• Moscow: The President of the Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, heads Sudan's delegation to the third Russia-Africa summit on 28 and 29 October, and the delegation includes the ministers of foreign affairs and finance and security and defence leaders. Sudan's ambassador to Russia, Mohamed El Ghazali El Tigani Siraj, said the participation reflects the development of relations and coordination in international forums. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA), citing the ambassador's statements) • Students abroad: Prime Minister Kamil Idris directed the Ministry of Higher Education to continue the work of Sudanese higher education centres outside the country in performing their tasks, until their status is regularised in accordance with the approved controls. The decision gives the centres and Sudanese students abroad temporary stability after an earlier decision to halt them. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Berlin: Sudan's embassy in Germany issued a statement on the occasion of the first anniversary of the El Fasher massacre, in which it called for renewed condemnation of the violations of the Rapid Support Forces militia, for classifying it as a terrorist organisation, and for stopping the flow of weapons and mercenaries to it. The statement prayed for mercy for the victims and renewed solidarity with their families. (Source: Sudan's Embassy in Berlin via the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), 27 October 2026) • Khartoum and the Arab League: The League of Arab States expressed its readiness to support Sudanese dialogue efforts, while emphasising that leadership of the process is the responsibility of the Sudanese and that it should take place inside their country. This came during the League delegation's visit to Khartoum and its meeting with the dialogue preparation committee on Monday 26 October. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • International warning of famine: The United States and dozens of countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Australia and the European Union, warned of an alarming deterioration in food security in Sudan and of a risk of famine in the coming months. A joint statement called on the parties to the conflict to lift all obstacles to aid and to allow humanitarian operations through all routes, including air access to Darfur, and urged the international community to increase funding. (Source: Reuters on a joint statement published by the US State Department, 27 October 2026) • London: Britain on Monday imposed sanctions on 15 military commanders, militia leaders and security officials from both sides of the conflict in Sudan, on charges of committing sexual violence, torture and attacks on civilians. London said the targeted individuals include commanders from the Rapid Support Forces and the armed forces and armed groups allied with the army, as part of holding perpetrators of violations accountable. (Source: Reuters, 26 October 2026) • New York: Rights observers criticised the nomination of the Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, accusing her of denying her country's role in fuelling Sudan's war. Sudanese experts and a survivor of the El Fasher massacre took part in the objection seminar, while the former executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, said that denying the arming of the Rapid Support Forces is unfit for UN leadership. (Source: Reuters, 27 October 2026) • America - the diaspora: Sudanese covered by Temporary Protected Status in the United States are still retaining their protection and residence for the time being, after the Department of Homeland Security said a decision on Sudan and Ukraine would be taken in due course. The protection had been scheduled to end on 19 October, and Sudan's status covers about 1,800 people according to American reports. (Source: NPR via KSUT, 20 October 2026) • Chad and the South file: Chad hosts hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees fleeing the war, while many survivors of the El Fasher massacre are still suffering deep trauma, and four people were killed last week in a drone strike on the border town of Bamina. In South Sudan, a recent UN humanitarian update reported that about 4 million people have been affected by drought-like conditions, and the World Food Programme restored the full cash assistance package for new arrivals via Renk. (Source: France 24, 27 October 2026; UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), update of 15 October 2026)
— Editorial Team
