Friday, October 2, 2026
1. Al-Burhan: the Armed Forces owe allegiance only to God and the homeland (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) 2. Prime Minister Kamil Idris meets a delegation of the Revolutionary Awakening Council headed by Sheikh Musa Hilal (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) 3. Deposed president Omar al-Bashir transferred to a military hospital in Khartoum for treatment, and his family says his need for treatment outside Sudan has become "critical and urgent" (Source: Reuters) 4. Al-Burhan's adviser Amjad Farid to Reuters: the US ceasefire proposal could push Sudan towards a Libyan-style partition (Source: Reuters) 5. Eritrea announces the severing of all its diplomatic relations with Ethiopia in response to Addis Ababa closing its embassy in Asmara and expelling ten Eritrean diplomats (Source: Al Jazeera) 6. Egypt responds in kind and gives the counsellor of the Ethiopian embassy in Cairo 48 hours to leave the country in response to Addis Ababa declaring an Egyptian diplomat persona non grata (Source: Cairo News) 7. South Sudan: the army orders "Agwelek" fighters to assemble at specified points in preparation for integrating them into the regular forces (Source: The Eastleigh Voice)
— Editorial Team