• In Bristol, Britain: The "Sudafest 2026" festival brings together the Sudanese community on Saturday, October 24 at the SPARKS hall in the city centre — live music, Sudanese food and coffee, folk games, and family activities, and entry is free. (Source: Official Sudafest page on LinkedIn) • From Nouakchott: The Embassy of Sudan announces the departure of the first groups of voluntary return for Sudanese in Mauritania on October 14 via Turkish Airlines to Port Sudan, and the number of those wishing to return is about 160 citizens, after the completion of all technical and logistical arrangements — announced by the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim, Abdel Hamid Al-Bushra Ibrahim. (Source: Announcement of the Embassy of Sudan in Nouakchott via Tasamuh News) • The launch of the largest voluntary return operation for Sudanese employees from Egypt within 45 days. (Source: Sudanese media — October 7 headlines reported from Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • The UN Security Council unanimously adopts Resolution 2830 (2026) renewing the sanctions regime imposed on Sudan under Resolution 1591 for two months until December 11, and the mandate of the Panel of Experts until January 11, 2027 — after Washington withdrew its proposal to expand the arms embargo to include all of Sudan due to the lack of consensus; and Sudan's Mission in New York welcomed the technical extension without expanding the geographical scope. (Source: United Nations — press.un.org and UN News) • Sudan before the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly: It calls on the international community to take practical measures to stop the flow of weapons, money, and mercenaries to the "rebel militia," and confirms "no immunity for those who finance and arm militias" and that "countering terrorism does not accept double standards" — the statement was delivered by Minister Plenipotentiary Ammar Mohamed Mahmoud, Sudan's representative to the Committee. (Source: Statement of the Sudan Mission via Sudanese media) • The United Nations releases 160 million dollars from the Central Emergency Response Fund for twelve forgotten humanitarian crises — 16 million for Sudan and 15 million for South Sudan — and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher: "Money alone is not enough.. Leaders are required to have the political will to open roads and remove obstacles." (Source: OCHA and UN News, October 2) • The World Food Programme condemns a security incident in Ayod County in Jonglei State in South Sudan: Armed youth threatened relief workers with weapons and forced a river convoy to unload 162.5 tons of food that was intended to feed 4,400 people in Mogok. (Source: World Food Programme via ReliefWeb, October 5) • The International Organization for Migration: More than 5.1 million people have returned to their homes in Sudan — 82% from inside the country and 18% from abroad, and half of the returnees from Egypt — but the organization warns that return is "just the beginning" and that the absence of support may push many to be displaced again. (Source: International Organization for Migration via international reports) • Al Jazeera: A drone strike on a shelter centre for displaced people in Wad Al-Mahi locality in Blue Nile region kills 30 displaced people, including 26 women and 4 children — the Commissioner of Wad Al-Mahi, Mahjoub Al-Sheikh, held the Rapid Support Forces responsible and called on human rights organizations and the international community to bear their responsibilities in protecting the displaced. (Source: Al Jazeera) • Sudan condemns the targeting of Abha Airport and King Khalid Airport in Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Source: October 9 headlines reported from Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • The Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Khartoum renews the Kingdom's firm positions to preserve security and stability in Sudan. (Source: October 9 headlines reported from Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • A Sudanese delegation visits the headquarters of the "Amkodor" machinery company in Belarus to discuss potential agricultural cooperation in equipment and machinery. (Source: International reports, October 5) • Sudan participates in the 35th edition of the Livestock Summit in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand (October 6–9) — and was chosen to represent the African continent in the rangelands and pastoralists axis within the activities of the International Year of Rangelands 2026. (Source: Tasamuh News) • In Cairo: The ambassadors of the European Union to Sudan bid farewell to Sudan's Ambassador to Egypt, Lieutenant General Imad El-Din Adawi — and the Head of the EU Delegation, Wolfram Vetter, praised his efforts in facilitating the Union's missions to Sudan. (Source: Africazine, October 6) • The launch of the work of the International Justice Summit in Istanbul with the participation of the Sudanese Minister of Justice. (Source: October 9 headlines reported from Sudan News Agency (SUNA))

— Editorial Team