Monday, October 5, 2026
1. Alamein quadripartite summit: Al-Burhan joins El-Sisi, Afwerki and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in a joint declaration backing Sudan's unity and sovereignty and rejecting parallel entities and support for mercenaries (Source: Egyptian Presidency) 2. El-Sisi meets Al-Burhan on the sidelines of the African Union's eighth coordination meeting in El Alamein and affirms Egypt's support for Sudan's national institutions (Source: Egyptian Presidency) 3. The World Food Programme announces the killing of an aid truck driver in an airstrike in South Kordofan and calls for a formal investigation into the incident (Source: World Food Programme) 4. The United Nations allocates $160 million to save lives across 12 humanitarian crises, including Sudan ($16 million) and South Sudan ($15 million) (Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) 5. UNDP: expansion of the rural projects programme in South Sudan to cover six counties, targeting more than 162,000 farmers (Source: United Nations Development Programme) 6. Ethiopian government forces retake the city of Mekelle after the Tigray People's Liberation Front's withdrawal, as fighting intensifies in northern Ethiopia (Source: Wire agencies)
— Editorial Team
