• Moscow: The President of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met today, Friday, at the Kremlin, with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit, and they discussed developing bilateral relations towards a strategic partnership, and al-Burhan thanked Russia for its positions supporting Sudan in the Security Council (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media) • Putin said trade exchange with Sudan had doubled in 2025 and grown a further 25% in the first eight months of this year, announced 100 government scholarships for Sudanese students this year rising to 140 next year, handed al-Burhan a roadmap for cooperation, and called for a halt to military operations and a political settlement that respects Sudan's sovereignty and territorial unity (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media / EFE Agency) • Al-Burhan offered Russia the establishment of a free economic zone on the Red Sea coast for fuel and wheat storage facilities, and benefiting from Sudanese railways in transport corridors linking Port Sudan to the African interior, and expressed Sudan's readiness to grant Russia sites for investment in gold, copper and other metals (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media) • Egypt: President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi affirmed in his speech at the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, on Thursday, his country's categorical rejection of any attempt to undermine Sudan's unity or infringe upon its sovereignty and national institutions, called for unifying efforts to end the war and support a political path leading to a purely Sudanese dialogue, and rejected the militarisation of the Red Sea or the imposition of a military presence by non-littoral states on its coasts (Source: Egyptian Presidency) • Diaspora: Members of the Sudanese diaspora and international rights groups denounced the UAE's nomination of the diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, and said her denial of accusations that her country supports the Rapid Support Forces undermines justice for the victims, and Hala al-Karib of the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa was quoted as saying that endorsing the nomination would mean denying the atrocities of El Fasher, while Human Rights Watch criticised the same position in a briefing organised by Avaaz this week (Source: The Guardian) • Sudanese Foreign Ministry: The ministry accused, in a statement on Wednesday 28 October, the Rapid Support Forces of intensifying drone attacks on airports, power and water stations, hospitals, fuel depots and oil transport lines, and said the drones are provided by the UAE and launched from Ethiopian territory, and called on the Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council to assume their responsibilities (Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation - official statement via the Sudan News Agency - SUNA) • The Minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Hassan Daoud Kabroun, accused, in an interview published by SUNA on Wednesday, more than twenty countries of participating in the war by providing military, financial and logistical support, forces, drones and equipment to the Rapid Support Forces, without naming the countries in the published interview (Source: Sudan News Agency - SUNA) • United Nations: The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that continued drone strikes on power stations in Khartoum, Gezira, Sennar and Gedaref threaten the stability of the national grid and basic services for millions of civilians, and the World Food Programme warned that a funding shortfall will leave about 900,000 people without food assistance starting in November (Source: United Nations - OCHA) • Europe: Sudanese nationals recorded about 31,000 asylum applications in European Union countries and associated countries between March 2025 and August 2026, of which Greece accounted for 13,000 and France for 11,000, and more than 11,000 applications remained without an initial decision, while applications in the first eight months of 2026 approached 15,000, an increase of about two-thirds over the same period in 2025 (Source: European Union Agency for Asylum) • South Sudan: The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) carried out today, Friday, an integrated patrol to Akop in Tonj North in Warrap State amid renewed communal violence, and the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission said more than 12,000 families had been displaced in Tonj North County, and launched on 28 October an urgent appeal for assistance amid an acute shortage of water, food and medicine (Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan - UNMISS) • Sudanese presence: A survey of sources showed that the AllAfrica platform relied on the Sudan News Agency (SUNA) for 93% of its French coverage of Sudanese affairs, as it published 250 news items from SUNA out of 269 items between 23 September and 22 October 2026 (Source: Fana News on a survey of AllAfrica sources)
— Editorial Team
