• Oman: Sudan's ambassador to the Sultanate, Essam Mutwalli, said the embassy will cover the transport of the stranded whose visit visas or residencies have expired, free of charge via Sudan's national airlines, during the fine-waiver period set by the Omani authorities, and called on violators to register with the embassy or the delegates of the Supreme Committee for Voluntary Return in the various governorates to benefit from the period. (Source: Oman's Al Watan newspaper) • The diaspora: Activists organized on Monday a movement under the hashtag "Haq Al-Dahaba" inside Sudan and in Cairo, Riyadh, London and Johannesburg, according to the organizers, to demand an independent investigation into raids they said targeted artisanal mining sites in the northeast of the country and caused dead and wounded among the miners, and to demand protection for civilians in the border mining areas. (Source: Ain Al-Haqiqa) • The United Nations: The Security Council unanimously adopted on October 8 Resolution 2830, technically extending the Darfur sanctions regime under Resolution 1591 until December 11, 2026, and the mandate of the Panel of Experts until January 11, 2027, affirming that the situation in Sudan still constitutes a threat to international peace and security in the region, after an earlier American draft to expand the arms embargo to include all of Sudan was withdrawn for failing to obtain consensus. (Source: UN News) • Khartoum's position: Sudan's Permanent Mission to the United Nations welcomed the technical extension while keeping the geographical scope of the embargo limited to Darfur, and rejected expanding it to include the whole country, calling for activating the current regime, stopping the flow of illicit weapons and holding violators of the Council's resolutions accountable. (Source: Reports on the statement of Sudan's Permanent Mission to the United Nations) • Diplomacy: Foreign Minister Mohiuddin Salem informed the French special envoy for Sudan and the Horn of Africa that Sudan is open to dialogue with Ethiopia if it stops its support for the Rapid Support Forces and threatening Sudan's safety, and called on France to reopen its embassy and cultural centre in Khartoum and build relations based on transparency and facts, while the envoy affirmed his country's desire for transparent relations and support for a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue that makes this war the last of the wars. (Source: Al-Muhaqqiq and Al-Nawras News) • The South and Abyei file: Sudanese reports stated that a national negotiating team has been formed to manage the Abyei area file and negotiate over it with South Sudan, headed by Sovereignty Council member Abdullah Yahya and including the Foreign Ministry, the Peace Commission and other concerned bodies, with tasks including coordination with the African Union and the United Nations and managing bilateral and multilateral negotiations over the area's final status. (Source: Tasamuh News citing the "Abyei Now" newspaper) • Humanitarian: UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the United Nations and its partners are expanding support in Blue Nile State for those fleeing the fighting, with more than 12,400 people displaced from the Wad Al-Mahi area since September, while more than 22,000 people in three villages in East Darfur face severe needs as rainfall declines due to the El Niño phenomenon and agricultural production falls, and the organization called for protecting civilians and increasing funding for the 2026 response plan, which is only 43% funded. (Source: United Nations — UNifeed and UN News) • UN Women condemned on October 13 a drone attack on a displacement site in Wad Al-Mahi in Blue Nile that caused dead and wounded, most of them women and children, and called for an immediate, independent and transparent investigation, accountability for those responsible and respect for international humanitarian law, warning of escalating drone attacks and their risks to displaced women and girls. (Source: UN Women) • The Vatican: Prime Minister Kamil Idris expressed, in a post on the "X" platform, his concern over the health condition of Pope Leo XIV and his relief at the success of the surgery performed on him, offering, in the name of the Government of Sudan, his sincerest wishes for his speedy and full recovery and return to exercising his duties. (Source: Nabd Sudan citing the Prime Minister's post on "X") • A service for students at home and in the diaspora: The Ministry of Higher Education announced making the admission results for higher-education institutions for the year 2026–2027 available as of today, Wednesday, October 14, following press conference No. 67 organized by the Ministry of Culture and Information via the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) at the International University of Africa, and enquiries can be made via the General Administration of Admission website, admission.gov.sd, or by sending the form number to the unified number 2511. (Source: Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research via Masar Media and Akhir Khabar)
— Editorial Team
