• The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, called for a transition from the logic of "relief" to "investment" in supporting Sudan, during the launch of a "Dialogue on Sudanese Private Sector Recovery" at the Ministry of Finance and in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme at the Al Salam Hotel in Khartoum today, noting that humanitarian funding reached 1.9 billion dollars in 2025 and 1.2 billion dollars so far in 2026. (Source: SUNA via FANA News) • Reuters reported on September 17 that a high-level meeting on the conflict in Sudan is expected on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly next week, while President Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is expected to deliver a speech before the General Assembly on Thursday, September 24. (Source: Reuters) • The United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) strongly condemned the acts of violence in the Amiet common market that resulted in the killing of 26 people and the injury of 82, and called for a cessation of hostilities. (Source: UNISFA via ReliefWeb) • UN agencies warned that the humanitarian system in Sudan "could collapse" within weeks unless new funding arrives, according to the Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Amy Pope, and the Acting Director of the World Food Programme, Carl Skau, with 8.6 million internally displaced people and 19.5 million suffering from food insecurity. (Source: UN agencies via APO/Africa Newsroom) • The Government of South Sudan rejected warnings by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights regarding the risks of the elections scheduled in December 2026, and described them as "baseless," according to an official response reported by Radio Tamazuj on September 11. (Source: Radio Tamazuj via EIN Presswire) • The Sudanese community platform in Egypt warned yesterday of reports of the deportation of Sudanese refugees holding cards of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Egypt, and called on the Sudanese Embassy in Cairo to intervene diplomatically. (Source: Sudanese community platform in Egypt via a5r5br.net)
— Editorial Team
