• Field update: The General Command of the Armed Forces announced the downing of a second drone today, of the FH-95 type, southeast of the city of Al-Daein in East Darfur State, after the first was downed at dawn south of Eyal Bakhit in West Kordofan, making it operation No. 29 in the series of downings of hostile drones (Source: SUNA, citing a circular from the official spokesperson of the Armed Forces) • Electricity: Reports said drones targeted three electricity substations on Monday in New Halfa and Aroma in Kassala State and the Al-Ghazali station in Northern State, with widespread outages and the number of strikes on the electricity grid rising to 18 in a week, while the government said it had filed complaints against Ethiopia with the Security Council and the African Peace and Security Council, accusing it of involvement in the attacks (Source: Al Jazeera) • Legislation and freedoms: The amendment to Article 51/A of the Criminal Code entered into force, bringing electronic publishing within the crime of inciting war against the state, punishable by death or life imprisonment and confiscation of funds, and Minister of Justice Abdullah Derf defended the amendment as directed against supporters of the Rapid Support Forces, while the Emergency Lawyers group, rights advocates and journalists warned against using it to restrict publishing and expression (Source: Al Jazeera) • South Sudan: Forty-two days before the 22 December elections, the head of the United Nations Mission, Anita Kiki Gbeho, told the Security Council that the transition remains fragile after the unity government was dissolved on 22 September and replaced by a transitional administration, and that communal violence accounts for more than 60% of civilian casualties this year and left more than 140 dead in Rumbek and Tonj last month, and that about 10 million people need aid, 7.5 million face food insecurity, and 1.4 million have crossed from Sudan since the outbreak of the war (Source: United Nations - UNMISS via ReliefWeb) • South Sudan - international positions: African Union envoy Jakaya Kikwete called on the United Nations to help ensure peaceful elections, and the International Crisis Group's Africa director, Murithi Mutiga, warned that a rushed vote could be the final blow to the 2018 peace agreement, while South Sudan's deputy ambassador, Sabino Amaikue, defended the 22 December date and considered the elections part of consolidating peace (Source: Associated Press) • Sports: The first national team delegation arrived in Dakar late on Tuesday evening, and will hold its main training session this evening, Wednesday, in preparation for facing Senegal tomorrow, Thursday, in the third round of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, and the delegation includes 26 players led by head coach Kwasi Appiah (Source: SUNA)

— Editorial Team