Shahid Evidence · SMIMA — Sudan Media Intelligence & Monitoring Daily Media Monitoring Brief — Sudan Tuesday 13 October 2026

Executive Summary
• Al-Uqaydat mine / North Wadi: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, army commander and Sovereignty Council head (Port Sudan authority), ordered a fact-finding committee of prosecution, judicial and security officials "to establish the facts and ensure respect for the border". The same day, Egyptian military spokesman Col. Ahmed Etman announced the "third phase" of a campaign against illegal gold prospecting in the Eastern Desert "within the borders of the Egyptian state", without mentioning casualties or the strike location. The toll remains disputed (13 to 200+).
• Khartoum: Egypt's foreign ministry says a gunman killed two Egyptian truck drivers and wounded a third south of Khartoum on Monday; Sudanese officials told the Egyptian ambassador the perpetrator was arrested. Local press say he is a Joint Force member avenging a brother killed in the mine strikes — motive unverified.
• Addis Ababa: anti-war civilian forces presented a roadmap to the Quintet (AU, IGAD, Arab League, EU, UN) including an immediate unconditional humanitarian truce, a 40-member preparatory committee and exclusion of the National Congress Party and the Islamic Movement.
• Darfur: 500+ dengue cases in Tawila per the displaced coordination body (unverified); tribal clashes in Abu Ajoura (South Darfur) kill 6; a gun attack on a club in Umm al-Khair (Central Darfur) kills 2; the 1,852 Jebel Marra malnutrition figure recirculates from the same source.
• Economy: the energy ministry opens jet fuel and furnace oil imports to qualified local firms, with a 200 kg gold deposit per consortium.