Our The Wall Street Journal colleague is free and we have three stories on the front. Doesn’t get much better in our game. I’m going on holiday now.

Now that the dust has settled a bit I want to extend the deepest of thank yous to Paul Beckett for his tireless advocacy fighting to bring Evan home. Paul made Evan his top priority from day one and kept hope alive for all of us. Pour a wee dram of scotch out for Paul this weekend!

Every day children are dying from hunger. Desperate people are eating leaves & sheltering in knee-deep water. Aid groups have to ration malnutrition treatments. These are the horrors playing out in Sudan's Zamzam camp, where famine has been confirmed. wsj.com/world/africa/e…

Emaciated children are dying from lack of food, clean water and medicine. Aid groups are rationing malnutrition treatments. Desperate mothers are feeding children with leaves in Sudan's Zamzam camp latest w Gabriele Steinhauser wsj.com/world/africa/e… via The Wall Street Journal

🛑 A critical bridge connecting West, Central, & S. Darfur has collapsed due to severe floods & rains last week. This was the only safe route for humanitarian aid to reach Central & S. Darfur. This adds another major obstacle to our efforts in delivering life-saving aid to #Sudan

WSJ's Gabriele Steinhauser and @nicholasbariyo have done stellar work this year documenting the insane tragedy in Sudan, where two rival generals are fighting for power and tearing apart Africa's third-biggest country. wsj.com/world/africa/s…

“I never expected our city to be like this.” A rare visit to Sudan's frontline capital allowed us a glimpse into the horrors unleashed by the 16-month war that has torn through Africa's 3rd largest country. Please read. wsj.com/world/africa/s…

This is the one border crossing that the Sudanese military says the UN can use to bring humanitarian aid into Darfur, where a famine has been declared, from Chad. Tens of thousands of children’s lives are on the line.

The RSF delegation has arrived in Switzerland. Our US delegation, and the collective international partners, technical experts, and Sudanese civil society, are still waiting on the SAF. The world is watching.

Our story from Omdurman, Sudan, one of the front-line in the world's biggest humanitarian crisis on A1 today. Gift link: wsj.com/world/africa/s…

12 years since Austin Tice, Marine veteran, journalist, & Texan, was wrongly detained in Syria.   Austin represents the best our nation has to offer.   We must secure his release.   12 years is far too long. #FreeAustinTice   cornyn.senate.gov/news/cornyn-ur…

Btw, Gabriele Steinhauser has a great piece in the Journal on how the war has destroyed Khartoum (and the unimaginable related toll on its residents): wsj.com/world/africa/s… via The Wall Street Journal

A Drunken Evening, a Rented Yacht: The amazing story of how Ukrainians blew up Nord Stream “The whole thing was born out of a night of heavy boozing and the iron determination of a handful of people who had the guts to risk their lives for their country.” wsj.com/world/europe/n…

TUE at 9AM w/ Alexis C. Madrigal: Khalid Mustafa Medani, Gabriele Steinhauser, Akshaya Kumar & Sudanese Association of Northern California's Alaa Suliman join to discuss the war in Sudan and the humanitarian crisis there. ❓What are your Qs about Sudan's civil war? wsj.com/world/africa/s…

🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking w/ Khalid Mustafa Medani, Gabriele Steinhauser, Akshaya Kumar & Sudanese Association of Northern California's Alaa Suliman to discuss the war in Sudan and the humanitarian crisis there. ❓What are your Qs about Sudan's civil war? 📻 Listen: kqed.org/forum/20101019…

Important reporting from Reuters colleagues on Sudan

One subplot of this insane story about a fake CIA spy: he cheated Sudan's General Hemedti out of $3 million. wsj.com/politics/natio… via The Wall Street Journal #KeepEyesOnSudan

“Almost all the women have to go into the forest, and that’s where they get raped.” In the camps around Goma that host 500,000 displaced people, an estimated 80% of women have been raped, including girls as young as 8. Disturbing story by Gabriele Steinhauser wsj.com/world/africa/c…

If you read one article today, let it be this one. Thank you to Gabriele Steinhauser for sharing these brave women's stories. wsj.com/world/africa/c…

"In the camps around Goma that host some 500,000 displaced people, an estimated 80% of the women have been raped, including girls as young as 8..." Gabriele Steinhauser on the rape crisis unfolding in Congo wsj.com/world/africa/c…