Djibouti trims 2026 budget by 2.2% after revenue shortfall and revives youth enterprise fund
Djibouti's cabinet cuts the 2026 budget by 2.22% after a revenue shortfall and gives 1.8bn francs to revive lending to young entrepreneurs.Russia offers to help build Eritrean port berths and railways after Isaias meets transport minister
Russia's transport ministry says its firms are ready to build Eritrean port berths and help with railways after talks with Isaias; no deal announced.US and UK call for investigation into killings of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia's Arsi
US and UK envoys urge an investigation into the killing of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia's Arsi zone; the Church says 60 died in two attacks.Dozens of Khartoum bakeries close over flour, diesel and power shortages as central bank plans import fund
Dozens of Khartoum bakeries close amid flour, diesel and power shortages; Sudan's central bank plans a fund to finance strategic imports.Minnawi remarks in Malaysia on the RSF and the army's failures draw conflicting reports
Minni Minnawi's remarks to Sudanese in Malaysia about the RSF and the army's failures are reported in conflicting ways by Sudanese outlets.Nearly 120,000 displaced in Blue Nile this year, IOM says, as SPLM-N reports deadly drone strike on Balila
IOM says 119,782 people were displaced in Blue Nile from January to mid-October, up 21% since August; SPLM-N says a drone killed five in Balila.RSF claims three North Darfur localities as IOM records 2,000 newly displaced and a drone hits a passenger lorry
RSF says it took Mazbad, Aruri and Kamo in North Darfur; IOM records about 2,000 displaced, and a drone strike kills two on a lorry in Al Malha.Tasis prime minister orders one-week handover of state assets as Um Dafuq leaders sign border peace charter
Tasis PM al-Ta'aishi orders a one-week handover of state assets after Decree No. 19, as Um Dafuq leaders sign a charter to curb border tensions.Army chief of staff al-Atta vows advance into Darfur and Kordofan, alleging 'tens of thousands' of foreign fighters
Sudan army chief of staff Yasir al-Atta says troops will advance into Darfur and Kordofan, alleging RSF foreign fighters and UAE and Mossad backing.Drone strikes knock out Al-Dabbah and Abu Hamad substations as Port Sudan cabinet orders maximum alert
Drones knock out substations in Al-Dabbah and Abu Hamad; Port Sudan's cabinet orders maximum alert as Merowe Dam becomes Sudan's last major power source.