• Khartoum: The Governor of Khartoum, Ahmed Osman Hamza, approves the results of the Intermediate School Certificate examinations for the year 2026 after the completion of the marking and control work, with the results to be officially announced next Saturday at a press conference at which the success rates and the names of the top students will be revealed (Source: Khartoum State Media) • Gezira: The state Ministry of Health targets vaccinating 1,165,612 children from one day old up to five years of age in the polio response round from 26 to 29 October, through 1,876 field teams and with support from the World Health Organization and UNICEF (Source: SUNA) • Red Sea: Sudanese Customs announces that anti-smuggling forces in the state seized 177,000 captagon pills, a quantity of the drug qat, and 19 parcels containing wires and detonator fuses at a sea anchorage south of the state, and arrested 6 suspects, including four foreigners, while the administration of Prince Osman Digna Port in Suakin directed the establishment of a passenger waiting area outside the port and the rehabilitation of the departure hall (Source: Sudanese Customs; Prince Osman Digna Port Administration) • Gedaref: The state Ministry of Health discusses with the UNICEF organisation strengthening cooperation in the fields of nutrition and immunisation (Source: Headlines of Sudanese newspapers published today) • Sennar: Arrangements for the Intermediate School Certificate examinations in the state have been completed (Source: Headlines of Sudanese newspapers published today) • White Nile: The Governor of the state, Lieutenant General Qamar al-Din Mohamed Fadl al-Mawla, announces the formation of a higher committee in the state and sub-committees in the localities to ease the burdens of living, control bread prices and provide commodities at suitable prices, with directing companies to open immediate outlets for discounted sales and to support preparations for the winter crop season (Source: Nabd Sudan) • Blue Nile: The Ruler of the Region, Lieutenant General Ahmed al-Omda Badi, inaugurates work at the Al-Amal Health Centre belonging to the General Intelligence Service in the region, and affirms the commitment of the regional government to support health initiatives within the framework of the initiative to classify the region as a safe treatment zone (Source: Blue Nile Region Media) • River Nile: The Governor of the state affirms the continuation of the work of the Economic Emergency Committee, the opening of permanent centres for selling commodities at discounted prices, and the activation of cooperatives in neighbourhoods to limit monopoly, and expresses hope for an easing of the fuel crisis within the next two weeks, along with support for financing the winter agricultural season (Source: Statements of the Governor of River Nile) • North Darfur: Amnesty International publishes new testimonies about civilians in El Fasher being subjected to unlawful killing, detention, torture and forced labour one year after the Rapid Support Forces took control of the city, and demands the immediate release of those arbitrarily detained and an end to the violations (Source: Amnesty International) • South Darfur: The United Nations reports that a drone strike hit a residential home in the capital, Nyala, on Monday, causing casualties among civilians and damage to neighbouring homes (Source: United Nations — Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric) • West Kordofan: The United Nations strongly condemns what was reported about the killing of dozens of civilians in a drone strike on a market in Al-Dabeb Locality on Sunday, and warns of the devastating impact of the continuing strikes on communities and civilian infrastructure (Source: United Nations — Spokesperson for the Secretary-General Stéphane Dujarric) • States weather: The Sudan Meteorological Authority expects the weather to remain extremely hot during the day and warm at night in Gezira, Gedaref and White Nile states today, Friday, with chances of light rain over the central Red Sea coast and limited activity of dust-raising winds in the southern Red Sea and parts of the north, centre and west of the country (Source: Sudan Meteorological Authority)
— Editorial Team