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Good morning. Here's what's happening across the region today.
In today's Daily:
- 🇸🇩 Sudan’s RSF Launches Drone Attacks on Power Stations - Voic…
- 🇸🇸 Machar: ‘I am not leader of White Army’
- 🇸🇩 ‘Atrocities persist in El Fasher one year after RSF takeove…
- 🇪🇹 Dozens Killed in Attacks Targeting Christians in Ethiopia -…
Sudan’s RSF Launches Drone Attacks on Power Stations - Voice of Nigeria
On 26 October 2026 the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a coordinated drone strike on five power stations in Sudan’s eastern states of Al‑Jazira, Gedaref and White Nile, causing widespread outages. An anonymous government official said two stations were hit in each of Al‑Jazira and Gedaref and one in White Nile, all of which are under army control.
Sources: Voice of Nigeria +1 →
Machar: ‘I am not leader of White Army’
Former South Sudanese ex‑vice president Dr Riek Machar testified before the Special Court in Juba on Monday, denying that he commands the White Army, a loosely organised Nuer‑linked youth militia accused of taking part in the March 2025 attack on a military garrison in Nasir, Upper Nile State. Mach… Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, Sudans Post +2 →
‘Atrocities persist in El Fasher one year after RSF takeover’
Amnesty International documents unlawful killings, arbitrary detention, torture and starvation affecting civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur, one year after the Rapid Support Forces captured the city. Dabanga Radio, Amnesty International UK, Amnesty International →
Dozens Killed in Attacks Targeting Christians in Ethiopia - Charisma Magazine Online
Armed attackers struck Christian villages in Shirka district of the Arsi zone in Oromia on Saturday, 24 October. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church reported more than 60 fatalities, while AFP and the conflict‑monitoring group ACLED documented at least 43 deaths, 18 injuries and the burning of 2… Charisma Magazine Online →
- Sudan: RSF drones knock out five Sudanese power stations, causing blackouts - Al-Monitor Google News Sudan, Sudan Tribune →
- Sudan: UK sanctions 15 Sudan commanders over alleged atrocities Radio Tamazuj, Dabanga Radio, Sudan Tribune +1 →
- South Sudan: Government reports 72 killed in Tonj North attack Sudans Post →
- South Sudan: Kiir heads to Moscow for Russia-Africa summit Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, Radio Tamazuj (Arabic) →
- South Sudan: 8 arrested for repackaging allegedly expired food in Juba Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, Sudans Post +1 →
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