Overview
- The Sudanese government controlled by the regular army says drones hit five power plants in Al Jazirah, Gedaref and White Nile, causing broad electricity outages and cutting services in those states.
- UN rights officials report a sharp rise in drone strikes by both sides that now account for most civilian deaths this year and increasingly target homes, markets, hospitals, refugee camps and water supplies.
- Analysts trace the drones used in the fighting to suppliers in Belarus, Iran, China, Russia and Turkey, a flow of foreign-made systems that lets combatants strike far behind front lines.
- The conflict remains a military stalemate between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a condition that experts say has incentivized long-range drone attacks on infrastructure.
- The war since April 2023 has produced massive suffering with roughly 13 million displaced people, more than 33 million needing aid, and UN investigators reporting evidence of grave violations including signs of possible genocide in Al-Fashir.