Evening Edition, September 29, 2026
Every Lexy News brief, written out. Three stories, three times a day.
South Sudan
President Salva Kiir has dissolved South Sudan’s transitional unity government and appointed a caretaker administration ahead of the country’s planned first national elections. The vote is intended to close a long post-civil-war transition in a state that has not yet held a national ballot. The decree ended a power-sharing arrangement set up under a 2018 peace deal that halted years of civil war. The dissolution leaves South Sudan’s first national elections as the next major step in the transition after Kiir’s government shake-up.
Sources Al Jazeera Eyeradio UN
Egypt
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said Egypt is backing diplomacy in its dispute with Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. But he warned that Cairo sees the issue as a matter of national survival. Egypt depends heavily on Nile water and fears reduced flows as Ethiopia fills and operates the dam. Sisi said Egypt’s diplomatic approach would not come at the expense of the country’s survival or its people.
Sources Egypt Today
Saudi Arabia
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said it intercepted two Houthi drones launched from Yemen toward Riyadh. The coalition also said ballistic missiles targeted Khamis Mushait, and overnight security alerts went to residents of Khamis Mushait and Abha. Riyadh is the Saudi capital, and Khamis Mushait and Abha are southwestern Saudi cities exposed to cross-border launches from Yemen. The Houthis are fighting the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen’s war, and residents in the affected southwestern cities were under overnight security alerts after the sharp escalation.
Sources I24news UN AA Youtube Al Jazeera Al Jazeera Middle East Eye
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