Afternoon Edition, September 8, 2026
Every Lexy News brief, written out. Three stories, three times a day.
South Sudan
South Sudan has enacted Amendment No. 13 to the Transitional Constitution, signed into law on September 2, 2026, to change election rules tied to two major transition tasks. The National Legislature passed the measure, which separates national elections from the permanent constitution-making process and the national census. That means national polls no longer depend on finishing a permanent constitution or completing a census first. The change affects the country’s political transition, where election timing and constitutional legitimacy remain central issues after repeated delays to the timetable.
Sources Radiotamazuj
Sudan
A Sudanese doctors’ group said clashes in South Kordofan killed at least 21 people, including women and children, in the Debi and Luweri areas of the town of Kauda. The Sudan Doctors Network said Friday that forces from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North launched Thursday's attack amid fighting with the Otoro tribe, a minority group in the Nuba Mountains. The reported deaths come during Sudan's wider war, which has already killed at least 59,000 people and displaced about 13 million. The conflict has also pushed parts of Sudan into famine.
Sources Al Jazeera Abcnews
Seychelles
Seychelles’ Constitutional Court has rejected prominent businessman Mukesh Valabhji’s bid to throw out a corruption case brought by prosecutors. In a May 14 opinion, the court said the proceedings could continue and rejected Valabhji’s challenge to the authority to bring the allegations. The ruling is important in Seychelles because it keeps a closely watched anti-corruption case against a prominent businessman alive rather than ending it before trial. Prosecutors can now move the case toward trial against Valabhji under the Constitutional Court’s May 14 ruling.
Sources Globalanticorruptionblog
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