Overview
- Foreign ministers from a wide group of states and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation issued a joint statement rejecting Israel’s 26 December recognition of the self‑declared Somaliland and affirming Somalia’s sovereignty, with the EU echoing the call and the Arab League set to meet in Cairo on Sunday.
- Somalia’s federal government condemned the move as unlawful after Israel said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Somaliland’s leader signed a mutual‑recognition agreement and invited him to visit Israel.
- With a U.S.‑set deadline approaching, Sudan’s Port Sudan authorities, via Sovereignty Council deputy Malik Aqar, reiterated rejection of the Quartet roadmap, while the Taasis coalition and RSF restated acceptance of a ceasefire and safe humanitarian corridors.
- A United Nations assessment team reached El Fasher in Darfur as Taasis pledged to facilitate aid operations, and senior U.S. adviser Masad Boulos urged both Sudanese sides to implement an immediate humanitarian truce.
- Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman pressed Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council to withdraw from camps in Hadramawt and Al Mahrah and hand them to Shield of the Nation forces and local authorities, as the STC signaled openness to arrangements that safeguard southern security and maintained its partnership with the Arab coalition.