Wednesday, October 28, 2026 1. President of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan leads Sudan's delegation to the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on October 28 and 29, addresses the summit and meets the Russian president, and the delegation includes the ministers of foreign affairs and finance, the director of intelligence and the director of the Defence Industries System (Source: Sudan News Agency — SUNA) 2. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs expresses concern over a drone bombing of a main electricity transformer station serving Khartoum State, after Monday's attacks on stations in Gezira, Sennar and Gedaref states, and stresses the need to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure (Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — OCHA, via UN News) 3. Around thirty countries and the European Commission warn of an alarming deterioration in food security in Sudan, with 19.5 million people suffering from high levels of acute food insecurity, among them around five million in emergency conditions, and call for opening all aid routes, including air corridors to Darfur (Source: Reuters) 4. A delegation of the Ministry of Minerals headed by the ministry's undersecretary, Hind Siddig, takes part in the International Mining and Resources Conference and Exhibition IMARC 2026 in the Australian city of Sydney from October 27 to 29, and presents the diversity of Sudanese mineral resources and investment opportunities in copper, iron, chromium, nickel and zinc (Source: Sudan News Agency — SUNA) 5. Human rights observers criticise the candidacy of the Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, accusing her of denying the UAE's role in fuelling the war in Sudan and supporting the Rapid Support Forces (Source: Reuters) 6. South Sudan: the United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warns before the General Assembly of a systematic dismantling of the peace settlement signed in 2018, and calls on member states and partners to take urgent and collective action to prevent a renewed conflict and protect civilians (Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) 7. South Sudan: the death of the former leader of the Anyanya movement and former Vice President of Sudan, Joseph Lagu, in Juba at the age of 94, and President Salva Kiir declares national mourning (Source: Radio Tamazuj)

— Editorial Team