• From Tripoli to the Sahel and Sahara countries: Sudan called on the countries of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States to condemn the atrocities attributed to the Rapid Support Forces, designate it a terrorist organisation and prevent the passage of logistical support, weapons and mercenaries through their territories, in a speech by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Muawiya Osman Khalid, who headed Sudan's delegation at the twenty-second ordinary session of the Community's Executive Council held on Saturday 7 November in the Libyan capital Tripoli, in which he presented a briefing on the situation in Sudan, welcoming the reactivation of the Community (Source: Sudan News Agency – SUNA, Tripoli 8-11-2026) • Brussels and the European Union: The head of the Sudanese diplomatic mission in Brussels, Ambassador Khalid Musa, met the Deputy Director for Africa at Human Rights Watch, Letitia Bader, and her assistants, and called on European Union institutions to take the legal and procedural steps to implement European Parliament Resolution 2026/2799(RSP) issued on 9 July 2026 calling for the Rapid Support Forces to be listed on the EU list of terrorist organisations, stressing the need to stop the flow of military support to it and to hold accountable the perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes (Source: Sudanese press reports on the Brussels meeting, 8 November 2026) • Egypt and voluntary return: The Chairman of the Free Voluntary Return Committee, Engineer Mohamed Wadaa, said in press statements today from the bus departure area at Al-Matbaa that the International Organization for Migration had expressed its readiness to enter the voluntary return programme, and that the committee had dispatched today 18 buses carrying 882 Sudanese returning from Egypt and was ready to increase the number of buses to keep pace with demand, with the continued transport of those stranded in Libya via Egypt to Sudan and registration via the electronic link for return (Source: Statements by the Chairman of the Voluntary Return Committee Mohamed Wadaa, 8 November 2026) • Al-Azizia initiative for returnees: The Chairman of the Al-Amal Committee for Voluntary Return, Mohamed Wadaa, attending in Cairo the dispatch of "Al-Azizia", said the Chairman of Al-Azizia Company, Bahauddin Malik, had donated 20 buses to support voluntary return, five of which moved today to their destination, while the company announced a winter clothing initiative for 3,000 families in Northern State and a food security initiative after the completion of approvals (Source: Al-Lahza News, 8 November 2026) • Khartoum and Juba at one table: The works of the second meeting of the Joint Political and Security Mechanism between Sudan and South Sudan, scheduled for 8–10 November, began in Khartoum, a meeting that follows the Juba meeting last August — the first of its kind since January 2023 — to discuss the Abyei file, border security arrangements and the joint verification mechanism, at a time when the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei "UNISFA" ends on 15 November (Source: Briefings by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and the Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Guang Cong before the Security Council, 5 November 2026) • British diaspora and the call for peace: The "Oxford Call for Peace in Sudan" — the independent civil initiative launched by Sudanese residing in the city of Oxford in the United Kingdom and inaugurated on 30 October — continued to call for an immediate and unconditional cessation of the war and all forms of violence and targeting of civilians, and for turning the call into an organised cross-border effort in which the initiatives of Sudanese in the diaspora combine to end the war and restore the path of life (Source: Statement of the Oxford Call for Peace in Sudan Committee published via Itala, 30 October 2026)
— Editorial Team
