Overview
- IOM reports more than 10,000 people fled in three days last week, including over 7,000 from Um Baru and Kernoi near the Chad border between December 25 and 26.
- Another 3,100 people fled famine-stricken Kadugli, a South Kordofan city kept under an RSF siege for about 18 months.
- During a visit to Ankara, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ruled out a mediated settlement and said the war ends only with the RSF laying down arms.
- Fighting has intensified across Darfur and Kordofan, with RSF pushing west after taking al-Fashir in October and clashes around el-Obeid marked by hit-and-run battles.
- The UN labels the crisis the world’s worst, as reporters describe ghost towns and acute hunger while the WFP warns of severe ration reductions under shrinking donor support.