Executive Summary
• Ahmed Haroun: Reuters — via two officials of the dissolved National Congress Party (NCP) — says the army arrested the party chairman, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court, a day after he appeared on a podcast aired by state TV saying the party and the army are "united" in the war against the RSF. No official comment from the army or the ICC; location and charges unknown.
• West Kordofan: Sudan Tribune, citing a military source, reports "fierce" battles at Abu Muneiqir (about 55 km north of Al-Khuwei) and near Umm Kuraidim; the army spokesperson says an FH-95 drone was downed near Wad Banda — the third announced in Kordofan in 72 hours. No RSF account.
• Defections: a Misseriya coordination leader says more than 30 commanders who defected from the RSF have arrived in Khartoum, with names to be released "in the coming days" (Al Jazeera Net). One-sided claim without names.
• Blue Nile: the General Staff relieves the 4th Infantry Division commander in Damazin, Maj. Gen. Al-Tayeb Ismail, and appoints Maj. Gen. Abdel Moneim Abdel Basit — sanctioned by the UK in October — as Damazin residents fear the fighting may reach the city.
• Economy and refugees: a contract is signed for an LNG berth at Suakin under a Sudanese–Turkish partnership (BOT, 24 months); a young Sudanese woman dies in storms that hit Kiryandongo refugee camp in Uganda.
