Sunday, October 11, 2026

Security Council extends Sudan sanctions by two months and withdraws the comprehensive expansion The UN Security Council voted unanimously, on Thursday, October 8, to extend the sanctions regime imposed on Sudan for two months until next December 11, under Resolution 2830, and extended the mandate of the Panel of Experts monitoring the regime until January 11, 2027. The vote came as a short "technical extension" after the United States withdrew its proposal to expand the arms embargo to include all Sudanese territory, following opposition from Russia, China and a number of members, according to diplomatic reports. (Source: UN News)

A bloody airstrike on a gold mine in the border area with Egypt At least 72 artisanal mining workers were killed in an airstrike that targeted a mine in the border triangle area between Sudan and Egypt yesterday morning, Saturday, according to the "Emergency Lawyers" human rights organization, while the Sudan Doctors Network had earlier spoken of 13 dead and 28 wounded. The identity of those responsible for the strike has not yet become clear, while reports indicated that the Egyptian authorities had repeatedly warned the miners to evacuate the area, which — according to those reports — lies inside Egyptian territory. (Source: Reuters citing the "Emergency Lawyers" organization)

The United Nations condemns the "Wad Al-Mahi" strike and demands accountability The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, expressed "horror" at reports of a drone strike that took place near a displacement site in Wad Al-Mahi in Blue Nile State, and resulted — according to initial information — in the killing of at least 31 civilians, most of them women and children, and the wounding of dozens. Brown called for accountability for this "flagrant disregard for international humanitarian law", pointing to a similar attack on a shelter for the displaced in El Obeid a week earlier. (Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs — OCHA)

International pressure at the Chemical Weapons organization over allegations of chemical use The United States, Germany, Australia, Finland and Belgium pressed Sudan over allegations of the army's use of chlorine-based chemical weapons, during the 113th session of the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons held in The Hague (October 6–9), while the European Union and Britain also raised the file. In return, the Sudanese delegation — headed by the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Muawiya Osman Khalid — renewed Khartoum's commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention and its rejection of the use of such weapons, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. (Source: The official website of the British government + statement of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

882 Sudanese return from Cairo in a single day The Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return dispatched, yesterday, Saturday, 18 buses that departed Cairo carrying 882 Sudanese citizens wishing to return voluntarily and free of charge to their country. Noha Mohamed Ibrahim, deputy head of the committee's transport committee, said the committee is working to accelerate the pace of transporting those affected by the war through regular free land trips from the Egyptian governorates, noting that the committee transported 4,073 people during last September via 83 buses. (Source: Jeddah 24 newspaper)

The South file: 10 years in prison for a soldier who killed a UN employee in Wau A military court in Wau in South Sudan sentenced a soldier to 10 years in prison on charges of kidnapping and killing a local employee of the UN mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) while performing official duties on December 15, 2025, with a reduction of his rank and dismissal from the army, and compensation of 51 head of cattle to the victim's family. The head of the mission, Anita Kiki Gbeho, described the ruling as a "milestone in accountability efforts for crimes committed against United Nations personnel". (Source: Statement of the UNMISS mission)

The Dialogue Committee meets Egypt's ambassador to Sudan The Committee for Preparing the Sudanese-Sudanese Dialogue met Egypt's ambassador to Sudan, Yasser Sorour, and his deputy, to discuss joint consultations in support of the dialogue process. The committee's spokesman, Osman Mirghani, said Egypt hosts large numbers of Sudanese affected by the war and a number of political forces in Cairo, and that the participation of those forces in the dialogue will be influential, expressing his hope for a prominent role for Cairo in facilitating the dialogue and supporting Sudan's stability. (Source: Sudan Horizon)

— Editorial Team