• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in a UN bulletin today that the El Niño phenomenon could reduce rainfall in Sudan by 30 to 40% below the average, exacerbating food insecurity for farmers, herders and fishermen in the areas recovered by government forces; it said it needs 193 million dollars this year and has received only 23%, while the drought-resistant seed project converted 17 million dollars into sorghum crops worth more than 500 million dollars (a 30-fold return), and it continues to vaccinate millions of livestock and distribute goats to displaced families headed by women. (Source: UN News — September 25)
• Foreign Minister Ambassador Mohiuddin Salem met (September 24) with Secretary-General António Guterres on the sidelines of the 81st session of the General Assembly; he briefed him on developments in the situation and Sudan's cooperation with the Personal Envoy and the humanitarian organizations, while the Secretary-General called for stopping the war and ending the suffering of the Sudanese people and praised Sudan's facilitation of aid delivery, expressing his regret at the host country's failure to fulfil its obligations under the Headquarters Agreement regarding the visa of the President of the Sovereignty Council. (Source: Tasamuh News citing the official statement — September 25)
• The foreign ministers of the Group of Least Developed Countries unanimously adopted (September 24) the election of Sudan as vice-chair of the group's coordination bureau for the period 2026–2029; Gambia took over the chairmanship of the group succeeding Nepal after three years, while the group prepares for the mid-term review of the Doha Programme in March 2027. (Source: Tasamuh News / CTV Africa — September 25)
• The Foreign Minister addressed the high-level meeting organized by the African Union and the United Nations on durable solutions for displacement (September 24), noting that the return of about five million displaced people to their homes requires international funding commensurate with these numbers, and calling for moving beyond the emergency relief stage towards development and reconstruction and rallying behind Sudan's state institutions. (Source: Tasamuh News — September 25)
• In a new legal move, the two lawyers Dr. Mohamed Al-Zain Mohamed and Dr. Al-Tayeb Abdeljalil Hussein submitted a memorandum to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights asking to hold a legal and human rights meeting in Banjul during next October or November in coordination with the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission; the memorandum is based on an initial list of 251 victims of the war in El Fasher (killing and rape) with legal powers of attorney, with reference to correspondence ACHPR\PRO\1\718\06.26. (Source: Tasamuh News — Cairo — September 25)
• The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, co-chaired with the United States a high-level meeting of the Quartet and Quintet on Sudan in New York, amid efforts to unify the mediation platforms after proposing a humanitarian truce and an immediate cessation of hostilities. (Source: Miraat Al-Sudan citing Sudan Tomorrow — September 25)
• In the South file: Amnesty International described Salva Kiir's decree dissolving the transitional government as a "decisive step" towards the country's first elections, demanding the preparation of an environment conducive to voting and candidacy; while analysts warned that the amendments give Kiir absolute control before the December 22 ballot, in which no prominent rival has yet been announced. (Source: Al Jazeera — September 23)
— Editorial Team