• West Kordofan: The Dar Hamar Emergency Room accused, in a statement dated today, 9 November, the Rapid Support Forces of evacuating civilian patients from six hospitals and health facilities to allocate them to the wounded of the recent Ayal Bakhit battles, and said the evacuation included Al-Kabra Hospital, Al-Nuhud Referral and Teaching Hospitals, Al-Fula Hospital, the Chinese Hospital in Al-Fula, and Ghubaysh Hospital, and that its teams monitored the arrival of more than 350 wounded members of the Rapid Support Forces, while about 150 civilian patients, including critical cases, were prevented from receiving treatment, figures that could not be independently verified (Source: Statement of the Dar Hamar Emergency Room, 9 November 2026) • Abyei: The head of the Abyei Oversight Committee from the Sudan side, Al-Khair Abu Mureidat, accused armed groups active in Souk Al-Naam, north of Abyei, of being behind the recent attack on the market, warning against attempts to stir discord between Sudan and South Sudan, during his meeting with the Director of the East Africa Division at the UN Department of Peace Operations and the Deputy Head of the UNISFA mission, and reiterating the commitment to addressing the Abyei file in accordance with the legal references, foremost among them the 2011 Agreement (Source: Atheer News) • Protection of civilians: The Deputy Chairman of the Sovereignty Council, Malik Agar, affirmed, during his meeting yesterday with the Director of Operations at Geneva Call, Atif Hamed, Sudan's keenness and commitment to protecting civilians during the conflict and facilitating humanitarian access for organisations working in the country (Source: Coverage in Sudanese newspapers published today, via SUNA) • Children of Sudan: The International Organization for Migration said that about nine thousand unaccompanied Sudanese children or children separated from their families have arrived in North African countries over three years (Source: International Organization for Migration, via coverage in Sudanese newspapers published today) • Suakin: The Sea Ports Corporation signed yesterday with the Sudanese-Turkish "Suakin" Petroleum Company a partnership contract to establish, finance, and operate a specialised marine berth to receive liquefied natural gas carriers in the city of Suakin in eastern Sudan (Source: Coverage in Sudanese newspapers published today, via SUNA) • South Kordofan: Activists said today that 65 head of sheep died after drinking from a water source contaminated with the substance "cyanide" used in mining at the Bashayer mine in the Talodi area, and the Committee Against the Use of Cyanide said that a citizen of Talodi lost the flock this week, accusing the authorities and the Sudanese Mineral Resources Company of covering up a similar incident in Al-Taqula last year (Source: Sudan Tribune) • Cairo: The Medical Counsellor's Office at the Embassy of Sudan in Cairo carried out a field visit to a Sudanese family of six people suffering from loss of sight, led by the Medical Counsellor, Dr Khidir Faisal Abu Bakr, and a specialised medical team, to assess their health conditions and determine their treatment needs, and the embassy said that the Federal Ministry of Health is following the case under the directives of the Minister, Professor Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, and the Chargé d'Affaires, Ambassador Omar Al-Farouk Sayed Kamil (Source: Media of the Embassy of Sudan in Cairo, via Al-Nawras News) • Official condolences: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed, in a statement issued yesterday evening, Sunday, Sudan's sincere condolences to Egypt, government and people, for the victims of the collision of two trains in the Al-Ayat area in Giza Governorate, affirming Sudan's full solidarity with Egypt (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, via SUNA) • South Sudan: Juba is seeking new investments to expand oil production and develop exploration areas and petroleum infrastructure, with 14 exploration blocks available and plans to raise production from about 174 thousand barrels per day to 230 thousand barrels per day, with the South Sudan Oil and Power Conference in Juba on 24 and 25 November to host investors and financing institutions (Source: Energy Capital & Power via APO Group, Juba, 9 November 2026) • South Sudan: The National Communication Authority and the Bank of South Sudan discussed yesterday, Sunday, in Juba with telecommunications companies the shortage of foreign currency and the difficulties of cash transactions affecting the operation of and investment in networks, and the Director of the Authority, Gith Kong Mathiang, said the meeting discussed the companies' requests to obtain foreign currency to upgrade the networks, while the Governor of the Central Bank, Addis Ababa Othow, said the government is working to address cash challenges and facilitate the transition to digital financial services (Source: ITWeb Africa)
— Editorial Team
