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Sudan

1. US and 30 other countries warn of 'alarming' deterioration in Sudan's food security, with 19.5 million facing acute hunger

   The United States and 30 other countries, including EU states, Britain and Norway, issued a joint statement warning of an 'alarming' deterioration in Sudan's food security and urging the warring parties to remove obstacles to humanitarian aid to prevent famine. The statement said the conflict is the main driver of Sudan's hunger crisis, destroying key infrastructure and disrupting food production. It estimated that 19.5 million people, or 41% of the population, face acute food insecurity, including 5 million at emergency level. Sudan's civil war broke out in April 2023 and has displaced 14 million people; the US State Department released the statement on Monday.

   Oct 28, 2026 Morning
2. Sudan's RSF drone strikes on five power stations black out three eastern states; UK sanctions 15 commanders over El Fasher sexual violence

   Sudanese officials said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out coordinated drone strikes on five power stations, two each in Gezira and Gedaref states and one in White Nile, causing widespread blackouts in all three army-controlled states. The two sides have been at war since April 2023. On the first anniversary of the fall of El Fasher, the UK sanctioned 15 commanders from the RSF and the Sudanese army suspected of sexual violence during the siege, imposing travel bans and asset freezes. Up to 10,000 civilians are estimated to have been killed within two days when the RSF captured the city, with another 40,000 missing.

   Oct 27, 2026 Morning
3. BBC investigation: Sudan's RSF systematically destroyed El Fasher's health system, with at least 43 attacks on medical facilities

   A BBC investigation found that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces systematically destroyed the health system of El Fasher in Darfur during their long siege and capture of the city about a year ago, documenting at least 43 attacks on hospitals and clinics between May 2024 and October 2025. Between April 2023 and October 2025 at least 55 health workers were killed, 120 injured and 10 missing or abducted. UN human rights chief Volker Türk said the attacks may amount to war crimes; the RSF's health minister denied the findings, and the RSF has denied reports that more than 460 patients and companions were killed at a maternity hospital on Oct 25, 2025.

   Oct 23, 2026 Afternoon
4. Follow-up: Drone strike in disputed Abyei region kills more than 150 in Sudan's civil war; Le Monde says all were civilians

   The New York Times reported a drone strike in the Abyei region killed more than 150 people during Sudan's civil war. Le Monde said all the dead were civilians, quoting a local resident: 'Traders, women, children... they spared no one.' The Times said the warring sides, deadlocked on the battlefield, increasingly rely on long-range drone strikes that cause heavy civilian casualties; Abyei is a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan.

   Oct 23, 2026 Morning
5. Sudan army accused of drone strikes on mourners in West Kordofan and a fuel market in Abyei, killing more than 300

   The BBC reported that the Sudanese army is accused of several rounds of drone strikes that killed more than 300 people, including dozens of people travelling to a funeral. The Sudan War Monitor said two places in West Kordofan state were hit on Sunday night, killing 150, and a local information minister said a market in Abyei, the disputed area jointly administered by Sudan and South Sudan, was hit on Monday, killing 153; a military source told the BBC the army carried out the Abyei strike, saying the market was a fuel supply point for the Rapid Support Forces. South Sudan summoned Sudan's ambassador to lodge a formal protest.

   Oct 21, 2026 Morning
6. Drone strikes on al-Dibab transport hub in Sudan's West Kordofan kill 80

   Witnesses and medical sources said drones struck a transport hub in al-Dibab, West Kordofan, twice 10 minutes apart on the evening of Oct 18, killing 80 people, most of them passengers heading home after market day; witness Ahmed Wadi said he helped bury 50 bodies including his brother, and 30 of 47 people taken to nearby al-Mujlad died of their wounds. The RSF-declared Tasis administration blamed the Sudanese army; it is one of the deadliest single strikes since the war began in April 2023. Al Jazeera reported on Oct 19 that an RSF drone attack in eastern Khartoum killed three children under 10.

   Oct 20, 2026 Morning