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RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo was selected as President of the Presidential Council, the highest sovereign authority in the new government.

While conflict persists across much of Sudan, IOM reports that pockets of relative safety have emerged, and to date, over a million internally displaced Sudanese have started making their way back.

According to the ministry, Tawila locality in North Darfur State recorded the highest number of infections with 519 cases, while Bileil locality in South Darfur State reported the highest number of deaths.

Many of the refugees carried their belongings in small suitcases and plastic bags, with some visibly emotional as they prepared to leave Egypt after more than a year of displacement.

The directive is expected to significantly disrupt communication for millions of Sudanese, especially in regions such as Darfur and South Kordofan, where ongoing clashes between the SAF and the paramilitary RSF have devastated mobile and internet infrastructure.

This comes after the EU Council announced sanctions on Friday targeting Sudanese Armed Forces commander Abu Aqla Mohamed Kaikal and field commander Hussein Barsham.

Under Burhan’s leadership, the army regained full control of Khartoum about four months ago, prompting the government to intensify efforts to restore basic services, rebuild infrastructure, and reestablish authority in the capital.

Sudan’s war is more than a political crisis. It is an economic catastrophe unfolding in real time. One that is deepening poverty, destroying livelihoods and erasing years of progress.

About 70 km from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, the arriving displaced carry stories of resilience intertwined with unending pain.

Among the 46 fatalities were five women, and the wounded numbered 37. The group said local residents had to bury the victims in mass graves.

Cases of cholera have already been reported in North Darfur. In April, Médecins Sans Frontières similarly warned that the rains could worsen the country's malnutrition crisis.

In North Darfur alone, more than 40,000 children were admitted for treatment, twice as many as in early 2024.

The appointments, announced by state-run 'Sudan News Agency', are seen as an attempt to fill key governance gaps and build momentum behind a technocratic administration tasked with stabilizing a nation in turmoil.

On Tuesday, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei met with Sudan's Chargé d'Affaires in Nairobi, Mohamed Osman Akasha, to reaffirm Nairobi's position on regional peace and diplomacy.

The tournament, officially dubbed the Sudanese Elite Championship, features eight top clubs and is being held in the northern towns of Ad-Damer and Atbara, far from the conflict zones in and around Khartoum.

Since April 2023, an estimated 780,000 people have been displaced from El Fasher town and the nearby Zamzam displacement camps, including nearly 500,000 in April and May of this year.

Sudan referenced the recent Non-Aligned Movement meetings at the expert level in New York, where it claims the UAE delegation attempted to exclude expressions of solidarity with Sudan and resist any labelling of the RSF as a rebel militia.

The latest claims follow a separate incident on Wednesday when traders in the town of Al-Qalabat reported that an armed Ethiopian group entered Sudan, looted a livestock market, and escaped back across the border.

The humanitarian organisation said the number of deaths linked to attacks on healthcare had risen sharply in 2025, with the current toll nearly 60 times higher than the same period last year.

WFP noted that the situation for many Sudanese refugees is already dire, more than two years since war erupted between Sudan’s national army and paramilitary rebels.

A peaceful and democratically governed Sudan can contribute to peace not just in the region, but also in many other parts of the world.

Food aid, once a lifeline for many, is now hard to come by. The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has warned that funding cuts, largely driven by reduced U.S. contributions, will force significant reductions in rations and staff.

Exports of goods and technology controlled for national security reasons have also been withdrawn by the US Government.

Witnesses reported seeing a drone hovering over the city for about 30 minutes before it launched multiple rockets at the facility.

In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs said such statements are reckless, unsubstantiated and risk destabilising regional peace.

The move followed a renewed plea by Darfur regional governor Minni Arko Minawi, who earlier criticised Chad's ban and urged President Mahamat Idriss Deby to reconsider.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed Kenya was complicit in supplying arms to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and facilitating the United Arab Emirates’ controversial military engagement in Sudan.

According to WHO, the attack at Al Mujilad hospital claimed the lives of both women and children, with the organisation's Sudan office confirming the death of six children and five medics.

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo appeared to soften his stance after months of alleging that Egypt was providing direct military support to the SAF in the ongoing civil war.

Statistics show that nearly 1.2 million people have crossed into South Sudan since April 2023, straining already fragile systems amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.

The PM set the stage for a confrontation with entrenched armed factions that have held sway under previous power-sharing arrangements.

Fourteen civil society organisations led by the Kenya Human Rights Commission, International Commission of Jurists, and Independent Medico-Legal Unit, said Kenya must be held to account for allegedly contributing to a conflict that has devastated civilians and destabilised the region.

Harambee Starlets cruised to a 4-0 victory over South Sudan on Wednesday evening, maintaining their perfect record at the CECAFA Women’s Championship and moving top of the group with nine points.

The UN report states that the SAF has enforced complex and punitive bureaucratic hurdles, while the RSF has looted aid convoys and completely obstructed their movement.

According to RSF, capturing the zone will impact multiple combat front lines, particularly in the northern desert and strengthen efforts to combat illegal immigration and human trafficking along Sudan's borders.

The letter criticised Lamamra for failing to compel the warring parties to stop exploiting the humanitarian crisis for political gain and for not establishing a credible peace plan nearly 18 months into his tenure.

In Sudan, conflict, displacement, and economic instability have further disrupted governance and reshaped the spatial fabric of urban life.

The RSF announced the development in a statement on Wednesday, claiming it had liberated the strategic zone and that SAF forces had retreated south after suffering heavy losses.

Laurent Bukara, WFP’s Country Director in Sudan, described the hunger and desperation unfolding in parts of Khartoum as “severe.”

Local media reports indicate that the drone strike struck the Abu Zabad Secondary School for Girls, which was doubling as a shelter for persons displaced by the ongoing conflict in the region.

Local media reports indicate that the operation, led by RSF intelligence units on Monday in Nyala, South Darfur, led to the arrests and forceful detention of several individuals.

Similarly, Chong warned that the number of new cholera infections may rise as Sudan's rainy season approaches.

Local media reports indicate that the RSF joined forces with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, a militia group led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, to capture the town.

The outbreak has worsened as many Sudanese who fled the ongoing civil war have returned to their homes in Khartoum, only to find damaged houses and collapsed sanitation systems.

According to Abdalla, no military victory can bring lasting peace to the nation currently embroiled in a brutal civil war, calling the continued fighting a result of deep-rooted inequalities and unresolved political tensions.

The convoy, comprising 15 trucks delivering emergency food and nutrition supplies to famine-stricken El Fasher, was struck late Monday in the Al-Koma area.

The joint WFP-UNICEF convoy, consisting of 15 trucks, was attacked on Monday night while travelling to deliver food and nutrition supplies, approximately 1,800 kilometres from Port Sudan.

MSF added that the Tine Camp is currently housing over 18,000 people, with many sleeping on the ground, amid shelter, water and food shortages despite support from host communities.

Kamil, who was sworn in on Saturday after being appointed by Sudan’s head of state and army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, did not indicate when the transitional government would be established.

South Sudan lacks the operational capacity to extract the oil it has in the ground.