Sunday, November 1, 2026 1. The Foreign Ministry briefs diplomatic missions in Port Sudan on drone attacks launched from Ethiopian territory: Undersecretary of the Ministry Muawiya Osman Khalid says the escalating attacks targeted electricity, water, schools, hospitals and fuel facilities and killed and wounded hundreds, and that the Asosa base has become a centre for supplying the Rapid Support Forces with weapons and for the transit of foreign fighters, stressing that Sudan is exercising self-restraint and seeking to de-escalate diplomatically while retaining its right to respond in accordance with international law, while no immediate Ethiopian response was issued and Addis Ababa had previously denied supporting the Rapid Support Forces or that drones were launched from its territory (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) 2. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the escalation of drone attacks carried out by both parties to the conflict in Sudan, and says they killed hundreds of civilians, including women and children, across Sudan and in Abyei, in violations of international humanitarian law, calling on the parties to spare civilians and vital infrastructure from danger and to agree without delay on a cessation of hostilities (Source: UN News — statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric, Saturday, October 31) 3. Egypt condemns, in a statement by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday evening, the escalation of drone attacks against civilian and vital facilities in Sudan and describes them as a flagrant violation of the rules of international humanitarian law, and calls for the protection of civilians and for stopping the flow of weapons through neighbouring countries to the Rapid Support Forces, renewing its full support for the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Sudan and calling for intensified efforts to cease fire and ensure the delivery of humanitarian aid (Source: Statement of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reported by the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and CNN Arabic) 4. Haya, Red Sea State: Drones on Saturday targeted a transformer power station under construction and a fuel pumping pipeline station in a two-phase attack that led to fires breaking out and columns of smoke rising, and Sudanese media attribute the attack to the Rapid Support Forces, with no official statement on the scale of the damage issued so far (Source: Al-Ghad Al-Sudani, from local sources and eyewitnesses) 5. President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan renews, in a congratulatory cable to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the anniversary of the proclamation of the Turkish Republic, Sudan's determination to continue consolidating its relations with Turkiye and raising joint cooperation in various fields in a way that serves the interests of the two countries (Source: Media of the Transitional Sovereignty Council) 6. South Sudan: President Salva Kiir Mayardit returns to Juba on Saturday morning after participating in the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow and holding bilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Cecilia Adut Manyok says the summit provided a platform to strengthen cooperation in economic development, security and other fields (Source: South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation SSBC; Radio Tamazuj) 7. South Sudan: Mayor of Juba Christopher Sarafino Wani warns law enforcement officers in the city against arbitrarily closing shops, harassing traders and making unlawful arrests, and announces plans to give officers identification numbers to facilitate holding them accountable as part of city administration reforms (Source: Standard Zone News, Juba)

— Editorial Team