• Return from Mauritania: A new group of voluntary returnees from Mauritania arrived at Port Sudan Airport, comprising 50 individuals from families and children on board Turkish Airlines, and they were received by the director of the Organization for the Affairs of Sudanese Abroad in Red Sea State, Idris Salem Idris, and a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as part of coordination between the Foreign Ministry, the expatriates' organization and Sudan's embassy in Nouakchott. (Source: On Sudan and Asdaa Sudania) • Return from Egypt: Sudanese reports stated that the "Al-Amal Committee" has returned more than 63,000 Sudanese from Egypt to the country as part of the continuing voluntary return trips. (Source: Atheer News) • From Bangkok: Sudan is participating with a delegation headed by Minister of Finance Dr. Gabriel Ibrahim in the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank held from October 12 to 18, to discuss economic recovery, digital transformation, attracting development financing and the debt-relief track. (Source: Nabd Sudan and Al-Ahd Online) • Urgent climate move: The Minister of Finance demanded, during the African bloc's meeting with the President of the World Bank and the Managing Director of the IMF, an urgent international assessment of the repercussions of the El Niño phenomenon and rainfall scarcity on the agricultural season and food security in Sudan, and sufficient concessional financing for the African countries most affected, while the Fund's Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, said the Fund is in the process of assessing the situations of the affected countries. (Source: Tasamuh News) • American trade diplomacy: Chargé d'Affaires Jonathan Howard and the Office of Sudan Affairs in Cairo hosted a reception bringing together about 60 Sudanese business leaders, alumni of the "YALI" initiative and representatives of the US Embassy in Cairo's commercial service, to strengthen US-Sudanese trade ties and build networks supporting Sudan's post-war economic recovery, in the office's largest gathering for a Sudanese audience since the evacuation of the Khartoum embassy. (Source: APO Group citing the US Office of Sudan Affairs) • Cooperation with Russia: Sudan and Russia held official talks on expanding cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and exchanging expertise on rebuilding and developing the energy sector and its associated infrastructure in Sudan. (Source: Nabd Sudan) • Diplomatic accreditation: The Sudanese ambassador presented his credentials to the President of Nepal, in a step to strengthen bilateral relations between Khartoum and Kathmandu. (Source: Atheer News) • A UN warning from Damazin: The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, said in a statement dated October 15 from Damazin that severe rainfall deficits in parts of Sudan are deepening the existing humanitarian catastrophe, and warned that humanitarian food and nutrition stocks could run out in early 2027 without urgent funding, calling for immediate support for food, water and health and for helping small farmers before the winter planting season, especially in Darfur and parts of Kordofan. (Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs via ReliefWeb) • South Sudan and regional trade: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni called, upon meeting in Entebbe on October 14 a delegation from South Sudan headed by Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Labanya Margaret Mathia, for removing trade obstacles, improving the Juba-Nimule road, connecting electricity, securing the borders and establishing a unified border centre, pointing to the growth of Ugandan exports to South Sudan to about $700 million annually. (Source: Kampala Post) • South Sudan and the elections: Juba launched a national workshop to establish a multi-stakeholder platform to combat hate speech and misinformation, while the United Nations and IGAD warned that hate speech could threaten next December's elections and called for strengthening coordination and early-response mechanisms; the National Elections Commission also announced the opening of applications for 13 state and administrative-area election officer positions from October 14 to 21. (Source: Xinhua via EIN News and Radio Tamazuj, and Access Radio Yei)
— Editorial Team
