• Khartoum: the State Roads, Bridges and Water Drainage Authority announces a partial closure of the main lane of the White Nile Bridge (the Iron Bridge) for periodic maintenance on October 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2026, with traffic limited to the northern and southern lanes (Source: Khartoum State Roads and Bridges Authority) • Gezira: the Gezira governor receives the Blue Nile region governor in Wad Medani (Source: Al Lahza News) • Weather — Sennar, Kassala, River Nile, Northern and Khartoum: Al Jazeera quotes Civil Defense deputy director-general Maj. Gen. Qureshi Khider Abdel Qader reporting 6 dead including a child from collapsing homes due to heavy rains in Sennar and Kassala states and El Damer city in River Nile, floods besieging El Damer and several villages in Atbara and Shendi, the continental road linking Egypt and Sudan cut off in Halfa locality in the Northern State due to torrents, and Khartoum streets flooded amid fears of torrents north of Bahri; the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) reports nearly 122,000 people affected by the rains and 13,000 homes destroyed, with Kassala, Sennar, South Kordofan, West Kordofan and North Darfur worst hit (Source: Al Jazeera + UN – OCHA) • Red Sea: protesters close the gates of Suakin port rejecting the re-transfer of its director (Source: Sudanese media outlets) • Kassala: the "Sumoud" coalition issues a warning on the state and rejects arming citizens and tribal mobilization (Source: Sumoud coalition) • Gedaref: the Gedaref Ministry of Social Welfare and Development conducts a field tour of the main market (Source: Al Lahza News) • Blue Nile: the Sudanese army in Blue Nile raises readiness in preparation to "decisively end the rebellion" (Source: Sudanese media outlets) • White Nile: the "Ayadina for Sudan Development" organization supports 68 primary schools in White Nile with educational devices and materials as part of remedial learning programs (Source: Al Lahza News) • North Kordofan: the Armed Forces announce the liberation of Al-Mazroub "by force and merit" after fierce battles with the Rapid Support Forces, and call on citizens in liberated areas to return to normal life (Source: Armed Forces official spokesperson); UNICEF: a drone attack kills a child and injures others at a displaced-persons center in El Obeid (Source: UNICEF) • West Kordofan: accusations against the Rapid Support Forces of seizing citizens' livestock (Source: Sudanese media outlets) • North Darfur: army advances in Darfur trigger a new displacement wave as thousands of civilians flee El Fasher, and 21,000 displaced in Kernoi without shelter face hunger and thirst (Source: Sudanese media outlets) • West Darfur: the first consultative social forum of the Dar Masalit Sultanate opens today in Khartoum with 360 participants from official and popular bodies (Source: Al Lahza News)
— Editorial Team