• Khartoum: Khartoum Locality inaugurated the 2026–2027 school year by ringing the bell at Al-Zakhira Boys School in Al-Shajara, south of Khartoum, and announced urgent rehabilitation and maintenance for more than 34 schools at the primary and intermediate levels, with rising enrolment rates of new students as citizens return to the capital (Source: Al-Ahd Online) • Gezira: The state Ministry of Social Welfare inaugurated the third batch of the direct cash support programme for 2026, amounting to one and a half billion pounds, targeting 29,450 families in the state's localities, as part of the state's celebration of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Source: Al-Ahd Online) • Red Sea: The Sea Ports Authority in Port Sudan discussed with the Turkish Ambassador to Sudan investment opportunities in ports, especially in infrastructure and the blue economy, and the progress of work on the gas port project and upcoming investment projects (Source: Sea Ports Authority via Al-Tabia and Qalb Afriqia News) • Kassala: The Zakat Chamber inaugurated the "Renewed Giving Drive" in the state at a total cost of nearly 6 billion pounds, targeting more than 26,000 families through productive projects and social support programmes that included the poor, people with disabilities, Khalwa students and orphans, in the presence of the Minister of Human Resources and Social Welfare, the Governor of Kassala and the Secretary General of the Zakat Chamber (Source: Sudanese Zakat Chamber) • River Nile: The Central Bank of Sudan inaugurated a financing portfolio for solar energy and agricultural production inputs in the state (Source: Al-Ahd Online) • North Kordofan: The Office of the Governor of the Kordofan Region condemned the targeting of civilians who were on their way to take part in a wedding occasion east of Jabra Al-Sheikh Locality while riding in a civilian vehicle, and said the incident resulted, according to preliminary reports, in dead and wounded including the groom, calling for an independent and transparent investigation (Source: Statement of the Office of the Governor of the Kordofan Region) • West Kordofan: Sudan War Monitor reports that more than 300 people were killed and wounded in drone shelling suspected to belong to the army on the evening of Sunday, October 18, on the cities of Al-Dabib and Al-Mujlad, including passengers of a vehicle who had come to offer condolences and the market of Al-Mujlad, while Sudanese human rights organisations condemned the targeting of civilians and called for an independent investigation (Source: Sudan War Monitor) • South Darfur: The Minister of Information and official spokesman of the Darfur Regional Government, Ahmed Ishaq Shanab, said the strikes the army announced it carried out in the city of Nyala inflicted heavy losses in lives and equipment on the Rapid Support Forces, affirming the continuation of operations and the pursuit of the forces (Source: Sudan News Agency (SUNA)) • Gedaref, Sennar, Blue Nile and South Darfur: The General Authority of Meteorology expects very hot weather during the day in central and eastern parts of the country, and light to moderate rainfall on the south and central Red Sea coast and the states of Kassala, Gedaref, Sennar, Blue Nile and southern South Darfur state, with dust-raising wind activity south and west of Red Sea state (Source: General Authority of Meteorology via Sudan Platform)
— Editorial Team