Overview

• Local medical and aid groups said a drone struck a mosque in El Fasher during morning prayers, with reported deaths ranging from 43 to 78 and the Rapid Support Forces blamed by those groups.
• The UN human rights office reported 3,384 civilian deaths across Sudan in the first half of 2025, mostly in Darfur, with killings driven by artillery, air strikes and an expanding use of drones.
• At least 990 civilians were killed in summary executions in the same period, with cases tripling between February and April following shifts in territorial control.
• The OHCHR highlighted increasingly ethnicized attacks and retaliatory violence, warning of grave risks to civilians as the conflict spreads into densely populated areas.
• Satellite analysis from Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab points to RSF gains around El Fasher, including control of Abu Shouk camp, heightening fears the city could fall under a tightening siege.