Overview
- At least 10 civilians died in a residential strike in El Obeid, with eyewitnesses saying an RSF drone hit a family home and wounded neighbors.
- UN officials reported drone attacks from January 1–3 that struck a market and a clinic in North Darfur and hit Dilling in South Kordofan, and said 13 more people were killed on January 6 in North Kordofan.
- IOM recorded fresh displacement, including nearly 1,000 people fleeing to South Kordofan between December 31 and January 4 and about 2,000 uprooted from North Kordofan on January 6, contributing to more than 12 million people displaced nationwide.
- Rival narratives hardened as RSF-aligned groups accused the army of bombing a hospital and a market, while an army spokesman defended strikes on RSF targets and blamed the RSF for attacks on civilian sites.
- Humanitarian warnings intensified, with WFP cautioning that over 1.1 million refugees in Ethiopia could lose essential support due to funding gaps as UN assessments in Sudan highlight acute child malnutrition and localized famine declarations.