• Moscow: The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said in his speech today before the third Russia-Africa Summit that the Government of Sudan seeks peace and strives for stability in a way that preserves the country's unity and dignity, and that peace "must be purely Sudanese, without dictates or external interventions", pointing to preparations for a democratic civilian transition through a Sudanese-Sudanese dialogue followed by free and fair elections under regional and international monitoring, and praising the Russian positions supporting Sudan's sovereignty since the outbreak of the war in 2023 (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media and the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) — Text of al-Burhan's speech to the summit, 29 October 2026) • Khartoum and the world: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation issued a statement today in which it said the Rapid Support Forces militia had in recent weeks intensified its drone attacks on airports, power and water stations, hospitals, fuel depots and oil transport lines, accused the UAE of providing the drones and Ethiopia of being the launch point from its territory, and said the attacks coincided with the first anniversary of the El Fasher massacre, affirming Sudan's right to self-defence and to protect civilians (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation via the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), 29 October 2026) • Egypt diaspora — voluntary return: The Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return yesterday dispatched 15 buses carrying 686 Sudanese from the Faisal area in Giza Governorate to Sudan, and the committee's chairman, Mohamed Wadaa, said the dispatching is continuing from all Egyptian governorates and that demand for return is increasing, with comfortable seats allocated for people with special needs. The committee had on 24 October dispatched 25 buses carrying 1,225 Sudanese (Source: Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return via Anadolu Agency, 28 October 2026) • Kuala Lumpur: The Governor of the Darfur Region, Minni Arko Minawi, is taking part in a humanitarian action forum concerned with supporting education, health and humanitarian recovery in Sudan, with the participation of representatives of governments, diplomatic missions, universities, humanitarian organisations and donor bodies, and said his participation aims to strengthen partnerships and mobilise international support for the reconstruction of Sudan, with the needs of the people of Darfur placed at the top of the priorities (Source: Minni Arko Minawi — His statement on his arrival in Kuala Lumpur, 28 October 2026) • New York: The new Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Luke Lindberg, warned in remarks at United Nations headquarters today that 266 million people in the world face acute food insecurity, two-thirds of them because of conflicts, and said the Programme's operations are concentrated in particular on Sudan, South Sudan and Somalia, and that his first visit in the coming weeks will be to Sudan, which faces "a very dangerous situation with regard to acute hunger" (Source: UN News and the World Food Programme, 29 October 2026) • United Nations: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs "OCHA" expressed its alarm at the continued drone strikes on civilian infrastructure and their disruption of basic services for millions of Sudanese, after a main transformer station serving Khartoum State was hit on Tuesday following strikes on stations in Gezira, Sennar and Gedaref, warning of a threat to the stability of the national electricity grid, while the World Food Programme warned that a funding shortfall will leave 900,000 people without food assistance starting next month (Source: United Nations — OCHA and the World Food Programme via UNifeed, 27 October 2026) • Paris: The Embassy of France to Sudan described the escalation of the recent air strikes across the country as "completely unacceptable" wherever they occurred, including Darfur, Khartoum, Abyei, Kordofan and Blue Nile, and said the attacks killed hundreds of civilians, among them many children, within a few days, affirming that "there is no military solution to the conflict in Sudan" and its commitment to working with partners to respect international humanitarian law and reach a lasting ceasefire (Source: Embassy of France to Sudan, via press reports on its statement, as of 27 October 2026) • Brussels and Khartoum: The European Union announced the clearance and survey of more than 156,000 square metres of land in priority areas including Dar El Salam and Khartoum International Airport, and the implementation of 456 explosive-risk awareness sessions benefiting more than 17,500 people, and its ambassador to Sudan, Wolfram Vetter, said an additional agreement worth 3 million euros with the Danish Refugee Council focuses on removing war remnants from Khartoum schools to prepare a safe return for students and teachers, bringing total European funding for this field to 6 million euros (Source: European Union to Sudan and the European Commission, October 2026) • South file — joint mourning: The Transitional Sovereignty Council mourned Major General Joseph Lagu, the former First Vice President of President Jaafar Mohamed Nimeiri, who died in Juba at an age approaching ninety, praising his role in peace and the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, and al-Burhan sent a cable of condolence to the President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, while Juba declared national mourning and the lowering of flags until the body is laid to rest (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media, 28 October 2026; and announcement by the Presidency of the Republic of South Sudan) • South file — elections at stake: The UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan is continuing in New York from 26 to 30 October its consultations with member states, regional partners and civil society to prevent further deterioration before the 22 December elections, and at home the Civil Society Forum said current conditions do not support fair and credible elections in the remaining deadline, while the death toll from communal violence in Tonj North County in Warrap State rose to 84 dead, according to the state's acting Minister of Information, William Wol Mayom Bol (Source: UN Human Rights Office, 29 October 2026; and Radio Tamazuj and Xinhua News Agency, 29 October 2026)
— Editorial Team
