• Mutual diplomatic escalation between Sudan and Ethiopia: Khartoum closes the Ethiopian consulate in Gedaref in response to Addis Ababa closing the Sudanese consulate in Asosa and ordering six Sudanese diplomats to leave within 48 hours, amid mutual accusations of each side supporting the other's opponents (Source: Reuters, via officials from both sides) • Drone strikes target three power stations in New Halfa and Aroma in Kassala State in the east and the Al-Ghazali station in Northern State, bringing the number of strikes that have targeted the electricity grid to 18 strikes in a week, with widespread power outages in parts of the country (Source: Al Jazeera, via local media) • The army announces the surrender of a group of Rapid Support Forces elements to its forces in Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile Region, and says the group's commander provided information about the management of operations there, after the defected commander Siddig Andir announced in an exclusive recording for Al Jazeera his defection and described the Rapid Support Forces as a purely family project (Source: Al Jazeera) • The Sudan Doctors Network says the Rapid Support Forces are detaining 135 professional, medical and academic cadres in the city of El Geneina in West Darfur State, including 47 medical cadres and 88 teachers and university lecturers, inside a number of detention centres in the city (Source: Sudan Doctors Network, carried by Sudan Tribune) • A local update raises the toll from the shelling of a fuel station in Abbasiya Tagali in South Kordofan State to more than 19 civilians after three wounded people died of their injuries in hospitals, a toll that exceeds the initial figures circulated and remains non-final and subject to independent verification (Source: Darfur24) • Deputy President of the Sovereignty Council Malik Agar announces that the security arrangements for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement – North forces with the Armed Forces have reached their final stages, following a meeting on Wednesday morning with the Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Yasir al-Atta, which also addressed military developments and the course of operations (Source: Malik Agar via his official page, carried by Sudan Now) • President of the Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrives in Doha this Thursday morning on a working visit, and was received by the Minister of State at the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi, and the visit is expected to discuss bilateral relations, the situation in Sudan and shared regional and international issues (Source: Qatar News Agency "QNA") • The Khartoum State Emergency Committee, chaired by Wali Ahmed Osman Hamza, directed at its meeting on Wednesday a comprehensive review of fuel dispensing controls and addressing the flaw in their implementation, with strictness in preventing any unlicensed vehicle from refuelling, and reviewed the rehabilitation work at Jabra Emergency Hospital (Source: Sudan News Agency "SUNA")

— Editorial Team