Tuesday, October 27, 2026 1. Britain imposes sanctions on 15 military commanders, militia leaders and security officials from both sides of the war in Sudan, including asset freezes and travel bans, on charges of sexual violence, torture and targeting of civilians linked to the fall of El Fasher, and announces an additional 15 million pounds sterling to support survivors and humanitarian aid, with those covered including Al-Nour Al-Qubba, Al-Misbah Abu Zeid and Al-Safna (Source: British Foreign Office; Reuters) 2. Drone attacks target five electricity transformer stations in Singa, Al-Faw, Al-Hawata, Mashkour and Al-Juneid, causing a total blackout in the southeastern grid and power outages in Sennar, Gedaref, White Nile and Gezira states, and injuring members of the Singa station guard crew (Source: Sudan Electricity Holding Company, via Radio Dabanga; Sennar State Security Committee) 3. President of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and Prime Minister Kamel Idris meet in Khartoum the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Nabil Fahmy, on his first visit to Sudan since taking office, and the League affirms support for Sudan's sovereignty, the unity of its territory, its national institutions and Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue (Source: Media of the Transitional Sovereignty Council) 4. The United States, dozens of countries and the European Commissioner for Crisis Management warn in a joint statement of an alarming deterioration in food security in Sudan and the risk of famine in the coming months, and call on both parties to the conflict to remove all obstacles to humanitarian aid and increase urgent funding (Source: Reuters; the joint statement via the US Department of State) 5. Kordofan Observatory announces the death of three civilians from Ghibaish locality in West Kordofan inside Dagris Prison in Nyala after they had been detained by the Rapid Support Forces since July 2025, warns of the fate of 26 other detainees from Ghibaish who remain in detention without contact with their families, and demands an independent investigation (Source: Kordofan Observatory) 6. Four artisanal miners from the town of Tajmala are killed in the collapse of a traditional mining well at the Umm Kafroun mine in Abu Jubaiha locality in South Kordofan State (Source: Darfur24, citing a miner in the area) 7. South Sudan: the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition in Eastern Equatoria State denies claims that about 100 of its members defected with former leader Carlo Andrew Akwo and joined the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (Source: Radio Tamazuj)

— Editorial Team