• West Kordofan: The General Command of the Armed Forces announces that air defences shot down on Thursday evening a hostile drone of the FH-95 type south of the Al-Khoi area in West Kordofan State (Source: Statement of the General Command of the Armed Forces, carried by the Sudanese newspapers published today via the Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Kordofan and Blue Nile: The army enters the first locality in West Kordofan State bordering Darfur, after its incursion on Monday into Umm Marahik and Al-Ghurra and on Wednesday into Shaq Al-Doud and the outskirts of Eyal Bakhit in Al-Khoi locality, and the President of the Sovereignty Council and Commander of the Army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, says his forces are advancing towards the city of Al-Khoi and that other forces are approaching areas in Darfur, while the "Tasis" alliance says its forces have taken control of the Sally base and the Al-Kaili area - Kilo 6 in the Blue Nile region (Source: Al Jazeera Net) • North Kordofan: Al Jazeera Net says the army now controls 97% of the area of North Kordofan State, with only the areas of Umm Kreidem and Umm Bader, which open onto the desert towards Darfur, remaining ahead of it (Source: Al Jazeera Net) • North Kordofan: The Joint Force of the Armed Struggle Movements announces the destruction of 40 combat vehicles belonging to the Rapid Support Forces and the seizure of 43 other vehicles, and regaining control of Umm Samima, Kazgeil, Al-Hammadi and Abu Qaoud in operations on Thursday morning in coordination with the Armed Forces, in the words of its spokesman, Major Mutawakil Ali Wakil Abuja, without independent verification of the toll so far (Source: Statement of the Joint Force, carried by Sudanese media and Al Jazeera Net) • Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif discussed yesterday with the Sudanese Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Babiker Samra Mustafa, strengthening bilateral relations and expanding cooperation in trade, investment, agriculture, defence and education, and affirmed his country's full support for the unity of Sudan (Source: Coverage in the Sudanese newspapers published today via the Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Economy: The joint meeting of the ministerial sectors reviewed on Thursday the guidelines for the 2027 budget and recommended referring them to the Council of Ministers for approval, and Finance Minister Gabriel Ibrahim says the budget targets economic and social reform, continuing recovery and reconstruction, and social protection programmes to improve citizens' livelihoods and address the issues of the displaced and refugees, with priority given to financing the war effort, security and basic services (Source: Statement of the Council of Ministers, carried by the Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Khartoum: The Khartoum State Security Committee discusses implementation of Decision 153 on ending military manifestations inside the state, and announces a relative easing in fuel distribution at stations and the control of violations (Source: Headlines of the Sudanese newspapers published this morning) • Society: The women's bulletin of the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), within the women's media service file of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA), today covers the journey of Sudanese women in wartime and their roles in relief, healthcare and media, and businesswomen resuming their projects after displacement (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA) via FANA) • South Sudan: Médecins Sans Frontières warns that about 150,000 displaced people are at risk of cholera and waterborne diseases in the Bentiu and Malakal camps due to declining funding and the withdrawal of relief organisations, and says the Bentiu camp in Unity State, which shelters about 111,000 people, is witnessing a deterioration in sanitation, with about 60 displaced people sharing one usable toilet (Source: Statement of Médecins Sans Frontières, carried by Ain Al-Haqiqa)

— Editorial Team