Overview
- The IPC confirmed famine in El Fasher and Kadugli, estimating about 375,000 people in famine conditions and 6.3 million facing extreme hunger nationwide.
- RSF forces seized El Fasher after an 18‑month siege, with field reports of mass killings and a WHO tally of at least 460 people killed in an attack on a hospital.
- The International Criminal Court said reported executions, sexual violence, abductions and attacks on aid workers could constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity.
- The UN migration agency reported more than 36,000 people fled parts of North Kordofan in a week and thousands more left El Fasher, with aid groups warning many civilians remain trapped.
- Humanitarian monitors warn famine could spread to roughly 20 additional locations in Darfur and Kordofan unless fighting ceases and secure access allows relief to reach besieged populations.