prime Minister's adviser also condemned the targeting of civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia and described it as a shameful act. (Source: Sudanese newspapers)
• Sudan is participating in the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which begin today, October 12, in the Thai capital, Bangkok. (Source: Sudanese newspapers)
• Minni Arko Minawi renewed, via his official page, the affirmation that "our position will remain clear: one state, a national army, full sovereignty and a united Sudan that accommodates everyone". (Source: Official page of Minni Arko Minawi)
• From South Sudan: The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo gave the UN peacekeeping mission one week to remove about 750 South Sudanese fighters loyal to the dismissed Vice President Riek Machar, who crossed into eastern Congo in August and were disarmed and hosted by the UN mission near Goma; and Kinshasa said their presence constitutes a security risk following protests by residents. (Source: BBC)
• In the South file as well: The acting governor of Jonglei State appointed seven ministers in his interim government, while South Africa's national oil company issued a tender for a preliminary survey of area B2 in the Jonglei Basin in preparation for a two-dimensional seismic survey. (Source: South Sudan Press, African Peace Magazine)
• Humanitarianly: The International Organization for Migration raised the toll of a migrant boat sinking off Djibouti to 139 dead, including 15 children, while 84 remain missing — among the worst migration disasters this year. (Source: International Organization for Migration)
— Editorial Team