Tuesday, October 6, 2026
1. Sudan recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia over accusations that Addis Ababa was involved in a drone attack targeting Khartoum airport, according to the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) today, while witnesses said air defenses shot down the drones and smoke rose near the area (Source: SUNA — Sudan News Agency) 2. The medical advisory office at the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo opened a registration form for Sudanese cancer patients in Egypt, a step aimed at organizing their files and following up on their treatment (Source: Baankhi Press via the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo) 3. The Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return completed travel procedures for returnees from Uganda as part of the 26th voluntary return flight, scheduled to depart today from Entebbe Airport to Khartoum carrying 80 returnees, on free flights provided by Badr Airlines; tickets and documents were handed over at the embassy building in Kampala (Source: Al-Majd News via Al-Amal Committee and the Sudanese Embassy in Kampala) 4. The Alamein Joint Declaration issued by the consultative summit (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, October 4) carried clear messages of support for Sudan's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, rejecting the establishment of any parallel entities and categorically rejecting any support for militias and mercenaries in Sudan (Source: Al-Taakhi newspaper on the joint declaration) 5. US Special Envoy Massad Boulos met Sudanese Army Commander Lt. Gen. al-Burhan in Egypt yesterday, affirming continued Washington efforts with Egyptian and international partners to push a political solution to the crisis — the meeting came less than two weeks after Washington declined to grant al-Burhan an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly (Source: Reuters) 6. The UN Human Rights Council condemned attacks on civilians in Sudan yesterday, called for an immediate and full ceasefire without preconditions, and extended the mandate of the International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan (28 votes to 10 with 9 abstentions), while Khartoum urged countries to reject the resolution (Source: Associated Press) 7. The World Food Programme strongly condemned an airstrike that targeted two food-laden aid trucks in South Kordofan on Saturday morning, killing one of the drivers, and demanded an immediate, impartial investigation and accountability for those responsible; the attack came a day after another truck was hit by an explosive device in Dilling (Source: UN News / World Food Programme) 8. On the South: the programme also condemned the forced offloading of food aid (about 162.5 tons, enough for 4,400 people for three months) from a river convoy in Ayod County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, after gunmen threatened relief workers with weapons on September 29 (Source: Eye Radio on the World Food Programme)
— Editorial Team
