Friday, October 23, 2026 1. Army: The 4th Infantry Division repelled a joint attack by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement – North in the Sali area east of the Blue Nile, and seized 15 combat vehicles and destroyed five others (Source: Sudan Tribune) 2. Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem demands at the COMESA foreign ministers' meeting in Harare that the Rapid Support Forces be described explicitly as a rebel militia, and calls on the ministers to visit Khartoum to see the destruction of the war (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) 3. The United Nations condemns the killing of civilians in an airstrike on the Al-Tina area in North Darfur that claimed the lives of five people, including two emergency response room workers, and warns that a funding shortfall is hindering the expansion of aid in Darfur and Kordofan (Source: UN News) 4. UNISFA: At least 80 killed in drone attacks on the Amit market in Abyei and 27 wounded treated by United Nations personnel, and the mission extinguished the major fires and doubled its patrols, while others are still missing (Source: United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA)) 5. African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf strongly condemns the drone attacks in Sudan and the Abyei region, and calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and an inclusive political process led by the Sudanese (Source: African Union Commission) 6. The International Committee of the Red Cross warns that drone airstrikes on residential areas, markets and areas sheltering the displaced are increasing harm to civilians, and says hospitals it supports recorded more than 2,700 war wounded in the first half of 2026 (Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)) 7. South Sudan: The Ceasefire Monitoring Mechanism urges the parties to the peace agreement to adhere to the permanent ceasefire amid clashes, road ambushes and restrictions on humanitarian aid access (Source: Ceasefire and Transitional Security Arrangements Monitoring and Verification Mechanism (CTSAMVM))

— Editorial Team