• The miners incident: The Sovereignty Council offered condolences for the victims of the Sudanese miners incident and directed the formation of a committee to investigate its circumstances, while the "Emergency Lawyers" group had reported the killing of at least 72 artisanal miners in an airstrike on Saturday in northern Sudan, a claim Reuters was unable to verify independently (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media; Reuters) • Warning of a worsening famine risk: The UN-backed hunger observatory (IPC) warned in an alert issued on Monday of a growing famine risk in parts of Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, with drought linked to the El Niño phenomenon covering more than half of Sudan, weak crop growth in 64% of the agricultural land in North Darfur, and the displacement of more than 300,000 people in Greater Kordofan since October 2025 (Source: United Nations – UN News / IPC) • Relief under danger and funding shortages: The UN alert noted that two trucks contracted with the World Food Programme came under fire on October 2 and 3 and at least one person was killed, and that less than half of Sudan's humanitarian appeal had been funded as of October 8, while the World Health Organization said only 23% of its $97.7 million appeal had been funded (Source: United Nations – UN News / IPC; World Health Organization) • Blue Nile: The United Nations reported the killing of about 31 people on Friday in a drone strike on a camp for the displaced in an army-controlled area in Blue Nile State, at a time when the Blue Nile and Kordofan fronts continue to top the field scene (Source: United Nations, quoting Reuters and CNN) • The Constitutional Court begins its duties: The members of the Constitutional Court took the oath before the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, First Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at the Republican Palace, and the President of the Court, Maulana Dr. Wahbi Mohamed Mokhtar, said the court would begin performing its duties immediately to protect citizens' rights and freedoms in accordance with its law and the Constitutional Document (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media) • New ambassadors: The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council met Sudan's new ambassadors to South Korea, Rwanda, Jordan, Uganda and Indonesia on the occasion of their farewell and departure to their postings, affirming the state's interest in strengthening Sudan's foreign relations, in the presence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media) • Humanitarian file: The Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Malik Agar, met the country director of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Sudan, as part of following up on the humanitarian situation and the access of aid (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media) • Economy: Sovereignty Council member Lieutenant General Engineer Ibrahim Jaber chaired the periodic meeting of the Economic Performance Follow-up Committee, and the meeting discussed generalizing electronic collection to the states and preparing the border crossings and land ports, controlling bank transfers with official documents, and combating tax evasion and smuggling and controlling export proceeds, according to a statement by the Minister of Culture and Information, Khalid Al-Aiser (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Finance and development: The Minister of Finance discussed with the African Development Bank Group expanding development finance, and with the Thailand International Cooperation Agency developing the development partnership, while the ministry affirmed its pursuit of tightening coordination between the levels of government to support financial federalism (Source: SUNA headlines / Ministry of Finance) • The Khartoum local market incident: The Sudanese police announced the killing of two Egyptian citizens and the injury of a third in a shooting in the local market area south of Khartoum on Monday afternoon, and the arrest of the accused and the seizure of the weapon used, and described the incident as an individual criminal act that will be dealt with in accordance with the law, while the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced it was following up on the incident and coordinating to transfer the two bodies and follow up on the condition of the injured man transferred to the Military Medical Hospital in Omdurman (Source: Ministry of Interior statement / Police Forces Presidency; Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) • Services and reconstruction: The Arab Forum for Enhancing Human Resource Capacities began in Khartoum, the National Fund for Housing and Reconstruction organized a workshop to launch the project of one million productive housing units, and the Minister of Education discussed with Zain Sudan company enhancing the partnership in education and digital transformation (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • South Sudan – travel restrictions before the elections: The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, renewed his directive obliging holders of constitutional posts and members of the regular forces to obtain his prior permission before travelling abroad, with the directive to remain in force for three months as the country prepares for the first general elections since independence, scheduled for December 22, according to a statement by the President's Office (Source: Office of the President of the Republic of South Sudan) • South Sudan – Rumbek: The transitional authorities in Juba said additional security forces are still deployed in Rumbek in Lakes State after communal clashes at dawn on Friday, October 9, which claimed, according to preliminary security reports, the lives of 71 people including four soldiers, with the arrest of four armed civilians and calls for restraint (Source: Transitional Ministry of Information of South Sudan, quoting Agence France-Presse) • South Sudan – no order for foreigners to leave: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation in Juba clarified in a statement dated October 8 that there is no directive from the national government obliging foreign nationals to leave the country, and that the regulation of small commercial activities in Juba is done in accordance with the laws in force (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Sudan) • South Sudan – refugee pressure from Sudan's war: The acting country director of the World Food Programme in South Sudan said about 3,000 new arrivals arrive weekly fleeing Sudan's war, and that the programme urgently needs $75 million until December 2026 to continue assisting more than one million people, within a wider funding gap of $416 million over six months (Source: World Food Programme – WFP)

— Editorial Team