• Khartoum: The Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met today, Sunday, the Director of the intelligence service of the State of Gabon, Gerard Ongambi Ongai, and the accompanying delegation, and they discussed strengthening bilateral relations and security cooperation and coordinating efforts to confront the security challenges in the region, and the Gabonese official conveyed the greetings of his country's president and his wishes for Sudan's security and stability (Source: Transitional Sovereignty Council Media, carried by the Saudi Press Agency — SPA) • Cairo: Egypt condemned the escalation of drone attacks against civilian and vital facilities in Sudan and described them as a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, and renewed its call to stop the flow of weapons across neighbouring countries to the Rapid Support Forces and to protect civilians, affirming its full support for Sudan's unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity (Source: Statement of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) • Ukraine file: Foreign Minister Mohieddin Salem said in an interview with "Sputnik Africa" that Khartoum has material evidence of the participation of Ukrainian snipers and trainers in supporting the Rapid Support Forces and training them on drones, and that the facts were documented with the Security Council; in contrast, Kyiv denied the accusations and said it has no information confirming them and had not received an official notification of the evidence, and no independent public evidence has been published to settle the dispute (Source: Sudan Tribune via Sputnik Africa) • International warning of famine: The United States, the European Union and 30 countries warned in a joint statement of an alarming deterioration in food security in Sudan and the risk of famine in the coming months, and called on the parties to the conflict to lift all obstacles to humanitarian aid and allow relief operations through all routes (Source: Joint statement published by the US Department of State) • Humanitarian: The national polio vaccination campaign implemented by the Federal Ministry of Health with the support of the World Health Organization and UNICEF continues to protect about 11 million children, with its next phase in the first week of November set to target about 5 million children in the Darfur states and West Kordofan (Source: World Health Organization and UNICEF via ReliefWeb) • Diaspora — Europe: Sudanese recorded about 31,000 asylum applications in European Union countries and the countries associated with it between March 2025 and August 2026, more than 75% of them concentrated in Greece and France, and more than 11,000 applications remained without an initial decision, with applications continuing to rise during 2026 because of the war (Source: European Union Agency for Asylum) • North Darfur and Chad: The International Organization for Migration announced the displacement of 1,150 people between 29 and 31 October from four villages in Umbro locality in North Darfur due to worsening insecurity; some of them were displaced inside the locality and others crossed the border into Chad, with the security situation remaining tense and volatile (Source: International Organization for Migration via Anadolu Agency) • South Sudan: At least 72 people were killed and 38 others injured in coordinated attacks linked to cattle looting in the Akop area in Tonj North County in Warrap State, according to the state government, which said the attacks burned two markets and homes and looted cattle, and directed the deployment of forces, the evacuation of the wounded and the recovery of the cattle (Source: BBC via the Warrap State Government)
— Editorial Team
