• The United Nations releases 160 million dollars from the Emergency Response Fund for 12 forgotten humanitarian crises — Sudan's share is 16 million and South Sudan's 15 million; and Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said that "money alone is not enough" without political will that opens the crossings (Source: OCHA — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, October 2, 2026). • Fletcher welcomed the extension of the use of the Adre border crossing between Chad and Sudan, describing it as a "vital lifeline for the people of Darfur" — more than 1,300 trucks loaded with about 50,000 tons of aid crossed it in the first eight months of the year (Source: OCHA, October 2, 2026). • UNHCR: The flow of Sudanese to Chad jumped 20-fold during the past week (more than 400 people daily) fleeing bombing in Darfur, Kordofan, and Blue Nile, while only 18% of the required funding of 1.6 billion dollars has arrived (Source: Reuters, September 25, 2026). • Sudan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Al-Harith Idris Mohamed, accuses the UAE before the 81st session of the General Assembly of fuelling the war through supporting the Rapid Support Forces, and rejects Abu Dhabi's claim of neutrality (Source: African News Digest — General Assembly coverage, October 2, 2026). • Al-Burhan's adviser Amjad Farid warns in a talk to Reuters that the American ceasefire plan (90 days through the envoy Massad Boulos) may entrench a de facto division similar to the Libyan model — and Khartoum demands the withdrawal of the Rapid Support Forces from urban areas under international monitoring (Source: Reuters, October 1, 2026). • South Sudan before the General Assembly: The Permanent Representative Cecilia Adut Majok Adeng confirms holding the general elections in December 2026 and demands the lifting of sanctions and the arms embargo — "the ballot must replace the bullet" (Source: UN News, September 28, 2026). • The International Organization for Migration: More than 5.1 million Sudanese have returned to their areas, including 930,000 from abroad — half of them from Egypt and a quarter from South Sudan — while 8.6 million remain displaced (Source: International Organization for Migration, September 21, 2026). • The Sudanese community in Cairo bids farewell to Sudan's Ambassador to Egypt, Lieutenant General Imad El-Din Mustafa Adawi, after 31 months of his mission — a popular celebration at "Beit Al-Sudan" organized by the Supreme Council of the Community reviewed the record of developing consular services and the education file (Source: Nabd Al-Sudan, Cairo, September 30, 2026). • An interview with an exiled Sudanese activist: "It is shocking to be forced into silence just because you are a refugee" — documenting the experience of Sudanese civil society in exile after more than three years of war (Source: CIVICUS / Inter Press Service IPS, October 2, 2026). • The Al-Amal Committee runs 15 buses carrying 735 Sudanese from Cairo last Wednesday, and the Sudanese Embassy in Saudi Arabia gives state employees 45 days to return to Khartoum (Source: Sudanese newspaper headlines — Tasamuh News, October 1-2, 2026).
— Editorial Team
