Overview
- A local administrator told AFP the army-held town of Kalogi was hit in three drone strikes targeting a kindergarten, a hospital, and then people rescuing children.
- Local officials and the Sudan Doctors' Network blamed the Rapid Support Forces, with one official also citing involvement by an allied SPLM-N faction led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu.
- Reported tolls differ sharply, with UNICEF confirming more than 10 children killed, the army-aligned foreign ministry reporting 79 deaths including 43 children, and a local authority claiming 116 fatalities including 46 children.
- UNICEF condemned the killing of children and urged a halt to attacks and unimpeded humanitarian access to affected areas.
- The strikes come as the RSF pushes from recently captured El-Fasher into Kordofan, driving new displacement in a war that has uprooted nearly 12 million people and impeded independent reporting.