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Sudan earned a record $2.292 billion from official gold exports in the first nine months of 2026, the state-owned Sudanese Mineral Resources Company said on 6 October.
The leaders of Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan issued a joint declaration in New Alamein, Egypt, on 4 October.
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) said on 4 October they had seized positions at Al-Kadalou, about 60 kilometres from Ed Damazin, the capital of Sudan's Blue Nile state.
Fuel shortages are spreading across army-held Sudan, pushing up transport and food prices.
Ethiopia and Egypt each expelled a diplomat on 2 October with 48 hours to leave, a day after Ethiopia's break with Eritrea.
Sudan's army said on 2 October it had captured al-Mazroub, which it called the largest stronghold of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Kordofan.
A drone strike on a University of Kordofan dormitory in El Obeid killed five people and wounded 47 on 1 October, the Sudan Doctors Network said, blaming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
