• Economy and production: The Central Bank of Sudan's portfolio for financing solar energy and agricultural production inputs was launched today, Thursday, in Northern State, worth about 15 billion pounds with five banks participating, led by Bank of Khartoum, targeting 10,000 beneficiaries; a similar portfolio is to be launched on Saturday in River Nile State worth about 35 billion pounds, serving 20,000 beneficiaries, as part of the financial-inclusion enhancement project and the state financing portfolios initiative, sponsored by Governor Amna Mirghani Hassan Al-Toum (Source: Central Bank of Sudan via Al-Ahd Online) • The Gezira and Managil Scheme: The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, affirmed — during his meeting on Wednesday at the Republican Palace with a delegation of the scheme's farmers and producers, in the presence of its Board Chairman Khalid Abdeen Al-Shami — the state's attention to upgrading the scheme and restoring its role in supporting the national economy, pledging to address the challenges raised, and announcing support including 22 agricultural vehicles for farmers' associations to clear irrigation canals, 20 vehicles for the Council for Regulating Agricultural Production Professions, and 50 billion pounds for fuel and irrigation pumps (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media via Tasamuh News and Masar Media) • Abyei: The Chairman of the Sovereignty Council issued a sovereign decree forming a national team to negotiate over the Abyei area with South Sudan, headed by Council member Abdullah Yahya Ahmed, with Foreign Minister Mohiuddin Salem as his deputy, and membership of the Chairman of the Peace Commission Suleiman Al-Dabilo and representatives of Justice, Defence, Military Intelligence, Police, Intelligence, the Borders and Abyei commissions, and a representative of the Abyei Dinka; its tasks include liaising with the African Union and the United Nations, managing bilateral and multilateral negotiations, and building an updated database for the file (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media via Sada Al-Haqiqa) • Higher education: The details of the admission results for 2026–2027, announced at the 67th briefing conference at the University of Africa International, are now complete: 174,855 students were nominated in the first round out of 263,794 applicants, a rate of 66.3%, and the capacity reached 366,700 seats, an increase of 34,491 seats; the Minister of Higher Education, Ahmed Mudawi Musa, said 558,437 sat the secondary certificate examinations, of whom 388,738 passed, and female students made up 64% of applicants (Source: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research via the SUNA platform and Al-Shaab newspaper) • Higher education: The Minister of Culture and Information, Khalid Al-Aiser, said education is available to all the homeland's children, stressing that no student is held accountable for the offence of their relatives (Source: Sudan Tomorrow) • Wadi Halfa — the border with Egypt: The closure of the Ishkeit and Arqin crossings entered its third day in protest at the ban on personal imports, the ban on importing vegetables and fruit, and the rising prices of basic goods, while the Egyptian Truck Drivers' Syndicate announced an immediate and complete suspension of truck movement to and from Sudan until further notice, saying in a statement seen by Radio Dabanga that two of its members were killed in Sudan, and that the suspension continues until conditions stabilize and drivers' safety is guaranteed (Source: Radio Dabanga) • Dialogue and ending the war: Civil forces' consultations with the Quintet mechanism continue in Addis Ababa, with a proposal circulated that Radio Dabanga saw, suggesting a 40-member preparatory committee — 20 not aligned with either warring party and 10 counted for each side — and calling for an immediate unconditional humanitarian truce and expanding the arms ban to cover all of Sudan (Source: Radio Dabanga via Al-Hadaf newspaper) • Science: An event held on October 12 and 13, facilitated by the UNESCO Sudan Office with participation from Khartoum and Alexandria, concluded; it discussed ways to keep Sudanese women researchers connected with research institutions, colleagues, and mentoring and cooperation opportunities, amid the disruption of professional networks by war and displacement (Source: UNESCO Sudan Office via DevDiscourse) • South Sudan — Rumbek: The UN Mission in South Sudan said calm now prevails in the city after communal clashes on October 8 and 9 which, according to state authorities, left 60 dead, 78 wounded and about 500 families temporarily displaced, noting it deployed a quick-reaction force of Nepalese peacekeepers to protect Rumbek State Hospital, the humanitarian compound and the airport, and sent a convoy the following day to Amok Payam, north of Rumbek, to evacuate 17 aid workers who had been besieged there, with a civilian team to meet state authorities and community leaders (Source: UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)) • South Sudan — Morobo: Local reports said an armed attack took place on Tuesday, October 13, on the village of Oro in the Loguli administrative area of Morobo County, Central Equatoria State, in which three houses were burned and a civilian was shot in the leg and is being treated at the county hospital, with local shops looted; the acting commissioner, Isaac Moro, visited the village to assess the damage; the responsible party could not be independently verified (Source: The Borderlines newspaper via Sudan Now) • Editorial note: As of the preparation of this bulletin, no new documented statement has been issued by the official spokesperson of the Armed Forces regarding a specific operation today; we continue to verify before publishing and do not publish anything not issued through his verified channels
— Editorial Team
