• Khartoum and the United Nations: The Government of Sudan deposited a formal complaint against Ethiopia with the UN Security Council and the African Union Peace and Security Council, accompanied by documents saying that the Rapid Support Forces used Ethiopian territory to launch suicide drones and missile-equipped drones at civilian sites and objects and power stations in a number of states, causing civilian casualties and disruption of essential services, and Khartoum described this as a flagrant aggression and a violation of the UN Charter, while Ethiopia denies the accusations and affirms its respect for Sudan's sovereignty (Source: Sudan News Agency «SUNA» — Statement of the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) • Istanbul: Turkish Trade Minister Omar Bolat said, following his meeting with Sudanese Minister of Industry and Trade Mahasin Ali Yaqoub on the sidelines of the 42nd session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation «COMCEC» held in Istanbul from 31 October to 3 November, that Turkey looks forward to contributing to Sudan's reconstruction and economic recovery through the contracting sector, and that the two countries aim to develop cooperation in energy, transport, ports, airports and infrastructure, with Turkish companies directed to Sudan on the basis of mutual benefit in view of its potential in agriculture and mining (Source: Statement of Turkish Trade Minister Omar Bolat, carried by Arab media from the Turkish side) • Khartoum and Riyadh: Prime Minister Kamil Idris affirmed the depth of the deep-rooted fraternal relations between Sudan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Source: Sudan News Agency «SUNA») • Diaspora — Egypt and voluntary return: The Al-Amal Committee for Free Voluntary Return announced the organised return of about 80,000 Sudanese citizens from Egypt to the country through the lists and the electronic link so far, and the committee's deputy chair, Nuha Mohamed Haj Ibrahim, said during the organised return of police personnel this Monday morning at Al-Azizia Square in the Abdeen area of Cairo that the project is a national undertaking targeting all segments and includes personnel of state institutions and the private sector, and the committee called on those registered up to 1 October who have not yet been returned to update their data urgently by a deadline of 10 November to complete their travel procedures (Source: Al-Amal Committee for Free Voluntary Return via Times News) • Chad and refugees: Chadian President Mohamed Idriss Deby Itno received the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in a meeting that discussed the situation of refugees in Chad, which hosts about 1.3 million refugees and displaced people and is the first African country in receiving refugees, and the president expressed his concern over weak international funding, as refugees in some eastern provinces make up as much as 44% of the population, calling for a transition from emergency aid to sustainable structural support in health, education and infrastructure, and the meeting also addressed the relocation of camps close to the border (Source: Chadian Media Agency) • Khartoum: The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery in Khartoum, run by the Italian organisation «EMERGENCY», resumed receiving international referrals for cardiac surgery after three years of suspension since the outbreak of the war in 2023, as four patients from Burundi and Eritrea arrived to receive free specialised treatment, in a step described by the organisation's regional programme director, Luca Rolla, as a milestone in reactivating the regional programme that enables patients from across Africa to access specialised cardiac care (Source: EMERGENCY organisation — Sudan update, 2 November 2026) • Humanitarian — Blue Nile: A new humanitarian bulletin issued today documented worsening pressure on the Blue Nile region, as about 6,800 people were displaced in four days in early October due to fighting in Wad al-Mahi and al-Roseires localities, and at least 31 people were killed, most of them women and children, in a strike near the Abu Shandi site for displaced people, and Umm Durfa Hospital went out of service, while the comprehensive mobile clinic run by the «SABA» organisation recorded 3,185 medical consultations, of which malaria accounted for 57% at the peak of its transmission season (Source: Sudan Health and Humanitarian Nutrition Bulletin via ReliefWeb, 2 November 2026) • South Sudan — Renk: The Shemedi Primary Health Care Centre in Renk County in Upper Nile State, supported by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and funded by the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund, continues to provide care to about 34,000 people registered in the area, most of them families who fled the fighting in Sudan's Blue Nile State, and the centre provided 8,330 primary care consultations between July and September 2026, while humanitarian partners warn of remaining urgent gaps, as there is no school, no market and no nearby town for many families who arrived with nothing (Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — UNHCR, 2 November 2026) • South Sudan — UN Mission: In Lui in Western Equatoria State, residents told the United Nations Mission in South Sudan «UNMISS», as part of the «Hear Us, Act Now for Peace» campaign, how they carried their children's books into the bush when fleeing gunfire and taught them with boards of clay and cassava flour instead of chalk, demanding security, education opportunities and rebuilding their lives without repeated flight, and in Uror County in Jonglei State a «Citizens' Talk» forum facilitated by the Mission brought together about 80 people who signed at its conclusion a community action plan to confront cattle raids, child abductions, revenge killings and competition over scarce resources (Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan «UNMISS» via APO Group, 2 November 2026)
— Editorial Team
