• Moscow: The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leads Sudan's delegation to the third Russia-Africa summit held on 28 and 29 October under the slogan "For Peace, Security and Development", and the delegation includes the ministers of foreign affairs and finance and leaders of intelligence and defence industries. Sudan's ambassador to Russia, Mohamed El Ghazali El Tigani Siraj, said Moscow builds its relations with Khartoum on respect for states' sovereignty and unity and non-interference in their internal affairs. (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media and the Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Khartoum confronting drones: The government revealed at Enlightenment Forum No. (67), organised by SUNA today, evidence it said was documented on drones being launched from inside Ethiopian territory, including Bahir Dar airport, that targeted civilian objects and power stations, the latest of them the Managil power station in Gezira this morning, affirming that the targeting obstructs the voluntary return of citizens. No Ethiopian response was included in the presentation reported. (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA) — Enlightenment Forum No. 67, 28 October 2026) • Berlin: Sudan's embassy in Germany issued a statement on the occasion of the first anniversary of the El Fasher massacre, in which it renewed its condemnation of the violations of the Rapid Support Forces militia and called for classifying it as a terrorist organisation and stopping the flow of weapons, equipment and mercenaries to it, prayed for mercy for the victims and renewed solidarity with their families. (Source: SUNA — Berlin, 27 October 2026) • London: Sudan's embassy held the first sessions of its monthly media forum in the presence of media professionals, researchers and diplomats, and Ambassador Babiker El Siddig Mohamed El Amin gave a briefing on developments in Sudan and the requirements of a humanitarian truce in accordance with the Jeddah Declaration, ahead of the first anniversary of the fall of El Fasher. (Source: Sudan's Embassy in London — Media Forum, 23 October 2026) • America diaspora: Sudanese covered by Temporary Protected Status "TPS" in the United States are still retaining their protection and work permits pending a final decision, after the Department of Homeland Security said on 19 October that the decision would be issued "in due course" without specifying a new date, and the number of Sudanese covered is estimated at about 1,800 people. (Source: US Department of Homeland Security via NPR and the Associated Press, 20 October 2026) • United Nations: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs "OCHA" said in today's daily briefing that drone strikes hit a power station and fuel stations in Gezira State, and the United Nations renewed its call for an immediate halt to attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, noting that humanitarian organisations reached more than 17 million people in the first nine months of the year, but only 3 million — 18% of those reached — received multi-sector assistance due to lack of funding. (Source: United Nations — Daily Press Briefing and OCHA, 28 October 2026) • International warning and official response: The United States and dozens of countries including Britain, France and Germany warned in a joint statement of an alarming deterioration in food security and a risk of famine in the coming months, and called on the parties to the conflict to lift all obstacles to humanitarian aid and allow its operations through all routes including by air to Darfur. In return, Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today that the food situation in Sudan is reassuring, and rejected the politicisation of humanitarian aid. (Source: Reuters — Joint statement issued by the US State Department, 27 October 2026; and Sudan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via SUNA, 28 October 2026) • London moves with sanctions and aid: Britain on 26 October imposed sanctions — travel bans and asset freezes — on 15 senior commanders from both sides of the war on charges of atrocities including conflict-related sexual violence during the siege and fall of El Fasher, and announced £5 million to support survivors and £10 million for broader humanitarian aid. (Source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office — Official statement, 26 October 2026) • South file: The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan called on the General Assembly yesterday to urgent collective action to prevent a renewal of conflict and secure lasting peace regardless of the election schedule set for 22 December, warning that the 2018 peace settlement is being systematically dismantled. The Commission's chair, Yasmin Sooka, said what happened was a "constitutional coup through legislative reforms" that concentrated all power in the hands of the president. (Source: UN Human Rights Office OHCHR and ReliefWeb, 27 October 2026)
— Editorial Team
